Free Amazon EC2 ServersFree Amazon EC2 Servers
Amazon is providing free EC2 access for new customers (who have never been customers before) for one year [1]. It is 750 hours per month (enough to run non-stop for[...]
Author: etbe
Conferences and People on the Autism SpectrumConferences and People on the Autism Spectrum
There have been some recent discussions about issues related to the treatment of women at Free Software conferences, I’ve written posts about Aspie Social Skills and Free Software [1] and[...]
Links January 2011Links January 2011
Halla Tomasdottir gave an interesting TED talk about her financial services company which uses “feminine values” and thus survived the Icelandic financial crash [1]. She also has a lot of[...]
icmptx – Tunneling IP over ICMP Echoicmptx – Tunneling IP over ICMP Echo
I’ve just been playing with icmptx, a system for tunneling IP over ICMP Echo which could be handy if I ever find myself blocked by firewalls. Unfortunately the documentation is[...]
Links December 2010Links December 2010
Aaron Huey gave a disturbing TED talk titled “America’s native prisoners of war” [1]. He says “the last chapter in any successful genocide is the one in which the oppressor[...]
Locked Down Phones and Horrible TelcosLocked Down Phones and Horrible Telcos
Choosing a Phone I was considering renewing my Three contract and getting a HTC Desire HD [1]. What I need is a phone that is good for being a ssh[...]
Dynamic DNSDynamic DNS
The Problem My SE Linux Play Machine has been down for a couple of weeks. I’ve changed to a cheaper Internet access plan which also allows me to download a[...]
Empathy, Autism, and GeeksEmpathy, Autism, and Geeks
LWN has a recent article titled “The dark side of open source conferences” which concerns sexual assault at conferences [1]. There are a significant number of comments with attempts to[...]
Aspie Social Skills and the Free Software CommunityAspie Social Skills and the Free Software Community
LWN has an article by Valerie Aurora titled “The dark side of open source conferences” [1] which is about sexual harassment and sexual assault at Free Software conferences. Apparently some[...]
The Sad State of Shopping in AustraliaThe Sad State of Shopping in Australia
Paul Wayper has written a blog post criticising the main chains of grocery stores in Australia [1]. That is the cartel of Coles and Woolworths (which was formerly known as[...]