3 Nov 2000 (updated 3 Nov 2000) » Making firewall and networking vendors nervous is fun. I have been demanding IPv6 consistently from them for the last few months. I work at one of Australia’s largest telcos, and through them, we’re in a position to break the chicken/egg IPv6 cycle. Cycle: Networking vendors have no…
Advogato – 30th Birthday
24 Oct 2000 » life Turned 30. World didn’t end. My actual b’day party is this coming Saturday in Melbourne. So my friends in Sydney are playing poker at my place, and feeding the cats whilst I am away. Went to our company conference at the Gold Coast, staying at the casino there. Had a…
Advogato – fscking big pipes and security architecture
15 Oct 2000 » hackery I got Simon’s XFree86 patches. I was so happy once I had them. I am still cutting new ground, as his alpha server (which works) is statically linked. The patches slot in nicely to the current CVS, with one minor tweak and a bit of work. The dynamic loader stuff…
Advogato – 11 October 2000
11 Oct 2000 (updated 11 Oct 2000) » stupidity, Network Solutions-style Say hello to “der Stock, Andrew van”. Network Solutions have plenty to answer for. I just want to update my NIC handle and put in the address I actually live at in my record, and whilst I’m at it, change my e-mail address to…
Advogato – 7 October 2000
7 Oct 2000 » I have paid homage to the espresso gods. I pumped my first short black on my own machine (I’ve used other people’s including my brother’s baby Gaggia), and it tastes fine! 🙂 The Novo comes with a frother, which will not get much use, I’d imagine. The only aggravating thing is…
Advogato 6 October 2000
6 Oct 2000 » life Bought Baldurs Gate II. There goes what remained of my spare time. auDA continues to soak time. eu* is remarkably monopolistic. SAGE-AU is giving me connipitions. However, we’re finally kicking goals! The bad news is that I need to get my friend Luke to recommit to being a board member….
Advogato – 25 September 2000
25 Sep 2000 » Netizen I feel sad for Kirrily (Skud) to have her company go down the gurglers. That’s pretty damn shitty. I remember when Kirrily was running rainbow.net.au (IIRC) out of her garage in a northern Melbourne suburb. Well, at least it sounds as she’s going to have some fun somewhere else. cla’s…
Advogato – Buying a new Dell over the Internet
14 Sep 2000 » Today I conducted the largest single transaction I’ve ever done over the net – buying a new Dell Inspiron 4100 via the Dell web site. So in a few weeks, I’ll have a nice shiny Dell sitting at home to replace my aging HP XU 6/200 dual PPro 200 and its…
Advogato – 11 September 2000
11 Sep 2000 » Been meaning to post. Honest. Been very very busy. Went to Hobart to present the Win2K Security tutorial to what might have been a very hostile audience (it was run by the Australian Unix User’s Group- Tasmania and SAGE-Tas coordinator.) However, 33 people turned out, and they were cool. I’ll put…
Advogato – 17″ Monitor Dead
18 Aug 2000 » Not much happening. My 17″ monitor is still dead. Long live the 17″ monitor.