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Archive for July, 2002



Secure PHP - not at the moment anyway

One of the many pitfalls of the internet world is Php. To make a long story short it lacks certain security features to safely run in a multiuser environment (such as from a hosting company or ISP). Now, how do you keep Php (which is the best scripting language, no doubt about that) without leaving [...]

More keyboards + remotes

Here is a combo from a company called Read Cosine.
High Reliability Cableless Keyboard
Universal Remote
But even with the data from the last couple of day I am leaning towards the ATi Remote Wonder. As for a keyboard I do not know. If IR can be made to work then fine, a Silitek board will [...]

Updates

The software section is back up. Still being maintained using plain html I am afraid. Haven’t bothered to update it for a while but most of the information is still correct.

Amusing ads

Or a joke at the expense of others. I took the liberty of gathering a few stupid private ads that I found on blocket.se. Obviously they’re all in swedish. Translating them would certainly take away the edge. Suffice it to say, it’s all about people trying to pull a scam. Well, either that or the [...]

Remote control solutions (again)

X10 - yet another remote control solution I haven’t considered for the HTPC. This was the first thought that crossed my mind as I woke up this morning It was quickly dismissed after assessing the specs and images on their site (which is quite frankly so infested by spam and ads that I’m not [...]

GPUs and gaming

ATi Radeon 9xxx is out since a couple of days ago. MAybe not on the retail market for everyone to buy but still. This is basically what ATi have to say about their new line of cards and this is in fact also what the reviews say. Not really surprising since the GF4 is already [...]

Sleazeball ads and how to fight back

For months now I’ve endured the endless onslaught of internet ads. Well, no more!
They are everywhere aren’t they? On your favorite web page, in your email box and even on big commercial sites that should really be able to afford a banner-free operation. Since my free webhost (host.sk) do not enforce ads I can with [...]

Fluorescent Tubes

I just rigged up the lighting fixture over my XP system. What a change. If I can only get used to the light intensity. Feels a little like I have a headache coming on or an out-of-body experience. But it turns the night to day and that is the whole idea. What I feel like [...]

Wake-On-Lan with the HTPC

Still haven’t figured out this one. After consulting with Abit tech. support I now know that the BX6 CAN in fact do WOL. And so can the NIC (Fa312). For some reason WOL relies on ACPI these days - and something isn’t on the level with that. Could be the Sigma Designs H+ card or [...]

Maintenance and more maintenance …

One of the two electrical drying racks from Toomec had a breakdown. Or rather it has been in a state of breakdown for a year or so but now I know why and how to solve it. And for people living in the stone age without a drying rack I can only say one thing [...]





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