From the monthly archives:

May 2008

WRT54GL + Tomato

by mattm on May 24, 2008

in Software

I recently setup a WRT54GL modem with a specially hacked version of the Tomato firmware in an effort to evade Bell Canada’s throttling (yes, it works). I’ll use this post to talk about any hints I have for anyone trying it themselves. (I’ll write up the experience soon) In setting ip dnsmasq, I ran across [...]

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Think twice about using a CMS…

by mattm on May 23, 2008

in Software

Some time ago myself and some other fellows decided that it would be kind of neat to build a website that would cater to musicians and offer various ways for those users to collaborate with each other. We needed user management, forums, comments on everything, a way to manage audio (upload, download, metadata, playlists, etc.), [...]

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Steve Ballmer gets egged in Budapest

by mattm on May 20, 2008

in News

It would have been a whole lot funnier if the guy had just been pissed off about Vista, like I am. Turns out he is upset about a deal between MSFT and the Hungarian government. [youtube]mtBQ4UCXQeo[/youtube]

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Photoshoot today…

by mattm on May 19, 2008

in Photography

Black 5-18-2008 (6 of 12) Last week I bought a piece of black foamboard with the intention of making a box in which I’d take shots of small items that I found interesting. Of course, I’m kind of bored of photographing “things”, and decided to attach the foam board to my garage wall with gaffer’s [...]

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Happy Queen Victoria Day…

by mattm on May 19, 2008

in News

If you are wondering why your Canadian friends and colleagues are not answering their phones or going to work, its because we have a statutory holiday to commemorate a long-dead monarch, “Victoria”. Most Canadians are not rabid monarchists any more, but we sure do love to take time off from work…more than the yanks, but [...]

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