Broadcom B43 WiFi card under Linux (Mint and others)
The Dell Lattitude series of laptops (D630, D830, others) use the Broadcom 43xx series WiFi cards. These have firmware that is proprietary and needs special voo...
Tag: frustration
Recent Computer Trials and Tribulations
I’ve been having a rough week with my computers. It started out alright on Saturday when I successfully upgraded my main Ubuntu server. The upgrade consis...
Three hour fiber outage this morning
USInternet decided to do some service-interrupting scheduled maintenance this morning. Apparently they swapped out some fiber switches. All-in-all I was down fo...
Circle-Diamond-Square Redux
If you have been following along, you know that I’m trying to get my ShapeOko to be fairly accurate. One of the tests I’m using is the Circle-Diamon...
Self-inflicted DNS Outage
So now that I’m back online I can confess to the self-inflicted DNS outage that took down my web sites and email lists from around Noon on Saturday until ...
Bad bearing in my trim router
I was all set to do some more work with my ShapeOko tonight, but when I turned on the Rigid trim router it made a terrible noise… Sounded like a bad beari...
The (Almost) Final Chapter in the Saga of the LuvBus
When we last heard about the LuvBus Bil and I had gotten the head out and he was going to send it out to have it flattened so we could re-install it. Unfortunat...
Server Upgrade Fun
My Ubuntu server that powers this blog hasn’t been upgraded for a while. The uptime was 450+ days and the Message of the Day was telling me I needed to re...
Gumption Trap!
There I was, cruising along, building the fence for my new router table… I was working off some plans I found on the internet but I needed to change some ...
Airline Boycott Letter
I just sent the following letter to my congresscritters, my representative and Delta airlines: As I’m sure you know the TSA has started requiring passenge...