Monthly Archives: November 2005

Failed to query TCP/IP settings

The Cisco VPN Client Broke TCP/IP!
We have some clients who use Cisco PIX firewalls, and to access their systems we need to logon using the Cisco VPN Client. Normally this is no problem — you just install the client, configure the VPN you’re connecting to and you’re outta there. But for some reason [...]

Humans Fail

To quote that passe yet once very trendy book The Cluetrain Manifesto,
“To be human is to be imperfect. We die. We make mistakes.”
The Cluetrain guys were talking about human fallibility to illustrate how people create their “turf” within their company and make themselves an authority so they can avoid being shown up [...]

Mobile Phone

I need a new phone. Currently I’m using an old Nokia 6310i, which is nice for its age and really fast to use. What I don’t like is that it’s a bit big, maybe a bit heavy and it has no colour screen or camera. Plus I kinda want something a bit [...]

Energy and Global Warming

The Sydney Morning Herald has been running a series of extracts from Australian scientist Tim Flannery’s new book. I couldn’t fit a link to this one in that last sentence. I came across these references from Big Gav’s Peak Energy blog, where he discusses lots of interesting stuff including the excellent prospects for [...]