Month: June 2010

  • Me, myself and FOSS

    I’m a big fan of open source. Not only in context of open source vs. proprietary discussion but also with it’s spirit. I truly believe that by sharing ideas, information and communicating with each other we can make this world a better place. I could make the rest of this post all about how good…

  • I’ve done it. again.

    It seems that only yesterday I moved from blogspot to wordpress.com, and now I’m moving again. Yes! I finally have my own domain, which is quite exciting!! The new url if you haven’t noticed yet: http://frishit.com All RSS followers, please update feed URL. Actually if you read this from your RSS client, it means that…

  • Setting up XMPP BOSH server

    This tutorial explains how to setup/troubleshoot XMPP server with BOSH. I’m not getting into what is XMPP and what is it good for. The first two paragraphs are theoretical. XMPP is stateful protocol in a client-server model. If web application needs to work with XMPP a few problems arise. Modern browsers don’t support XMPP natively, so…

  • iPhone tethering with Ubuntu

    Today was my first time I used iPhone tethering. Tethering means connecting computer to the internet using iPhone’s cellular connectivity (3G/EDGE). The iPhone connects to the computer via USB cable or Bluetooth and uses as a cellular modem. It’s useful when you’re away with a laptop and no wireless hot spots around. There are many tutorials…

  • JeOS on VirtualBox

    I always needed test environment for my destructive experiments.  Sandbox, if you want. A place I can do whatever I want without worrying about the consequences. I’m tired of destroying my operating system. I’m talking about these times when I modify and rebuild kernel modules/kernels/libraries for experimental purposes, such as making KVM support Mac OS…