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July 29, 2009

RFC 1925 – The Twelve Networking Truths

Here are the 12 networking truths. They apply to a whole heap more than just networking, most of them are good advice for pretty much any situation you could possibly get yourself into. Just remember: "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly...
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July 28, 2009

Diesel Power

Automatica is on the road, and travelling in a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI Pacific. Using an incredibly fuel-efficient turbo-diesel engine, this car is rated at just 5.7l/100km. When compared to my 1996 Golf, which averages between 11–12l/100km and needs premium...
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July 27, 2009

Tether Me

If your carrier doesn't support tethering your iPhone, to use it as a 3G wireless modem, help may be at hand Tether Me will generate a custom APN file that you can add to your iPhone to give you a...
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July 27, 2009

How to find your DHCP Server Address under Mac OS X

Here's how to find out the IP address of the DHCP Server your Mac is currently using to obtain it's IP address. ipconfig getoption en0 server_identifier You can also do more with ipconfig, things like determine the router address for...
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July 27, 2009

Mac mini Media Centre

[This is a post from an old blog of mine that I'm reposting as the information in it is still quite useful - obviously specs and pricing have changed somewhat since November 2006] I picked up an ex demo Mac...
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July 27, 2009

Key-based SSH Logins with PuTTY

Here's a quick writeup on how to set up key-based (passwordless) logins to SSH servers using PuTTY on Windows. I've seen mention of this ability before, and use it all the time with ssh on Mac OS X, but none...
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