I have an HTC 8x phone on a Verizon MVNO (Page Plus). Today, I was excited to see that the Windows Phone 8.1 update was finally available for my device. That excitement was to be short-lived. As the update finished installing, the final step is to reboot the phone into the new OS. Unfortunately, this […]
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Secure WiFi is Broken
November 20th, 2013 · No Comments · networking, Uncategorized, wifi
Today, I’m offering you a challenge. Go out and find a public wifi network that offers encryption without making you log in. I dare you. Unfortunately, this endeavor is doomed to failure. WiFi as it exists today makes it virtually impossible to offer such a thing. I find myself in the business of managing a […]
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Mattress Shopping
April 8th, 2013 · No Comments · non-computer, Uncategorized
Something non-computer-related today. My wife and I recently decided to spend some windfall money replacing our 30-year-old top mattress. Yeah. I wanted to record some of the things I found in shopping for the replacement. We settled pretty early on a memory foam mattress. These have amazing satisfaction ratings relative to the price. However, these mattresses […]
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The Immutable String
August 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
One theme I see often on StackOverflow is that someone will post a question related to strings, and someone or several someones else will come along and say, “You can’t; strings are immutable.” This is all well and good and accurate, but I have a problem with it. You see, I think most of the […]
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A Different Way to Wifi Part 2: Basics and Stages
April 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
In my last post, I talked about what you need to get started building out your wifi network. The main points were adequate switching and some basic network services like dhcp. But the most important item from the list is a dedicated network team. If you meet the first part, you probably have the second […]
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