I host an IP-restricted squid proxy at the digital machine. For anyone that’s using it, ad filtering is now ON, thanks to AdZapper. Feedback welcome.

There’s a new version of Visual Studio coming out called Everett – actually very interesting, compared to the current version of VS 7 – they are targeting C++ ISO conformance and hitting 98% or better – “But our favorite benchmark is that we’re compiling the popular Boost, Blitz, and Loki libraries without the need for special workarounds”. Excellent, sounds worth the switch this time.

I have been following Freenet development for years now, and it is still very much a work-in-progress.

I decided to give the latest Windows snapshot of Freenet 0.5rc1, “the first ‘stable’ release in far too long”, a ride around the block.

Well, it takes about one NY minute to realize that the main problem with USING Freenet is actually FINDING STUFF on Freenet. I will need to set up an index of my local node some time, with the perl script from here (and here’s a sample of what it can do), if I get inspired, and can get my head fully behind the concept that (“censorship is evil” && “copyright is bad” && etc. etc.).

  • ABB: “Interview these 12 people TODAY!”
  • Me: “OK…”, HOURS later… “I liked these 2, what’s next?”
  • ABB: “Didn’t you hear? Hiring freeze in effect for the next 12 months!”With all the non-productive interviews Zac and I have done here at ABB over the last few months, I’ve scrounged up a lame list like this at least two dozen times. NO MORE! 😛

    And to guarantee this is the final time, I’m cutting and pasting it into the body of this article (hit “Read More” to see it)… (continued…)

  • First step, set up a linux user and a Windows logon that match.

    Viewing Windows shares from linux
    Type the following (eventually set it up to run on boot):



    mount -t smbfs //sharename/c /mnt/sharename_c -o username=### -orw -ofmask=777 -odmask=777 -ouid=www
    (### = your Windows/linux logon name)

    Viewing linux partitions from Windows
    Set up /etc/samba/smb.cnf as follow
    then run [/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart]



    workgroup = #### (set to match Windows PC’s)
    hosts allow = 192.168.###. (### = your LAN’s range)
    [root]
    comment = root path
    path = /
    public = yes
    writable = yes
    printable = no
    write list = @### (### = your Windows/linux logon name)
    create mask = 0755