random notes, guides, and thoughts…
December 16, 2012
Recently got myself a new work phone - a Galaxy S3 4G. At the same time, I decided to do some research on what I could do about getting notifications to the phone. Notifications of things like RAID array problems, stuff going onto UPS power, that sort of thing.
December 4, 2012
Another XKCD to illustrate poignantly the evil that is password re-use;
December 4, 2012
The following sums up about what this post will be regarding perfectly.
December 1, 2012
I recently set up my Raspberry Pi so that I could watch TV and videos from my MediaPortal media center.
November 28, 2012
Over the weekend I decided to go and give Guild Wars 2 a go. I’d heard some good things about it, and I wanted to try it out since I’m after something that’s in the fantasy MMO style, but doesn’t attract a subscription fee.
November 5, 2012
By default the ENVI-R’s serial USB adapter will get a device name such as /dev/ttyUSB0, but this may wander if you have multiple serial devices connected. In order to get a fixed name, create an appropriate .rules file in /etc/udev/rules.d, and enter this;