User: steve_song

Failure to propagate is.... a feature!

On: Wireless Internet Access Uses Visible Light, Not Radio Waves

Suddenly not travelling through walls is a "feature". I can see the advertising now.... "fibre optic speeds.... except on rainy days"

Re:OpenWRT and DD-WRT porting boosted by this?

On: Atheros Hardware Abstraction Layer Source Is Released

OpenWRT on an Ubiquiti nanostation:
http://wiki.villagetelco.org/index.php/How_to_use_the_software_build_environment

OpenWRT on a D-Link DIR-300 (Atheros AR2317):
http://wiki.villagetelco.org/index.php/Interesting_Atheros_SoC_based_low-cost_device_with_4_port_switch

Open Hardware for the Poor

On: Open Source Hardware, For Fun and For Profit

Open Hardware can make a difference in the developing world. http://manypossibilities.net/2008/08/open-hardware-for-development/ Stand by for the Mesh Potato http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=70

Zimbra - not quite ready for the big time

On: Choosing a Replacement Email System For a University?

We switched to Zimbra a few months ago. It's ok but I have switched back to Thunderbird as a client for it. Some finetuning issues that Zimbra hasn't addressed from my perspective.

1. calendar syncing with Google calendar et al
2. ability to integrate instant messaging with external jabber servers
3. calendar event booking that works in something besides the Zimbra web interface
4. filing that works as well as Thunderbird with Nostalgy plug-in
5. lastly, not a Zimbra complaint as nobody does this well - tagging - when is someone going to do this right... I would rather tag than file but no one seems to be able to make mail work like del.icio.us.... sigh.