I spent Christmas of 1979 with friends of mine in Czechoslovakia, then behind the “iron curtain”. It was there that I heard about a massive Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that started on Christmas eve, 24 December 1979. It was the beginning of a war that cost 15,000 Russian lives and countless Afghan ones, driving millions [...]
Entries from December 2009
Afghanistan 30 years after the Soviet invasion
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: politics
The most robust router I ever used – WHR-HP-G54 (DD-WRT)
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments
It’s been 15 months since I set up a Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 with open source Linux-based DD-WRT firmware as my main broadband router (see “DD-WRT on Buffalo WHR-HP-G54″, 2008-09-06). I’m happy to report that this US$70 router it is the most robust router I have ever used. It’s performance has been solid as a rock.
I’ve owned [...]
Tags: Linux · electronics · software
Afghanistan — a missed chance for Obama
December 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
President Barack Obama will over time come to regret his decision to send another 30,000 men and women into war in Afghanistan, announced in a speech at West Point on 1 December 2009. More non-Afghan boots on the ground in Afghanistan will do nothing to make Americans more secure. To the contrary, the escalation will [...]
Tags: politics