Category Archives: Advogato

These postings were originally posted to Advogato, back before the word blog had become commonplace.

11th February 2001

Posted on Sunday, 11th February, 2001 by ianmacd

Good old reliable Dutch weather. I’m not even on the plane yet, and the 10 day forecast is for rain, every single day: fscking great. Yesterday was an interesting day at Linuxcare. We are living through very interesting times right … Continue reading →

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6th February 2001

Posted on Tuesday, 6th February, 2001 by ianmacd

OK, my flight is booked. I’m flying back to Amsterdam this Sunday, 11th February and staying until the following weekend. My wireless Ethernet card turned up yesterday. Very cool. Now all I need is wireless AC power and I’ll be … Continue reading →

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2nd February 2001

Posted on Friday, 2nd February, 2001 by ianmacd

It looks like I’ll be heading back to Amsterdam in a week or so. Today, I sat in the filthy stench of the social security office and looked at the security guards and bullet-proof glass for an hour for nothing. … Continue reading →

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29th January 2001

Posted on Monday, 29th January, 2001 by ianmacd

Went for a weekend in Carmel last week, down on the Monterey peninsula. That was a lot of fun. Visited Big Sur and watched the kelp through binoculars for sea otters in Pacific Grove. Even found a sweet shop specialising … Continue reading →

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26th January 2001

Posted on Friday, 26th January, 2001 by ianmacd

I’ve been playing with devfs and ReiserFS lately, and building some RPMs of 2.2.18 and 2.4.0 with IPSec compiled in. Also, I got Linux IrDA going on my Thinkpad, so I can now sync my Palm V over infrared.

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