Archive for October, 2008

bcm4318 on Ubuntu

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Ubuntu users, if you need to get wifi up and running for a bcm4318 wireless-G chip and NdisWrapping the supplied Windows driver does not do the trick, then get your tips here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx/Feisty_No-Fluff When the network is up and running, use it to send a message to Broadcom to demand some hardware specs for the b43 driver [...]

The new bike

Monday, October 13th, 2008

As announced in ‘Murphy and me‘, I bought a new bike. I discovered that choosing a new bike is a lot harder than buying a new computer. Instead of only taking into account price, performance, reliability, silence and looks, you also have to think about weight, targeted use, and much more. Most components are also very [...]