Do you want your kids to have completely unrestricted access to the internet?
Personally, I wouldn’t want this for my kids – if I had any! However, after being asked to look into the possibilities by someone who does have kids, I discovered all is not as it should be…
Recently, I discovered Vyatta, simply fantastic open source routing software. Excellent, just what I need for my virtual development lab!
Running on a very lightweight Linux core, after some initial issues with typos(!), Vyatta connected my dev lab to the WAN in minutes. Simple, straightforward NAT rules and a single static route and off you go!
So, who wants an iPad?
I noticed an article on LifeHacker today: “Top 10 Ways to Access Blocked Stuff on The Web” and thought, ‘this is going to give the Firewall guys a real headache!’
A big fan of the GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology, and having parsed Stephen Coveys 7 Habits and taken a cursory glance at his 8th ‘habit’, I decided it would be useful to condense this overwhelming raft of information, into ‘Brisons 3 highly efficient habits’:
Further to my recent post (iPod Hell), I have found that my new iPod has raised the bar when it comes to frustration
Do you need ‘The Five R’s’ in order to get your iPod working? I did…
I am currently trailing GFI BAckup – which is free – against the all-conquering Genie Backup Manager (commercial), which has to be almost the defacto standard in home backup: I have yet to find a more complete system than GBM. However, my findings so far regarding the GFI offering:
GFI Backup is outstanding!
It’s a synch to set up and use – everything designed in a logical and almost foolproof manner: this is what you have to do to back something up:
Two days ago, an iPod Classic came into my life very unexpectedly. Joy, I thought – this new gizmo is really sexy.
How wrong could I be?
