TPB AFK

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard är en dokumentär om The Pirate Bay och dess grundare som hade premiär igår på Berlins filmfestival och online. Filmen har tagit fyra år att färdigställa och följer de tre grundarna av The Pirate Bay under rättegångarna. Filmen sägs vara den första film som har premiär både… Continue reading TPB AFK

Earth Hour 2012

Today is Earth Hour 2012. Most lights in the office are shut off. I’m working the night, I usually do that whenever I work alone, but doing it with a thought today. Changing the theme to require less energy to display (in theory, on CRT:s anyway 🙂 ).

Intressant föreläsning om utvecklingen i världen

Swedish Prepper skrev i måndags en artikel, och länkade till en föreläsning av Fredrik Härén om utvecklingen i världen. Jag såg den igår morse när jag kom hem från jobbet. Mycket tänkvärd, kolla in den. Siten verkar i övrigt ha en hel del intressant att läsa. Jag har tänkt börja skriva lite om survivalism och… Continue reading Intressant föreläsning om utvecklingen i världen

Securing the MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD (or any RouterOS device) – the bare minimum

Before you do anything else with the MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD, or any other device running RouterOS with a default configuration I guess, you should configure the device with some bare minumum security features. Set a password The first thing to do is changing the password for the default user “admin”. When you are logged in,… Continue reading Securing the MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD (or any RouterOS device) – the bare minimum

Examining, configuring and playing with the MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD for the first time

I bought a MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD a little while back. Tonight is the first time I power it up and connect to it, examining what it can do, and how to do it. From the outside it’s a nice looking little box, with a seemingly sturdy enough plastic casing with the size of 113x138x29mm. There are… Continue reading Examining, configuring and playing with the MikroTik RouterBOARD RB751G-2HnD for the first time

How computer and operating system introduction courses should be done

The following video is from 1963, before, or in the middle of the creation of proper operating systems. It explains so fantastically well how computers work in general, and also important concepts that was later developed further, and which are the foundations of modern operating systems today. This video should be shown at the first… Continue reading How computer and operating system introduction courses should be done

If a PDP-8 minicomputer can’t help with Greece, who can?

.BASIC NEW OR OLD–OLD FILE NAME–HELLO.BA READY RUN HELLO BA 5A HELLO, MY NAME IS PETEY P. EIGHT. WHAT’S YOUR NAME ?BEARDY HI THERE BEARDY. ARE YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF HERE IN THIS WONDERFUL PLACE?YES OH, I’M GLAD TO HEAR THAT BEARDY SAY, BEARDY, I CAN SOLVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS EXCEPT THOSE DEALING WITH GREECE.… Continue reading If a PDP-8 minicomputer can’t help with Greece, who can?

Cron, crontab example reference and how to run things periodically in GNU/Linux and Unix

Cron is a job scheduler found in most Unix-like operating systems. “Chronos”, which is the Greek word for “time”, is where the name cron comes from. Cron makes it possible to schedule jobs, which can be commands, a series of commands, or scripts, that you want to run periodically. Common uses are backups, notifications, periodic… Continue reading Cron, crontab example reference and how to run things periodically in GNU/Linux and Unix

Fixing missing menu entries of Opera and Skype in Debian GNU/Linux

Unfortunately the third-party packages of Opera and Skype do not contain menu entries for the Debian menu system. Not very surprisingly one might think, but I just think it’s sloppy. If you, like me, like the Debian menu system and want Opera and Skype available in it, do the following to solve that, until the… Continue reading Fixing missing menu entries of Opera and Skype in Debian GNU/Linux

Modems & Bulletin Boards, The Computer Chronicles

This Sunday’s video (I will from now on try to post atleast one video from this series, or another, each Sunday (even though it technically is Monday in this part of the world)) is about modems and bulletin boards (BBS:es). I also have to recommend the movie/series “BBS: The Documentary” which is very interesting and well made.… Continue reading Modems & Bulletin Boards, The Computer Chronicles