Month: October 2007

Using an HTTP proxy (shown via netcat)

Ever wonder how applications talk to HTTP proxies? It's simple really (like the rest of HTTP) - there's a simple HTTP request method called CONNECT. It's easily illustrated with a quick session of netcat: $ nc -v proxy.foobar.com...

Fitness

30,000 FitPoints

This will mean nothing to anyone, except to me and Nicole, but it seemed like something I should keep a record of somewhere. Saturday's trip to the gym was my 101st and I reached the milestone of 30,000 FitPoints and received a...

General

Car break-in in our neighborhood

We went our for a bike ride and noticed that just around the corner from us, where we pick up our mail, a car had been broken into. And apparently there was another break-in that same night. I'm glad that we're able to fit both...

General

Recycling is difficult

Well, at least, today it was, in my neighborhood:...

General

A humorous day in the neighborhood

or at least on the neighborhood email list. Take a look at this exchange (names deleted to protect the people whose names have been deleted) from a week ago: Person A's original post: I am a resident of Alegro community. I have...

General

Right Brain vs Left Brain test

Do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise? This is good for hours of entertainment: Right Brain vs Left Brain test After a bit of practice I can see her turning either way, by closing my eye for a moment and...

Windows

XMLSpy Home Edition 2004

Nicole has used XMLSpy Home Edition for a few years. When I went to install it on her new laptop, I realized that Altova has discontinued the free home edition. I did however, manage to locate it on this Chinese site. Get it now...