Archive for January, 2010
iPad – a nice device, but, not for me
I was expected to run MacOS and not iPhoneOS.
NO webcam
NO photocam
NO voice (skype and friends)
NO usb
NO card reader
NO MS Office (for some people)
NO terminal/console (sometimes I need ssh)
NO flash
locked in AppStore (so, NO firefox, opera, chrome)
NO multitasking
glossy screen for reading books (no way)
NO GPS
NO great deal for money
….
so, it is a HUGE iPhone without phone [...]
Opera 10.10 vs Firefox 3.6
The screenshot says everything … (the same number of tabs)
click on image for a large version
Fixing Lighttpd in Debian “squeeze” on SheevaPlug
I was using SheevaPlug as my Home NAS, with and external usb hdd, until recently when I built my new NAS, based on ION ATOM, FreeBSD and ZFS.
I am thinking to add an usb webcam and to use it as a monitoring system.
I updated Debian “squeeze”, which is running on an 8G SDHC card, but [...]
My ZFS Home NAS/HTPC Box Build
I was looking to build a NAS (Network Attached Storage) to store all my music, photos, files, e-books and important work related files. I also wanted to have a central place for my backups and to be used sometimes as HTPC. So, a “two in one” solution (NAS and HTPC).
Even if there are many ready-to-go [...]
