Author Archives: csak

SSH key and pam_tally

I’ve recently managed to lock myself out from my own server. My ssh key worked, but I couldn’t sudo to administer the server.

Rooting ZT-280 C71 ICS (120104)

I’ve created a small update package to root the factory C71 ICS release. I hope it will be useful for others as well.

Testing mojo generated code in Maven

Lately I was assigned a task which involved something that a unit test seemed to be able to solve, but later it turned out to be way more complex than that. Almost a third of our codebase consists of POJOs … Read more »

Chinese tablets recapped

First I tried the wm8650 that I broke. Literally broke, as I just dropped it from about half a meter and the touch screen shattered. Then I got myself a “Superpad III” clone which died no later than a day … Read more »

Motorola vip1910-9 HDMI

I have a Motorola vip1910-9 set-top box provided by my ISP. It’s a simple Linux based STB and I’m quite satisfied with it’s capabilities. Unfortunately I could not hook it up to my TV with a standard HDMI cable only … Read more »

Broke the Mid7, ordered a new tablet

Last Saturday I stumbled upon the charger of the MID7 in the dark, managing to drop it and break the glass of the touch screen. Since the cheap MID7 proved it has a place in the household, but shown it’s … Read more »

MID v7 tablet from China

I’ve ordered a very cheap tablet from China, for about $85 including shipping. I  did this, so I could see if anything arrives from there at all, and also to see if it arrives at all. I was not surprised … Read more »

Bastard Operator from Hell excuse calendar widget for WordPress

This site has always had a quote from the BOFH excuse calendar on the header.  This was accomplished by using the wp_bofh plugin by Bernd Essl,  that was written sometime ago back in 2007. This, while working well for it’s … Read more »

Why are there so few female software developers in Hungary?

Recently I was musing about this topic and was trying to find reasons for this phenomenon.

When I was running my company I interviewed several developers for open positions, and interestingly there was an unspeakable imbalance in the gender ratio. Namely I can only recall two ladies I interviewed, out of about a hundred subjects.

I’m trying to look into the root cause for this matter.

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Building streamlined boxee for Ubuntu Natty

I’ve been using boxee for some time for my home media. As I’ve recently upgraded my box to the pre-release version of Ubuntu (Natty Narval Alpha 2 at the time of writing) I found that the package provided by boxee … Read more »