Tech Debug

Growl has been updated to V1.1.1. This is a MUST HAVE application for any Mac user, and without any further hesitation you can download it from the growl homepage. Growl provides notifications, which “… are a way for your applications to provide you with new information, without you having to switch from the application you’re already in.”

macosxhints.com has a hint on how to run your MacBook with its lid closed. They link to this apple technote, but its not just for your MacBook. Powerbook G4 and MacBook Pro owners are just as capable, and can have the joy of their portable beasts plugged into an external monitor as a “faux desktop”. You just have to have an external keyboard or mouse plugged in. Bluetooth keyboard users get their own technote.

Telstra recently upgraded their mobile broadband speeds to give “… typical speeds of 550kbps to 3Mbps, bursting up to 6Mbps in CBD, metro and other areas with our BigPond wireless devices on a Super G Fast plan” While I applaud the expanded infrastructure their pricing makes it useless. Take a look at their business pricing for wireless data: Price per month Data allowance Excess cost per MB $5 5 MB $1.

Looking in my inbox today I read this: This message is being sent to confirm that all credit card information has been removed from the World of Warcraft account ********, effectively cancelling its recurring subscription as of September 23, 2007 5:47 AM UTC. The account will not bill or renew any further unless new payment information (credit card or game card) is manually entered in. The account will remain playable for the remaining time it has already paid for.

The MQ command level is an integer used by MQ clients that identify what version the WebSphere MQ servers is running. This in conjunction with the Platform attribute allows a client know what commands the MQ server supports. Both are required attributes to determine usable commands. You may be asked by someone what command level your system supports. In the case of MQ V6.0 on Solaris, the following is true:

So many people have written long and excellent examples of an internet application layer filtering solution. However, what if you need a quick and simple internet filtering solution? Want to block out all the garbage for the younger generation? Look no further than Dansguardian. I’ll assume you love OpenBSD as well, and have the following in place: OpenBSD running as your router, multi-homed the same machine running pf the same machine with squid installed and working as a transparent proxy Packet filtering is online, your internet access works from the router and from an internal host with your squid working transparently wget installed Download the latest beta from dansguardian.