Well, I don’t have time to go into a lot of detail, but I thought I’d give a recap of what’s going on. I went down to Mount Holly, NJ yestserday morning - about a 2-/12 hour drive each way, and picked up a 41U rack for …
more ...To keep it short, I’m sure anyone who winds up here has already heard about the recent Microsoft lawsuit against TomTom, alleging patent infringement. Coverage has been extensive, including GrokLaw and Linux Magazine. While the mentioned patents include car navigation technology (at least the names of the patents seem …
more ...I’m part-way through the major overhaul of my home network (hosting this blog and everything else jasonantman.com) that I’ve been planning for quite some time. The current hardware is… uh… currently… described on my Hardware page, but I soon plan on ditching the wiki and moving to …
more ...The external-facing web site and (internal use) mailing list for the ambulance corps is hosted by ROUThost. Not my choice, it was inherited. ROUThost, first off, appears to be a fly-by-night hosting provider that just buys a few boxes in a colo facility. I should have known to raise a …
more ...A friend recently showed me the syllabus for one of her classes, which is partially given online through the Sakai course management system. At the bottom was a section on course policies which stated, in part, that the “Academic Integrity policy is in full effect”. Apparently, this professor is giving …
more ...While some people whom I greatly admire have stronger feelings than I on the subject, and many others, I felt the need to share some thoughts on DRM this morning.
Here at Rutgers, we had been promoting Ruckus for music downloading. The idea was that if you go to Rutgers …
more ...On the same thread as the last post, some thoughts on my ideal network, or the hosts on that network:
I’ve been planning a lot of administrative work lately… I have a few machines that need OS upgrades, my backup system is barely functional (it needs both a new, large disk and a configuration overhaul), and I’m planning a switch to static IP service - which means not only …
more ...I happened to be working with some timestamps today and noticed that
we’re starting to get into territory like 1234094400. So, being the
geek that I am, I wondered when we’d finally hit 1234567890. The
answer is 2009-02-13T18:31:30-05:00, which happens to be 18:31:30 …
As mentioned in my Custom Truck Console post, since my truck was stolen and now recovered (with all of the emergency equipment stripped out - weird) I’ve got to start from scratch. Since I finished the console, I’ve started work on redoing the lighting. The first grueling step was …
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