Adventures in Networking, Part 4: Zone Defense

After part 3, I had a fully-functioning, switched network. So then why would I want to change that? Ah, because if it ain’t broke, you aren’t doing it right. As I stated before, ACL-based firewalls are limited, defining only inbound, outbound, and local (to the router) rules on each interface. I didn’t like that limitation,… Continue reading Adventures in Networking, Part 4: Zone Defense

Radeon BSOD update

A while ago I posted about issues with my Radeon R9 graphics card and constant BSODs when the monitor would go into power-saving mode. Well, soon after I posted that, AMD released their newest version of the Catalyst Control Center (Catalyst version 14.4, Driver Packaging Version 14.10.1006-140417a-171099C). When I updated to this version of CCC,… Continue reading Radeon BSOD update

Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Last weekend Julia and I ended the tyranny of our T-Mobile contract (even though the merger with AT&T fell through, I was sufficiently spooked by the spectre of giving money to AT&T that we bailed). AT&T being out of the question, as well as Sprint, our choice was none else but Verizon. Verizon had two… Continue reading Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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