After salvaging a fairly new mobo, ram and hdd from a mini-tower I found abandoned next to a recycling bin a couple of weeks ago, I’m looking to put together a firewall/gateway/misc server box for kicks and educational purposes.

After a Wikipedia/Google trawl, the options I’ve come up with for a suitable set-up are Endian, eBox Platform , SME Server and pfSense.

I’m wondering if anyone has comments on these or alternative suggestions? Thanks!

I’ve just shifted all my piccies from Google Picasa Web to Flickr using Migratr (which can migrate between multiple services). Bah, I’m sure I’ll be bothered to sort titles and descriptions at some point.

“The term ‘warwalking’ isn’t used very often, but the Ekahau HeatMapper adds a new tool to the pod bound hacker’s arsenal. The tool maps out wireless access points as well as their signal strength within a facility. A test of the HeatMapper on a map made with AutoDesk Dragonfly accurately determined the location of a router within 3 feet and helped tune the angle it needed to be at for maximum range.” link

Love the advert.

also

“inSSIDer is an award-winning free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows Vista and Windows XP. … Inspect your WLAN and surrounding networks to troubleshoot competing access points. Track the strength of received signal in dBm over time. Filter access points in an easy to use format. Highlight access points for areas with high Wi-Fi concentration.” link

Anyone got similar software tool recommendations?

Also, need to try make me one of these soon..

Open source SingStar clone + some of these + maybe those + requisite hard drive space = wai nice!

Has anyone tried Auto Gordian Knot for DVD ripping? I’m [again] looking for an elegant DVD to MKV on the back of reading this /. post. Uh, not that I have the space to actually try it out right now..