Overheard at a coffee shop, week 1 2025

This is part two in my shaggy dog story about the PlayStation 3, one of my favourite ever consoles. In part one I talked about my history (or lack thereof) with consoles as a kid, how I was first fascinated by the PS3 for its ability to run Folding@home and play Blu-ray discs, and how Clara and I ended up with a couple of them. But how!? I’d say...

The way Feature Keys are downloaded for WatchGuard FireboxV evaluations has changed, at least since the last time I had to do this for a client. On the off-chance this helps someone: Log into the WatchGuard Partner Portal, and under the Products menu, click Virtual Appliance Evaluation. Next to the WatchGuard Product you want to request an...

Almost exactly two years ago—huh!—Cay Horstman configured his Linux machine for 2× HiDPI, including some tweaks I was unaware of. He also summarised why you’d want to do this: At first I didn’t care because my external monitor didn’t change, and just set the resolution to 1920x1200. But when I traveled over Christmas, I got curious. Would it be...

Every time I go to an industry gathering, user group, trade show, conference, weeb event, or other such gathering, I’m issued one of these lanyard things with either a name tag or card attached. Sometimes it’s to identify me among the crowd, other times it’s to verify that I—or the company!—paid for me to attend their free lunch with an event...

Clara and I are faced with a predicament thanks to our renewed interest in hi-fi and retro(ish) console gear in the lounge. Namely, how do we track what device is connected to what input? There are three key challenges: The TV only has inputs numbered 1-8, which isn’t helpful. Some devices publish a name via the HDMI spec, such as the AppleTV....