Still for the public
by seeder • 28th February 2011
So … it looks like I’m still working for BBC ( and this is my personal blog and opinions are mine not BBC ). Donno how log but hey, cuts will for sure affect me here.
Read more →So … it looks like I’m still working for BBC ( and this is my personal blog and opinions are mine not BBC ). Donno how log but hey, cuts will for sure affect me here.
Read more →Just a follow up on all things FlightComputer mobile App which I’ve developed with Qt. Since last week I am battling Nokia Ovi QA team and publisher web interface. Their instructions for publishing for Maemo platform are vague and whenever I submitted my app they returned it with cosmetics: deb categories – which they...
Read more →It is a while since I came up with an idea that I should invest some of my time to develop apps for pilots. Naturally, started developing some with me as primary consumer. That’s how very crude version of flightime appeared. It was KISS design, 2 buttons and it was logging my take off...
Read more →Last weekend, a day after I have moved to a new place. Decided to go shopping for stuff which I was missing at the new quarters. Like light bulbs , baskets and so on. On a way I to a shop I had a thought that maybe a label printer would be a good...
Read more →Suddenly world around becomes very strange. First Oracle is breaking it’s promise to keep OpenSolaris running. Then BBC Future Media & Technology is announcing more departments relocated from London to North… Now I just received sad news that Wesabe is closing down. So far I see that IT related stuff is going downhill… However...
Read more →I’m back from Europe where I had a chance to fly Diamond DA20 Katana. Aircraft is LIGHT! comparing to PA28’s it’s crazy. Bubble canopy also works great and you can see plenty. It was my first encounter with complex aircraft. It has Constant Speed Prop  what means, no throttle but manifold pressure and prop...
Read more →My pilot license arrived 2 weeks ago. I was so happy that I will be flying now as a Captain! First weekend, I couldn’t go up in the air, my health was not allowing me ( blocked sinus ). Bugger, that was a blow. So I thought about flying this weekend.
Read more →Would you like to be able to pinpoint where are IPv6 visitors coming from , just like with IPv4 ones ? Well, I wanted and I have created an IPv6 Geolocation database. It holds Country code for every IPv6 subnet which was available on BGP last weekend. I am going to update it every...
Read more →I’ve passed my PPL Exam and now I’m awaiting to receive the license papers from CAA. My journey to actually have it happen was long and I not always made good decisions. Thanks to this I have some tips for future pilots ( this is a reprint of what I’ve sent to one of...
Read more →Using reset hole/button, press it for 4-6 seconds, status LED blinks Red, as soon as it starts blinking Green, release it for 2 seconds, now push it again for 4-6 seconds until it resets completely. After that you are back to default settings. (user/pass is netscreen)
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