Blue Onyx
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments
I just found the BlueOnyx (Blue Onyx) project today. It looks like it’s meant to be a more up-to-date version of the BlueQuartz project, which is the ongoing development of the old Cobalt RaQ software. The project seems to be hardly-known right now.
There’s also Aventurin{e}, a Linux OS with...
New 900 MHz Machine in Boston
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 31st, 2009 | No Comments
There’s an oft-neglected ham band up on 900 MHz. A few Boston area groups have been making a big push to try to revive ham radio activity in our allocation up there, especially GEMOTO. They’re a club of GE and Motorola commercial radio aficionados, so it’s no surprise that the new machine...
RadioShack Pro-96 Review
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
I feel like I’ve done this before, but here’s my review of the RadioShack Pro-96 digital scanner: it would be alright if it were $150. At $400, it’s not worth the price. And it was once $500, if it’s not still.
Much of New Hampshire has gone to an APCO Project 25 digital voice...
Missing the Point
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
Whoever did this clearly missed the point of the very Commandment they were so concerned with enforcing. (Though I’d argue they have a little reading of John to do, too.)
Chipotle
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments
There seems to be a lot of hype around chipotle, but I think a lot of it is just using it as a catchphrase. But chipotle is a very specific thing: a smoked jalapeño. They typically wait until the peppers are dark red, at which point they’re already somewhat dry inside. They’re then smoked...
What is my IP?
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 29th, 2009 | No Comments
All the time, I want to know my IP, but find myself Googling “what is my IP” and trying to choose from a bunch of ad-infested sites.
I’ve had ttwagner.com/p0f.php for a while. It shows your IP, hostname (reverse DNS), your browser’s user agent, the headers your browser sent, and,...
Big Brother and the iPhone
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Eidac.de, the home of smcFanControl (essential for keeping hot-running MacBook Pros at a reasonable tempoerature), has an interesting post. It’s actually two months old, but some of us are slow.
He questions, “Is Big Brother listening in on my iPhone Apps?” after discovering a third-party...
Updated Statistics
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Now that Google Analytics has been running, I thought I’d post some updated statistics.
Firefox on Windows is the most popular browser/OS combination, with almost 43% of visits. IE on Windows comes in second at just shy of 22%. Firefox on Mac and Linux comes in third and fourth, respectively, with...
Firefox Bookmark Keywords
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 24th, 2009 | No Comments
Here’s a really neat trick that saves me a lot of time. It’s nothing new, but I don’t think it’s widely-known.
Let’s say that you have a tool you often use that just changes the URL. For example, using Trac for storing bugs. I might want to look up Trac #1234, and the URL...
Wireless Security Audit
Posted by Matt in Uncategorized on 05 24th, 2009 | No Comments
I found myself sitting in the back seat of a car today, toying with Chess on the Mac. (And being defeated in ways I didn’t even understand. Quite discouraging.)
Tired of the endless losses, I started up KisMAC to show the wireless APs that I passed. Between Margarita’s in Nashua and my home,...