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New package install: dnsmasq
I think I’m going to install dnsmasq tomorrow. I kind of shied away from making my laptop and the other computers in the house really dependent on the server for important services like DNS, but it gets annoying waiting for DNS to respond. Plus dnsmasq has some nice features like pulling upstream server addresses from…
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Maintenance: 4/1/2008
Upgrades These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies … done! [ebuild U ] sys-libs/timezone-data-2008a [2007k] USE=”nls” 346 kB [ebuild U ] sys-apps/hdparm-8.6 [7.7] 69 kB [ebuild U ] net-misc/iputils-20071127 [20070202] USE=”-doc -ipv6 -static” 99 kB [ebuild U ] sys-apps/pciutils-2.2.10 [2.2.9] USE=”zlib -network-cron” 230 kB [ebuild U ] sys-apps/texinfo-4.11-r1 [4.8-r5]…
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BB&T Bank tracking it’s users
Check out the homepage of Branch Banking and Trust, it’s got invisible tracking voodoo from Doubleclick/Google. This is the unadorned BB&T website. No visible external advertising or mention of Doubleclick at all. The first thing you’ll notice is the two warnings displayed by noscript in the upper-left corner. Remember this was supposed to be blank…
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Vehicle warranty scam
Today I received a very interesting scam demanding that I buy an extended warranty because my “vehicle’s factory warranty has expired or will soon expire”. Turns out Dealer Warranty Services has already caught the attention of Missouri’s Attorney General. The AG’s website lists 23 complaints. The Better Business Bureau lists 37 complaints in the last…
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Maintenance: 3/17/2008
Upgrades These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies … done! [ebuild U ] sys-apps/man-pages-2.78 [2.76] USE=”nls” LINGUAS=”-cs% -da% -de% -es% -fr% -it% -ja% -nl% -pl% -ro% -ru% -zh_CN%” 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-libs/com_err-1.40.6 [1.40.4] USE=”nls” 3,977 kB [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ss-1.40.6 [1.40.4] USE=”nls” 0 kB [ebuild U ]…
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Pictures
Hooray! The Ethernet tap is finally complete. The tap in all of it’s glory. I originally wanted to install a fake switch next to this warning but I gave up on it. Just so it would be finished and I could start using it. Only four wires are really important so that’s why I didn’t…
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All Your Data Are Belong To Me
The Ethernet tap is all complete. I used a 5″x2.5″x2″ project box from Radio Shack and cut the holes in it with a box cutter. Filed down the rough edges so the keystone jacks fit firmly in their holes then a little super glue to hold everything in place. Just for some superfluous decoration I’m…
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Maintenance: 3/17/2008
Upgrades These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating world dependencies . … done! [ebuild U ] app-misc/pax-utils-0.1.17 [0.1.16] USE=”-caps” 0 kB [ebuild U ] sys-apps/which-2.19 [2.16] 0 kB [ebuild NS ] sys-libs/db-4.3.29-r2 USE=”-bootstrap -doc -java -nocxx -tcl -test” 0 kB [ebuild U ] dev-lang/python-2.4.4-r9 [2.4.4-r6] USE=”berkdb gdbm ncurses readline ssl -bootstrap…