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Make Netatalk work on Ubuntu 11.10 and OSX
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No CommentsTweetI recently upgraded my server to a new machine running Ubuntu 11.10. With the Macs in our house I’ve always used Samba for file sharing – it works, it’s stable... -
Restoring missing Microsoft Excel workbook windows
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsTweetI just had a rather strange problem with Microsoft Excel 2010. When opening the workbook nothing appeared on the screen: Evidently something had loaded since the formula bar contained data... -
Amazon Kindle 3 ‘WiFi’ problems and pfSense
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 1 CommentTweetA few weeks ago I replaced my malfunctioning Netgear ADSL modem/router/firewall with separate pieces of hardware, the main one being an old PC running the BSD-based firewall ‘OS’ pfSense. After... -
Using ‘dd’ on OSX
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweetPoking a USB device into a Mac causes it to be automounted, with suitable entries appearing in /dev. Ejecting or unmounting the USB device makes all the /dev entries disappear,... -
NAT Loopback on a Speedtouch 780 BeBox
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No CommentsTweet If you still have a Thompson Speedtouch 780 ADSL2+ router (for example you might be a Be Internet customer who signed up when they first opened, and received one...