Radio.active

Yahoo! This is the first Radio post from a remote computer using the Remote Access settings via my new router and firewall (listen carefully and you can hear the Pointer Sisters singing I'm So Excited in the background.)

I have to say that over a dsl line at both ends this works about as well as locally. I could get to like this. It's still not quite as nifty as having Radio deployed on my laptop (where I could work regardless of connectivity) but it's pretty darn good. Now, next step is to figure out how to make a VPN.

Untethered -- Going Wireless and Seeking Remote Access

12:15:28 AM

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I went to Best Buy tonight and they had a deal on D-Link's DI-614+ AirPlus Wireless Network Hub. I've been working slowly toward remote access for Radio but I just couldn't seem to get it working with my old D-Link 701 router. I thought a more modern router might help. PLus, I wanted something a little more sophisticated for trying VPN connections and such.

The 614+ has a much nicer router with built-in web page for admin, plus 802.11b and enhanced 22Mbps wireless. It was only $119 with a $20 mail-in, and a PCMCIA card was just $59 with a $10 mail-in.

I haven't tested the remote access yet, but it sure was easier to configure. And the wireless is way cool. I haven't really played with WiFi before, but it was a cinch to configure and get access. Now I need to find some of those war chalking places and log in, tune in, and turn on.

Browser Wars

12:06:26 AM

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I give up -- I can't use Mozilla, I refuse to use MSIE, Netscape is deplorable. I'm going back to Opera even if I can't read pages that use Marc Barrot's activeRenderer.

I got started on this browser kick because some of my favorite blogs starting using activeRenderer for archive pages, blogrolls, and such. I can't read them in Opera -- it doesn't support some DOM and Javascript functions that Barrot uses to create the collapsable menus.

Mozilla supports them, but it just does not run on my system -- not v1.0, or any of the v1.1 Betas I've tried. Besides, it's full of other bugs and anomolies (at least on my Win2k system.)

So I'm stuck. I can't read a number of the very nice blogs I've been reading until Opera gets with the program and supports DOM. I hope that is soon -- it's the only real weakness it has.