Modern home networking.

[tyggerjai]

Back in the day, of course, the cable that came out of our modem or cable modem or whatever went straight into a Linux box with various packet filtering stuff ( unless you were a rhesus monkey, and come to think of it, the original lioness was OpenBSD). These days, I suspect, no-one bothers, we just buy smarter ADSL modems in the first place. Is that the case, oh geeks? Has the wrt54g rendered the home gateway obsolete?

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[tyggerjai]

Yeah, maybe I should steal my cisco back from Louis. I've never had problems with my linksys wrt stuff, and really, performance isn't the issue - more whether I actually need a dedicated packet filtery box these days.

Though for all I know I'll need a new modem when I get back anyway if I want ADSL2, so I'll rethink it then. Cheers.

Oh, did I send you an email about coffee grinders?

[http://mexico.purplecow.org/openid/andre]

If you want a low-end SPARC box or two, just let me know - I have more than I actually need and they're pretty low on power consumption. And you get the goodness of SPARC inside, ha-ha.

I didn't get an email about coffee grinders recently; might have been eaten by the etherbunnies? Send it again and I'll grep the logs if it doesn't turn up.

[tyggerjai]

I may indeed want a sparc. I have a collection to rebuild.... The email may have been Facebook, now that I think about it. Basically, I'm in the market for a conical burr grinder that'll go fine enough for Turkish. Any recommendations?

[http://mexico.purplecow.org/openid/andre]

Sunbeam have a conical burr grinder on the market that's probably the best value for money in that bracket. Indeed, some people have reported it's good enough for doing espresso properly. Should run about $180.

Next step up is an Iberital Challenge, Nemox mumble, etc. Probably about $300.

Next step up is a second-hand commercial - like an old Super Jolly. These are fine instruments, although they use flat burrs, not conical (not that it really matters too much at this point). $150-500 condition dependant and remember they're two feet tall.

I've skipped a lot of options because I don't think they make good value-sense. There's a lot of expensive consumer devices but I'd rather get a second-hand commercial and potentially replace the burrs than pay a thousand bucks for consumer kit.

[tyggerjai]

Sunbeam seem to have 2 conical burr grinders available through my credit card awards program, actually - the "Cafe series" and the non-cafe series. I have enough point to get the non-cafe series one for $88, or the cafe series for $135. I suspect the extra $50 would be worth it for longevity.

[http://mexico.purplecow.org/openid/andre]

and come and see me for a SPARC when you get settled.