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Archive for November, 2008
Setting up a road warrior style VPN connection with pfsense and OpenVPN
Nov 25th
VPN is a wonderful thing. I’m particularly fond of IPSEC and OpenVPN, as they allow some great tunneling and remote connection possibilities. Following is a basic tutorial to get your pfsense firewall to handle OpenVPN road warriors, and how to configure the clients. This is based on the tutorial by Frewald on the pfsense forums, but simplified for my personal benefit. OpenVPN on pfSense – Installation guide for Windows Dummies :- road-warrior.
The first thing you need to be aware of, is that you’re likely going to authenticate to pfsense’s OpenVPN implementation with certificates. The OpenVPN client includes everything you need More >
Come on out
Nov 22nd
If you’re in Lahti tonight, or the surrounding area, come on out for a night of cool community and great music. See my post a few back for details, or check my Events page.
Pudd
Meat pasties
Nov 16th
I’m a sucker for pastry and meat. It’s simply one of the best combinations evar. Last night we took a stab at Cornish pasties. We loosely followed this recipe: New Zealand Pasties recipe.
In future, I’d use less potato (I used too much this time, admittedly), more mushrooms and spices, and roll the pastry thinner. All in all though, very easy, and very delicious.
Gig: Passionate Heart 08 in Lahti, Nov 22
Nov 14th
The good people of Lahti have asked me back to DJ at Passionate Heart 08. It’s an evening of music, dance and community outreach, and this year it will be in their newly renovated facility building, which I hear is great.
Passionate Heart 08 @ Wanha Walimo (Vesijarvenkatu 25, Lahti) Nov 22nd, 6-10ish Free entrance
Come on out to hear yours truly dropping some of 2008′s finest trance and progressive music.
English Hothouse Cucumbers, and other innapropriate forms of measurement
Nov 10th
Maija subscribed us to a number of pregnancy emails regarding the development of our baby. We get a couple of emails each week, updating us with how big the baby may be, and providing advice and various pieces of information. It’s all quite good and informative, except for the sometimes strange choice of fruits or vegetables used to describe the size of the fetus (or foetus, if you prefer). They range from recognizable, common fruit (which gives us a good idea the size of the baby), to ambiguous and mysterious food items, which surely isn’t helpful in letting us know More >
HIV cured via bone marrow transplate
Nov 9th
Slashdot is reporting the intriguing news that a German doctor has cured a patient of HIV (2 years free of the virus) with a bone marrow transplant from a person naturally immune. Very exciting stuff.
Jesus and the Canaanite woman
Nov 6th
There’s a great discussion going on over one of nakedpastor’s recent posts, about Jesus talking to the woman who’s daughter was tormented by a demon (Matthew 15: 21-28). Check it out, you might enjoy the conversation.
Persistent Truths | nakedpastor.
Nakedpastor:
I think this sheds light on Jesus learning obedience (Hebrews 5:8). The story begins with him possessing a rather fundamentalist mindset, but ends with him perhaps surprised that faith can be found in other than the people of God as he understood it (”Woman, great is your faith!“). I love this story because it exhibits his humanity… a man forced to More >
Amazon’s new packaging initiative: Oh please oh please!
Nov 4th
I came across Jeff Bezos’ announcement on Amazon yesterday, regarding their new packaging plan. Slashdot reported it as well. Basically, they’ve convinced a number of manufacturers to simplify and green-ify their product packaging, and are hoping this will catch on over the next few years.
All I can say is good freaking job Amazon. Here is a company using it’s clout to effect some positive change. I am sick of the massive amount of plastic and crap I get sent when I order just about anything, from just about anywhere. Simplicity of opening is one thing, as I have certainly sliced my More >
