Last week I was in Washington DC for a few days on a short break. I spent quite a bit of my time trekking around the various museums that the city has to offer. The one museum, however, that really "left a mark" was the Holocaust Memorial Museum. In common with a lot of the museums in DC, the Holocaust Memorial Museum is free to visit, though unlike other museums it … [Read more...] about US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Off To Dakar In The Morning
Tomorrow I'll be travelling .. The ICANN "circus" is moving to Dakar, Senegal for the public meeting so I'll be joining several hundred internet policy geeks ... Unfortunately Vodafone don't have a proper roaming agreement in Dakar, so I probably won't have a phone for the week! :( … [Read more...] about Off To Dakar In The Morning
Check Your Google Map Listing
While looking for hotels I often turn to Google maps so that I can find hotels close to my destination. I'm currently planning a trip to Paris for Christmas, so I'm looking for hotels close to my aunt's apartment. It looks like the owners of some hotels aren't keeping an eye on Google maps, as this is what I'm seeing beside a hotel I know to be open: If you bother … [Read more...] about Check Your Google Map Listing
Bypassing Inane Web Filters On Hotel Wifi
The hotel I'm staying in has a rather annoying filter on their net connection. Basically it won't allow me to connect to any URL with the string "xxx" in it. It's probably blocking other "content" as well, but since I'm a registrar trying to sell .xxx domain names I noticed the "xxx" filter pretty quickly! Circumventing the stupid filter didn't take much. Using SSH and a … [Read more...] about Bypassing Inane Web Filters On Hotel Wifi
Ubuntu In Paris
So on my way through Paris yesterday I had some Ubuntu. (The photo explains it all :) ) Jokes aside, Ubuntu cola is very refreshing. We got a case or two of it for the office a couple of years ago as a semi-joke, but it was genuinely good. … [Read more...] about Ubuntu In Paris