Three Way Handshake

Here is an interesting way to look at the Three Way Handshake.

The Network Company

ReGenesis

I've been addicted to this show on Hulu lately. It's called ReGenesis and is about a lab similar to the CDC that tries to solve unusual cases. It is a couple years old, but worth watching. Hulu still doesn't have season 4 available, but I have my fingers crossed.

ReGenesis

SNMP Monitoring

Looking for a free, yet powerful way to do SNMP monitoring? Look at MRTG.

MRTG

MRTG is straight forward to setup and has excellent documentation. It displays graphs of the items you define through a webserver or your local machine if you just want to open the html files or images.

I suggest taking a look at it and judging for yourself.

HP TouchSmart

I recently got my hands on an HP TouchSmart and decided to share my experiences with it.

Setup was easy and straight forward, just like any new pc you might get out of the box. You can do anything with your finger you can do with a left mouse click, which can be a little tricky with the resolution turned up.

The HP TouchSmart Center software gives you a better interface to work in. It has an area to work with photos, video, music, etc... Everything is very large and easy to click. You can also drag objects around to move through the menu items which makes for a plesent interactive experience.

I haven't fully tested use of applications through touch, but I suspect without a stylus you couldn't get the control you need to work with certain applications.

So far, it's pretty cool.

Debian Graphical Installer

I've been playing with Debian 5.0 quite a bit lately and finally decided to try out the graphical installer.

It is rather nice, follows all the same screens I am use to seeing in the standard installer. I don't know that I will make that my default method for installing Debian, but it is nice to know they have an easy to follow graphical installer for new users.

Fun Fact

The planet Venus spins in the opposite direction of most other planets.

Scientific American