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2006
- 17 May 2006Upgrading the mac mini at the moment to 10.4.5. For some reason I never had the chance to upgrade this box in the past, so it ran 10.3 until tonight. Also, I plan to install Darwin Ports, then install openvpn2 so I can…
- Woke from the SlumberWoke up this morning with Calls and SMS messages hitting my cellphone and Blackberry with messages of a Tsunami warning to New Zealand. Glad to hear that Tonga is OK after the nearly 8.0 earthquake.
- Local Loop to be unbundled in New Zealandhttp://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=25636 New Zealand is going LLU. Should be quite interesting.
- Flying out to AustraliaFlying out to Australia tomorrow. Just got a call back from Qantas telling me the flt has been cancelled. Quickly booked through Air New Zealand . Early morning flights are a pain, but hopefully I will be able to bang…
- Wrapping my hands up in PythonI am coding up a quick script to pull some stats from a CLI in JUNOSe. I used to write a lot of PERL, from standard regex parsing scripts, socket programming, and various network related applications. As of late I have…
- 2 days that feel like 20Had a great weekend trip that started out 7am Saturday Morning. Took a flight up to Napier, NZ. A quick 40 minutes from Wellington Airport on Air New Zealand. Spend time walking around the Art Deco city of Napier,…
- April 21 2006I ordered the new Blackberry 8700c, which is not available in New Zealand at this time. I am having it shipped here from the USA, for a fairly reasonable price. I have been looking for the perfect phone/pda thingy for…
- April 16 2006A good relaxing day today; woke up late; read the Dominion Post cover to cover, then cleaned up the home office. Passed my Access Protocols Chapter to Chris on the weekend; I need to add the DHCP section to finish it…
- Router Vendors by the PlentyI just did a search on google for some random BRAS-centric keywords, and up pops Network Equipment Technologies ' new SCREAM 100/50 specifications. This new product was interesting to me because it uses a Cisco IOS…
- Start again...Things are getting interesting: finishing up a contract tomorrow. Possibly renewing with the folks that I am working with now, or taking a little stint in Hong Kong. Looking forward to some change. My buddy Teong has…
- ALA and JNPRTheStreet.com wrote an interesting article on 22/3/06 about Alcatel eating away at Juniper's business. See: http://tinyurl.com/gsq3r The article has some points that are valid, for example Alcatel has a strong ethernet…
- puff-a-mint pattie gets crunchedI thought it was quite amuzing that a company, by the name of Beyond Bomb, operating in Oakland, California was manufacturing marajuana-laced candy and softdrinks. NBC reported that the drugs were laced into the…
- wtc memorial thoughtsThe work to build the memorial pools on the voids of the two towers is to start soon. I like the idea of water in the design. I looked through some of the designs that were submitted the the Lower Manhattan Development…
- Fat Freddy's Drop and Back to the fluffy cloudsOn the weekend, walked over to Waitangi park to catch a good concert by Fat Freddy's Drop. Real nice to see them live. Big thanks to Paul for the tickets! Had a good time there; had a Tuatara pilsner, and then took a…
- Perth, AustraliaOverall I have been very impressed by what Perth has to offer. I am sitting by the river right now, watching sailboats cruise up and down the river on the mild breeze. The city is sprawling, with large towering…
- Day 3 at APRICOT 2006Over in Perth now. It's hot, almost too hot! I gave a talk at APRICOT 2006 on Broadband and Triple Play solutions. You can grab the presentation here . The talk went well, and I felt like it touched on some topics that…
- voodoopadVoodoopad is simply the best way to manage data on your laptop. A personal wiki, and brain mapping tool all in one. I already feel so organized; I think I will throw all the papers on my desk out! This weekend having a…