2009.01.22
I work in telecom, from home mostly, and found myself needing to put 3 switches and 3 routers into their own class C network. This network had to be available remotes for my co-workers use.

The only thing I had on hand to do this with was the Alix so I installed OpenVPN on it.

The details are here: Re-purposing the ALIX.2c3

2008.11.29
Did some research into getting a new Linux compatible colour laser printer. The criteria were:

• Price had to be under CAD$1,000.00
• Had to be supported "Perfectly" under Linux
• Preference given to lower operating costs
• Preference given to printers with built-in duplex

The results are over here:
Holy crap are colour laser consumables expensive

2008.11.27
The time finally came when I needed to use a piece of equipment I'd bought a couple of years ago. I knew I'd need it - just not when.

Recovering a 3Com SuperStack 3300 3c16980A