tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104438682024-03-08T19:09:37.734-05:00my thoughts on all things technologyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-53494412844400793362011-12-05T15:29:00.000-05:002011-12-05T15:29:09.530-05:00

Because I'm seeing an increase in traffic to this "old" version on my blog, I'll point any Google-sent visitors to my new (but not much more frequently updated) version of this blog at http://tjschmitz.com/blog .

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We've moved! I've moved my blog to http://cstarsys.com/blog . I'm now running Wordpress, which gives me a lot more control over how the blog looks and adds categories, which I've been wanting for quite a while.

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For all three of my regular readers, sorry for the slow updates. I've decided to make the site a little less newsy and more about what I'm learning on a day-to day basis.And I've been learning quite a bit, because about three weeks ago, our internet usage spiked incredibly - saturating our T1s out to the internet and slowing traffic down to a crawl.The chart below shows the traffic flowing into

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1115325709166930202005-05-05T16:38:00.000-04:002005-05-05T16:41:49.240-04:00

I've been doing some network troubleshooting, and with my limited/forgetful memory of what ports are used for what, Kurt Seifried's port lookup page is a lifesaver. It has a total of 8,457 ports listed, and has some nice explanations on what the ports should or should not be doing. Thanks Kurt!

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I recently needed to do some alternating DNS and IP lookups recently, and this lookup page let me do both without having to switch between pages - very useful!

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The TAO of Backup was forwarded to me recently, and while it has a blatant plug at the end, it is thought provoking on the needs for secure and reliable backups.

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Allison is the chief engineer of Samba. Novell is really moving along nicely in their SUSE Linux offerings, and this won't hurt that one bit!

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From Om Malik's weblog:If you love OS-X, then there is more good news coming your way, thanks to yeoman’s effort by Benjamin Kowarsch, the genius who developed an OS-X installer for Asterisk, the open source PBX system. (You can download it from here!) VoIP Weblog points out that Benjamin is now leading an efforts to create device drivers for Digium’s Zaptel telephony cards. The stability and

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Should be interesting, although I favored Sipura's wares over Linksys - I wonder if they will lock them to a VoIP vendor like the existing Linksys ATAs or keep them open?From the press release: Cisco Systems today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Sipura Technology, Inc. This represents Cisco's first acquisition for its Linksys division, the leading provider of wireless

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1114768568061876342005-04-29T05:49:00.001-04:002005-04-29T05:56:08.063-04:00

Interesting gadget from Buslink provides GPRS and WiFi via USB:Quick & Easy to connect: Simply plug into any PCs w/ USB port for Wireless LAN connection or slide in your cell phone’s removable SIM card - Features Wireless Network connection, allowing networking where other 802.11b devices may be present - for use on your wireless cellular carrier’s network. - Provides users w/seamless

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I ran across this interesting article on configuring the isolinux.cfg on ZenWorks imaging CDs to allow booting to the local hard drive after a timeout.

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There is a new font out called Read Regular, that has the interesting goal of making it easier for dyslexic people to read. From the looks of the samples, it should be easier to distinguish a b from a d. While this font should be significantly easier to read, it would also be much harder to teach to emerging writers - making me wonder if it will be confusing for children to learn to write one

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1114515469281813132005-04-26T07:32:00.003-04:002005-04-26T07:37:49.283-04:00

Apparently they can't release the report right now due to restrictions on government announcements during an open election, but the preliminary findings released so far sound good. From the Register story: "The landmark report will show that OSS can be implemented successfully in schools and present documented examples of cost savings from its use. Becta's report, based on a study of 15 schools,

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1114166164706535222005-04-22T06:14:00.000-04:002005-04-22T06:38:07.776-04:00

The StompBox (Mobile 3G/WiFi Router Project) caught my eye as being one of those projects that is truly cool and makes a huge difference in the creator's use of technology. I can't wait until there is an $80 Linksys device that does this like the creator speculates. That and unlimited mobile data not being $80/month, and I'm all over this setup.

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My earlier post on the Buffalo TeraStation has been one of the biggest draws to my blog to date. Obviously a lot on interest on it!At least, enough for someone to set up a Wiki on hacking (or working with open-source firmware ) it at http://terastation.org. As they posted in my comments "Nothing much yet, but it's a start". So far it looks like they have a how-to on adding a serial console.It

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1113043233929118442005-04-09T06:37:00.000-04:002005-04-09T06:40:33.930-04:00

The University of Missouri is testing a program called Qualrus, that scores student essays. Sounds like it will save teaching staff a lot of time, but how long is it until the students develop a program that writes essays Qualrus likes?

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1112990668995262652005-04-08T15:59:00.000-04:002005-04-08T16:04:28.996-04:00

Looks like Philadelphia's going ahead with it's city-wide WiFi plans after all. I know my city has been holding off vendors for over 7 years now - long before 802.11 was standarized. Our bigger neighbor to the northwest, however saw value and executed on it. I hear it's very nice!

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eSchool news has an interesting editorial on the "Open Source War" between Linux and Microsoft. Food for thought...

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Great howto on setting up a Linux NFS Install Source for SUSE Linux. Aimed a relative Linux newbies (ie: I understood it....)

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CRN has an interesting story on how VARs are selling schools PCs with additional video cards and using Win XP's multiple user sessions have two users use the PC at the same time. Microsoft seems fuzzy on the legality of doing it this way, but it's an interesting way to stretch a thin tech budget.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1112819481027788422005-04-06T16:30:00.000-04:002005-04-06T16:31:21.026-04:00

Another amazingly simple idea from Novel's cool solutions crowd - blocking access to IE via pushing out the proxy settings in the registry.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1112818345738109252005-04-06T16:10:00.000-04:002005-04-06T16:14:25.630-04:00

Standard & Poor's has brought SchoolMatters online recently. They bill it as "a public source for information and analysis about our nation's public schools." It has some very nice data analysis and comparison tools, although I would like it if you could compare more than four schools at once.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1112818214176086112005-04-06T16:07:00.000-04:002005-04-06T16:10:14.176-04:00

An interesting writeup of the Sync Box USB II caught my eye. It boasts the ability to copy data between two USB devices with no computer. Would be useful for dumping digital photos to a memory key or similar applications.

Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18250472121076379496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10443868.post-1112817910223853072005-04-06T16:02:00.000-04:002005-04-06T16:20:52.050-04:00

Interesting blog entry on VoIP / Skype: I like his point on branding. This is the 2nd of two posts. The 1st is worth reading as well.

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The Register has an interesting article about Linux vs. Win XP adoption on the desktop in England. The most interesting part is the results, of course (.PDF file)

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