Category Archives: Technology
Putting On The Fritz
After last week’s rewiring and laying of cables, I settled down Monday evening to install my latest gizmo, a FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7170 from the German manufacturer, AVM. Now, FRITZ!Box may just possibly be the worst-name ever devised for a … Continue reading
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Please Rescue My Stagnant Software
In the 2.5 years since I left Google, stopped working and moved away from Silicon Valley, my motivation to write code has waned and reached an all-time low ebb. There are many reasons for this. For example, I’m father to … Continue reading
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Surf & Mail & VoIP
I mentioned the other day that the KPN explicitly forbids the use of its flat-fee Surf & Mail mobile Internet package for VoIP services in its fair use policy. Nevertheless, I’ve put it to the test and can reveal that … Continue reading
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E90 and untrusted certificates
A couple of years ago, I wrote about how to solve the problem of the Nokia 9500 complaining about an untrusted (self-signed) certificate when picking up one’s mail over SSL/TLS. Well, the E90 suffers from the same problem and, again, … Continue reading
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Mesh WLAN
Iceland is an extremely civilised country, its whaling policy notwithstanding. Reykjavík is the hub of that civilisation. Unlike Amsterdam, Reykjavík has a mesh of random cafés and bookshops that offer free, open 802.11b/g WLAN access. The net effect is that … Continue reading
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