Patch to make libinklevel work with a Canon i950 printer

This weekend, while cruising freshmeat.net, I happened upon libinklevel, from Markus Heinz. From the description:

Libinklevel is a library for checking the ink level of your printer on a system which runs Linux. It supports printers attached via parallel port or usb.

I downloaded and installed the latest versions of that and a complementary command-line tool called ink . . . → Read More: Patch to make libinklevel work with a Canon i950 printer

CableCARD problems again

Once again, we’re not getting some of our channels. Yesterday we couldn’t get Bravo; tonight we get Bravo, but not Comedy Central.

We’ve had problems like this before and it usually requires calling Comcast and giving them a bunch of numbers for our CableCARDs and having them give them an electronic kick in the pants.

I’ll call Comcast . . . → Read More: CableCARD problems again

Water softener

Our new Kenmore water softener was installed yesterday. I sanitized the brine tank with chlorine bleach (as detailed in the instructions) and then loaded it up with a bag of potassium chloride and kicked off a regeneration. So far we haven’t noticed our showers feeling any different, but that might be because there’s still a bunch . . . → Read More: Water softener

links for 2007-07-25

Kerberos (protocol) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(tags: kerberos security . . . → Read More: links for 2007-07-25

links for 2007-07-24

http://diveintomark.org/public/2007/03/zshrc
A sample zshrc file to draw inspiration from…
(tags: . . . → Read More: links for 2007-07-24

links for 2007-07-22

The Eric Python IDE
Eric is a full featured Python and Ruby editor and IDE, written in python. It is based on the cross-platform Qt gui toolkit, integrating the highly-flexible Scintilla editor control.
(tags: python ide programming . . . → Read More: links for 2007-07-22

links for 2007-07-21

JXplorer – an open source ldap browser
Standards-compliant general-purpose LDAP browser that can be used to read and search any LDAP directory, or any X.500 directory with an LDAP interface. Written in Java and available for free download under a standard OSI-style open source licence.

(tags: ldap)

LDAP for Rocket Scientists
Good guide for understanding LDAP and getting up and . . . → Read More: links for 2007-07-21