Google Posterity post - flashing Belkin F5D7230-4 router with DD-WRT

I tried this before and failed several times. The key this time was turning Windows Firewall off to allow TFTP to work

I have a Belkin wireless router (model number: F5D7230-4 v1444). For some reason, the “Virtual Server” (or “Port Forwarding”) did not work correctly. It’s obviously a firmware problem. I checked the firmware version and [...]

Too many social networks, and cell phones

I’ve been playing with twitter. Lots of fun, nice quick way to keep up with people who don’t have time to create a blog entry.
I’m intrigued by what you can do with SMS and some of the sites out there - push rss content to your phone, update a micro-blog, keep up with other people’s [...]

Comcast blocking - First the Internet - Now the Public

There was huge turnout at today’s public hearing in Boston on the future of the Internet. Hundreds of concerned citizens arrived to speak out on the importance of an open Internet. Many took the day off from work — standing outside in the Boston cold — to see the FCC Commissioners. But when they reach [...]

Tomato - router firmware for Linksys routers

I’ve been a DD-WRT user for some time, and just found a nice firmware image called Tomato (What is it with open source projects and silly names?) that looks nice. It’s a little simpler than DD-WRT, the interface is AJAX, and it has a nice bandwidth graphing page that looks useful.
I’m going to set up [...]

Email WayBack Machine

My first POP3 email client ever was Eudora. in 1992, we started a process to replace QuickMail at Berkeley Systems. We replaced a system with 7 servers managing a small mail load with a single BSD box running POP3 and Eudora.
I used Eudora at several jobs and at home, until HTML formatted email, SPAM, and [...]

Web mail or IMAP?

 I’m an IMAP fan, and have reluctantly moved over to Gmail. Gmail is the least intrusive of the webmails out there, and I like the threading feature.
Nothing, but NOTHING bugs me more than seeing a flashing/animated ad on the page while I’m trying to compose an email.
Merlin Mann has a good thread going at 43Folders [...]

MyEnTunnel, Slick Windows SSH Tunneling

I found a program called MyEnTunnel that does all the proxying and tunneling I was doing with Putty, but frees my taskbar, automatically reconnects, and has a friendly icon in the system tray to alert me of connection status.
This program is definitely worth a look. It uses Plink from the killer Putty distribution for the [...]