Tom Higgins just announced the new PTP podcast on the SeattleWireless Talk List. I’m listening now, and it’s pretty cool stuff. Check it out!
Howdy from your CWN comrades down here in the Commonists lands of Oregon.
Inspired in part from the coolness that we saw on SWtv and a need to be
buzzword compliant we have taken to doing a demiregular podcast of our
various meetings, musing and mutterings. We are seeking to spread the good
news and info not just of whats happening here in Portland but what can be
done everywhere with CWNs.
Drop this url into the podcatching / wget parsing app of choice
http://www.personaltelco.net/~tom/podcast/rss.xml
Enjoy the words, we hope they are of use and/or enjoyment. Any feedback,
ideas or contributions are welcome.
-TomHiggins
Rob has been hacking a bit on WiFiAdmin and got to show off his code, We discussed the pros and cons of public VPNs, the new Mac Mini and a few other topics spawned by the mailing lists. Ken talked about the upcoming Schmoo Con 2005 and the wireless network that will be built there. Joe wouldn’t let us take apart his Mac Mini (he did know better than to bring it), but we did get to check out the nifty chip antenna on the Kanguru Wireless LAN wireless flash dongle. Unfortunately the Internet Cafe is having both licensing issues (no beer) and lease (dhcp) issues, so if you couldn’t get an IP address, you couldn’t drink a beer and forget about it.
Well, I noticed over at gonzo wireless that Sveasoft (firmware distributors and bad wiki citizens) are sending out DMCA Takedown notices to Google. It’s been a while since I’ve fiddled with a WRT, but if I had to, I’d blast it with OpenWRT, the package management system is impressive, and community support sounds a whole lot better than this.
Tonight we went over to the Areis building (NodeGasworksEast) to do the final setup and install of the node. We hung out in the phone closet for a while, crimped up the last of the cable, got the sled built and all the gear on the mast. When we went up to the roof to plug everything in, we found a locked door. Foiled.
Even the Economist knows it’s time for Broadcom to open up it’s interfaces. Not only would it make anyone who’s had to use NdisWrapper much happier, but you would see a lot more long shots and mesh networks.
Matt Peterson, FreeNetworker, amateur pornographer and anti wiki and blog crusader is now a blogging BOFH Updated: a blogging BOFH, working for sixapart, the SOMA blog software company that just bought LiveJournal, the largest provider of teen angst on the Internet.
PS. It’s my birthday, and my $350 lightbulb just showed up. Yay projector technology!
I’ve been sick all year and didn’t make it to last night’s hacknight. Rob took notes, but unfortunately, no pictures made it to iMob.
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