I bought my Nokia N97 early July, just a few days after the Australia release. I’ve been enjoying this great device since then desspite its bugs. The most notable of which was that unlike my previous Nokia S60 it would not cooperate with iSync. Thankfully the recently released firmware update (V20.0.019) fixes this problem.
Recently I set up an encrypted file system so I could do rsync backups to a secured location. What you end up with is a mountable file system that you can use to securely store data. Debian offers an easy way to set up encrypted file systems using the LUKS standard with the cryptsetup package. You’ll need to enter a decryption passphrase to mount the volume whenever the system boots.
Fink is a package management system for Mac OS X. If you’re new to Fink read on for a description of how it works.
The Apple aluminium keyboards are very nice. I recently bought one for an Ubuntu Linux machine, and it requires some special configuration to work as expected.
This post describes how to fix the function keys and swap command (windows or ’super’) keys with the alt (or option) keys.
Update: Improved proxying of RTMP
Update: Compatibility with unmetered and local content
Update: Automatic /etc/hosts update
Hulu is a website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios. Currently Hulu is only available from within the United States of America.
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I just discovered that Mercurial supports named shortcuts for repositories. This is great for when you want to be pushing and pulling from several repository URLs without typing their full locations.
I’ve implemented IDLE support into OfflineIMAP. For the last day or two I’ve been using this and I’m loving the instant email notifications. I emailed the original author and plan to work with him to get the code included into an official OfflineIMAP release.
Happy Non-Prime New Year to everybody!
Last night I went to Emma Hunt’s NYE party at her parents’ place in Milson’s Point. We had great views of the fireworks there. They were quite nice, particularly the heart shaped ones at the earlier 9pm show.
This year I’ll be doing a PhD, probably on something to do with computer security models and user interfaces. I got an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) scholarship which will be great to keep me solvent for the next three years.
Have a great year everybody!
From very early in 2008 Julieanne and I had planned to spend a few nights at the StarCity hotel in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. This was to be our joint celebration of finishing four years of university.
The previous two trips were planned afterward but we ended up doing StarCity last. We had a really nice relaxing few days. Breakfasted at the Garden Buffet, got pampered with a massage at the Star Spa and just generally relaxed and enjoyed ourselves.
A group of friends from university decided a road trip to the Gold Coast would be a suitable way to celebrate finishing uni and the end of the year. Nine of us booked two rooms at the Silverton Apartments, about 10 minutes walk out of Surfer’s Paradise. We had great views from the apartment of both the beach to the east and the mountains to the west.