Ram's Technology Notes
We have a personal blog that I host using wordpress on my domain (just like this one). Posts on the personal blog are made by someone who’s not into technology and isn’t interested in details – they’d much rather prefer something that’s user friendly and just works. The posts are usually made using Windows Live…
Recently, I got a new SSD (Sandisk 256 GB in case you’re wondering) and as part of setting it up, I decided to clean install Windows 8 instead of moving my existing Windows 7 setup over. One of the things I wanted to try out was the integrated Hyper-V support in Windows 8 to host…
In my previous post I described setting up optware and USB storage on DD-WRT on the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. To recap, I am running the latest official Buffalo DD-WRT release v24SP2-MULTI (07/15/12) std – build 19484 on the v1, A0A3 h/w version of this router. One of the things I wanted to try out was setting up privoxy…
In my previous post I described setting up DD-WRT on the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH. To recap, I am running the latest official Buffalo DD-WRT release v24SP2-MULTI (07/15/12) std – build 19484 on the v1, A0A3 h/w version of this router. So far, it has been going well. The router has been very stable and wired and wireless clients…
I have had the Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH (v1, A0A3 h/w version) router for over 3 years now. At the time I bought it, my criteria for selecting a router were: It should support gigabit Ethernet (GigE) It should support 802.11N (draft at the time) It should be able to provide coverage throughout our home Price, Specs,…
I run an Ubuntu guest on VMWare Player (host OS is Windows 7) at home. For the longest time, one big annoyance has been that I didn’t have my 5 button mouse (Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 7000 – but this tip applies to any 5 button mouse) working properly. Specifically, the two buttons on…
Any new technology endeavor starts with a familiar introduction – a way for the programmer/user to get the system to greet you with “Hello, World!”. I believe this tradition started with Brian Kernighan & Dennis Ritchie’s famous book about the C programming language. Here’s my “Hello, World!” in this blog – I hope to share…