Category Archives: Computing

Hardware, software, computer science and the rest

Merry Christmas and would you please fix my computer?

Posted on 28 December, 2006 by Matthias Scheler

Every family has a computer expert. His (or her) job is to help the rest of the family with all their computer problems. Everytime the family computer expert is visiting he (or she) needs to get through a list of … Continue reading →

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The Silence of the Packets

Posted on 14 December, 2006 by Matthias Scheler

As part of my ongoing attempt to simplify my IT infrastructure at home I recently decided to replace my NetBSD firewall and the external DSL modem with a router appliance. The list of advantages was long: Less noise and power … Continue reading →

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Beaver in the 21st Century

Posted on 30 October, 2006 by Matthias Scheler

Last saturday my friend Markus finally found the time to update the hardware of his externally hosted server beaver.core.de. The update took place month later than initially planed because Markus has a very busy schedule and his hobby server is … Continue reading →

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