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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Replaced my 250GB hard drive with a 1TB hard drive

25-Feb-10

the replacement 1 TB Hitachi arrived. So, I decided to take out the 250 GB hard drive and replace that slice with the 1 TB Hitachi.

Liking TortoiseGit better than git-cheetah

20-Feb-10

I’ve installed both, and I can’t figure out what git-cheetah does other than start gitk (which comes with msysgit anyway). However, TortoiseGit (like TortoiseHG & TortoiseSVN) are beautiful. In addition, it supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

FreeBSD and ZFS drive ordering

14-Feb-10

So, as it turns out, ZFS relies on the FreeBSD slice names to determine what goes where. This can be a problem, since the slice drive names can move around–if, for example, you switch what USB ports your drives plug into. Which is what I just did. I have no idea what ordering they were […]

Wow! Sprint 3G is pretty good on the uplink

11-Feb-10

Whereas my 4G connection (albeit from my basement) is ~ 3Mbps download and 100 kbps upload, the 3G connection is ~ 1Mbps download but a whopping 410 kbps upload. Latency is also lower (78 ms versus 106 ms). Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Clear conenct manager breaks Sprint 4G hack

11-Feb-10

I know it was inevitable. I had been using Clear’s Connection manager, since it’s been far superior to Sprint’s. However, today, the connection manager upgraded itself. It no longer recognizes the Sprint network. (Really, Sprint & Clear are the same network. What I mean is that Clear connection manager no longer authenticates using my Sprint […]

Sprint 4G latency

11-Feb-10

I’m currently using a wireless (fixed, not mobile) ISP. The latency I get using the Motorola Canopy equipment is 22 ms. My download speeds are 1818 kbps. With Sprint’s 4G WiMax, the latency is 106 ms. The download speed is 2.9 Mbps. What has me concerned is that I use this connection to VNC into […]