In My Brain

by

So, this was some debugging output that I was going through yesterday. My whole day was like that. And this particular one, pointed me toward one of my problems. Rr2rrrrrrrrrBCDrr1w3wwww8wwwwwDww “10-14” = Wr2rrrrrrr0rBCrrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “15-19” = Wr2rrrrrrrrrBCDEr1wrwwWw8wwwwwDww; “16-19” = Wr2rrrrrrrrrBCDrF1wrwwWw8wwwwwDww; “8-12” = Wr2rrrrr8rrrrCDrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “9-13” = Wr2rrrrrr9rrBrDrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; “9-14” = Wr2rrrrrr9rrBCrrr1w3wwWw8wwwwwDww; Yes, this is what I do during … Read more

AirPort Utility Bypass for Bit Torrent

by

I was recently reminded that because I was so busy this year and didn’t make it to SXSW, that I had forgotten about the SXSW Bit Torrent.  I went looking and it didn’t take long to find that some had indeed put one together for 2009.

I was quickly reminded that the AirPort Extreme Base Station by default protects me from the wilds of the Internet and to get the torrent running you have to bypass the ports and directly map them to your inside computer.

I found an old write-up to tell me how to do it, but it’s very out of date. I figured it out from there, but anyone who’s non-technical likely couldn’t.

I’m not going to take the time right now to explain the details again.  But you should be able to follow his text and my screen shots to get the gritty work done and allow you to bypass your default firewall with the current 5.4.1 Airport Utility.

A few days from now I’ll have more music than I need and it will likely take me months to sift through it all.  But I do have a new, big media drive just waiting.

So, here are the screen shots, if you have any questions, let me know!

Read more

Reclaiming Privacy with a Tether?

by

Random Opinion:

A friend of mine commented that her iPhone Internet is faster than her work computer’s Internet.

It’s bothered me for some time that the assumption is that companies can spy into your business as much as they want because “they provide” the equipment. Are you going to listen to my phone call to my doctor as well? Unfortunately, too often, the answer (given seriously) is “yes”.

“We have no respect for you. You are meat. Here’s your minimum + $x.” It seems odd on the surface, but obvious once introspected. The more people pay you, the more they don’t intrude on you. This has always been the case for me, and I’ve worked a wide variety of jobs.

Read more

More on Regulating Beer Distribution

by

Patrick Beach at the Austin-American Statesman ran an article on the current fight for an inch: Regulation, Legislation and Fun You Can’t Have with Texas Beer: the patchwork of Texas’ beer laws satisfies almost no one. My summary of it: beer distributers are engaging in anti-Texas behavior. Texas legislators are weak and willing to bow … Read more

Strangers in a Crowd

by

A random idea for an iPhone Application: Apple announced they would provide bonjour discovery of devices in the iPhone 3.0 software.  (They announced it to the world, so it’s not covered by the iPhone SDK NDA, you NDA nazis.) My mind was w[oa]ndering and I thought of an interesting, odd, but compelling idea for an … Read more

McDonald’s is a Blight

by

There was a brief story in the Houston Press about all the broken McDonald’s signs in Houston.

broken_mcdonaldsThere is an annoyed citizen that has taken his grip to the newest town square: Facebook. He created a Facebook Group to help people voice their shared annoyance.

I joined the group on Wednesday as the 34th member. I suspect if the group gets traction it should be over 1000 people in no time. And if other media in town mention it, it could go well above that.  (Or, if it goes no further than here, it could peak at 35 some time next week.)

I think if it gets noisy enough, we could likely get the Houston City Council to do something about it.

Read more