If you’ve ever wondered what lies under the hood of your DIR-655, here it is, or at least the part that is the Gigabit Ethernet Switch.
VSC7385 (SparX-G5™) [ vitesse.com ]
Based on the product specs, it does seem pretty powerful. But on other hand, I wonder how many of the capabilities are really being pushed to [...]

It’s probably old news but nonetheless, interesting to read about.
Vulnerability has been fixed so script kiddies will have to find something else.
Gmail Hijack Technique [ gnucitizen.org ]
David Airey and the Gmail Hijack [ davidairey.co.uk ]

Just thought I might share something done by a junior of mine.
Redesign of hciband.org by zhenyang [ hciband.org ]
There are a couple of rough edges here and there, but in general, it’s quite a refreshing look to the old layout that has been the front of hciband.org for the past 2 years. I must say [...]

mmm.. saw this some time back, finally found it again. [ netkill.com ]
Creating a ghost image with ssh file transfer
1) Unmount the partition to be ghosted.
2) Create the image
dd if/dev/partition_name | gzip | ssh username@backupserver dd of=name_of_backup
3) Restore the image
dd if=name_of_backup | gzip -d | ssh username@client dd of=/dev/partition_name
Update: Thanks to chinky for the [...]

The Ad [ youtube.com ]
The Making of the Ad [ youtube.com ]
Now, ads like these are usually mock-ups. But here, is the real thing. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing with VB Stubbys. Wow.

CityLink – Serious Broadband [ citylink.co.nz ]
Originally a project by the Wellington City Council, I like their concept of selling standalone Layer 2 services and running easy-to-reach exchanges to encourage service providers no matter how small to peer. Does seem like a decent alternative to pushing traffic through the usual transit providers.

Exploits of a Mom [ xkcd.com ]
hopefully you’ll understand it. now if only i had such a cool name.

The UK and Australian examples are excellent. The Indian one is crap though.
An amazing fellow nonetheless. [ youtube.com ]