February 2010 archive

from slug to plug

image of sheevaplug

Well this took rather longer than expected. I intended to write about my latest toy much earlier than this, but several things got in the way – more of which later. About three or four weeks ago I bought myself a new sheevaplug. The plug has been on sale in the US for some time, …

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Permanent link to this article: https://baldric.net/2010/02/28/from-slug-to-plug/

homeopathy

I can’t recall how I got there, but this made me laugh enough to want to share it.

Permanent link to this article: https://baldric.net/2010/02/26/homeopathy/

isp shenanigans

speedtest image

I have recently been off-line. And I am less than happy about the reasons. My ISP recently informed me that it was changing it’s back end provider from Entanet to Vispa. Like many small ISPs, my provider does not have any real infrastructure of its own, it simply repackages services provided by a wholesaler who …

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Permanent link to this article: https://baldric.net/2010/02/20/isp-shenanigans/