Various random thoughts, ideas, whatever:

Technical ideas:

• Using PPPoE from a FreeBSD 6.0 server to access iiNet, January 2008
• Patching uShare 1.0_2 to stream .avi and .divx from FreeBSD 6.x to XBox 360, December 2007
  
• Using pxeboot to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a laptop without bootable CDROM drive, December 2004
  
• HotSync'ing and Web Surfing a Palm Tungsten C over USB to a FreeBSD 4.8 host, December 2003
  
• Using a CanoScan LiDE20 USB scanner under FreeBSD 4.8, October 2003
  
• Building a home NAT/Gateway using FreeBSD, December 2002
  
• Recovering my old BBC Model B Microcomputer, December 2002
• Incremental Backups under FreeBSD 4.x using Rsync, September 2002
  
• Saving diskspace by mounting ISO images as local, exportable filesystems, June 2002
• Building a mixed Apple, Windows & FreeBSD wireless LAN (802.11b), July 2001
• Measuring the impact of traffic load on RTT over cable modem access link, May 2001
  
• Emulating a System 7.5.5 Mac on my WinNT/Win2K box (courtesy of BasiliskII - a freeware emulator package
  

Opinions

• Buying just bandwidth from your service provider is short-sighted, May 2001
• Will optical bandwidth solve IP QoS?, May 2001
  

updated December 27th 2007

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