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Month: August 2008

An Internet Service Done the Way It Should be.. Coop!

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Percy Kwong

I’ve been reading alot about bandwidth caps, p2p throttling, etc.  It’s all over the news and it’s just not getting any better.  So.. being the business-minded individual I am, I started looking at / pricing out just what it would really cost to offer relatively decent Internet that was free and untethered.  Here’s what I…

Updating Postfix on CentOS 5

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Percy Kwong

Well, I decided today would be a good day to update the mailserver so I decided to do a yum -y all.  Needless to say, it went well.. but dumbass me didn’t bother to check the mailserver. So.. needless to say, all day, I had my mailserver down due to the fact that the postfix…

More Apple store bullshit from employees.

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Percy Kwong

So I just get back from the Apple store at the Bergen Plaza mall in NJ where I asked an employee, “When do you think Apple is going to fix the 3g issue with the iphones?”  He replies to me, “It’s fixed.  They fixed it with 2.0.2”  I replied to him that it made my…

Things I’d love to have on the iPhone

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Percy Kwong

Just a few things I’d love to have on my iPhone and what I’d pay for it. 1. VOIP client – I know it’s not allowed, but it would allow me to extend my pbx to wherever I was. $100.00 2. Bluetooth File Transfer and Transfer of Contacts and Such. $20.00 3. Slingplayer $50.00 4….

Syncing the iPhone 3g wirelessly

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Percy Kwong

The iphone 3g is an amazing little device and while I’m not thrilled with Apple about how they run their business, I’m definitely fond of their phone.  Just a couple of issues.. How to make it more usable for a power-user such as me?  I need my contacts, calendars, and notes synchronized so I thought…

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