Fed up with trying to host a network printer on a Windows 7 box on a mixed network, I broke down and bought a Jetdirect card for my aged HP Laserjet 4100. Don’t worry–used Jetdirect cards are cheap these days. I paid $7 for mine. Of course I made installing it harder than I needed [...]
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Cable connections are the last thing most people check…
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 4, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/11/cable-connections-are-the-last-thing-most-people-check/
The legendary Margin of Safety
I have an opportunity to read Margin of Safety, the 1991 investment book by Seth Klarman that’s long out of print and regularly sells secondhand for hundreds, if not upwards of a thousand dollars. Suffice it to say, I feel a certain obligation to read it since it’s highly regarded enough for people to pay [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 10, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/09/the-legendary-margin-of-safety/
This Linux Mint box looks really nice, except for the price
Linux Mint (a close cousin of Ubuntu) now comes bundled on a nice-looking small form factor PC–a small metal box, comparable in size to a home router, ideal for connecting to a television to use as an HTPC and/or as a secondary PC.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on June 27, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/06/this-linux-mint-box-looks-really-nice-except-for-the-price/
SSD future isn’t bleak, just flash
Computerworld is predicting that the end of the line for SSDs will be the year 2024. That’s based on the projected year MLC flash memory becomes impractical to continue producing. There’s one problem with that assumption: it assumes SSDs will still be based on flash memory in 2024.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 17, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/ssd-future-isnt-bleak-just-flash/
HP has a brilliant idea
After last year’s flip-flopping on getting rid of its not-quite-as-profitable-as-they’d-like PC business, and the resulting self sabotage, HP needed a good idea to try to undo the damage. Their idea is completely unoriginal, but it’s tried and true and more likely to work than anything else they could possibly do: Bundle their premium PCs with [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 16, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/hp-has-a-brilliant-idea/
My Socket 775 adventures, Chapter 1
So I bought an Intel Socket 775 board to support a crash webserver rebuild project. I present the story in hopes that it might be useful, or entertaining, or both. I don’t know the ultimate outcome of it yet, but all of the decisions made sense at the time.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 27, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/01/my-socket-775-adventures-chapter-1/
HP open-sourcing Web OS is a gutsy move
HP announced this week that it’s not going to sell Web OS–the operating system it bought the remnants of Palm to get–and plans to open-source the platform, as well as re-introduce tablets based on it sometime in the distant future. The move isn’t guaranteed to work, but I think it’s a shrewd move.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 13, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/12/hp-open-sourcing-web-os-is-a-gutsy-move/
Balancing safety and versatility
John C Dvorak has a very simple solution to the HP printing problem. Lock down the firmware so it’s not upgradeable. And while we’re at it, do the same thing to routers and other equipment. This solves the problem of loading rogue firmware on the devices, but there are several problems with such a draconian [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 2, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/12/balancing-safety-and-versatility/
Expect your HP printer to get 0wnz0r3d shortly
Courtesy of Dan Bowman: You may have seen the brief writeup on Slashdot about how to set printers on fire by messing with the fuser, but in Germany next month there’s going to be a security engineer’s nightmare unleashed, courtesy of the HP printer that’s probably sitting a few feet outside your cubicle and mine. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 30, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/expect-your-hp-printer-to-get-0wnz0r3d-shortly/