From the monthly archives:

July 2006

finally, a decent pair of earbuds..

July 18, 2006

I’ve always hated earbud headphones because the sound just wasn’t that great on them, and they always fell out of my ears. At the same time, I loved them because they were small and didn’t get in the way. The other day, I noticed a deal that Amazon was offering on the Shure E2c isolating [...]

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good customer service — from sam’s club??

July 11, 2006

I purchased a 50″ Samsung DLP TV at Sam’s Club in Sep ‘04. When I purchased it, the guy who was helping me with it asked me if I’d like to purchase an extended warranty. I had previously read that Sam’s will let you return items after any period if they break, as long as [...]

Tagged as: Customer Service

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Configuring an IPsec tunnel with Openswan and l2tpd

July 10, 2006

This document describes how to set up a VPN with Openswan combined with L2TPD. This provides for a more user-friendly experience than a standard IPSec VPN on many client operating systems. Note that for most sitesite VPN’s, you will still want straight IPSec.
If you’re not sure if IPSec is right for you, I have written [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, L2TP, Linux, VPN, X.509

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i nonni – new favorite restaurant

July 2, 2006

Two of our friends wanted to take us out for dinner last night, and took us to one of their favorite places – i nonni in Lilydale, MN. Tiff and I both think it’s about the best restaurant experience either of us have had. We had the calamaris for an appetizer, and if you ever [...]

Tagged as: Food, Restaurant

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