Varun's Blog » Technology http://www.varun.org Just some random shots and thoughts Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:51:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 From 30,000 feet above http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/ http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:35:57 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/ Continue reading →]]> Technology has definitely come a long way. I’m writing this post on board Delta flight DL-2106 from San Jose to Atlanta using an in-flight wifi service called gogowifi. Getting a fairly decent speed as well. It’s a red eye, so I’m going to try and tune out so I can be functinal in the morning.

]]> http://www.varun.org/2009/11/from-30000-feet-above/feed/ 0 Sixth Sense @ TED http://www.varun.org/2009/04/sixth-sense-ted/ http://www.varun.org/2009/04/sixth-sense-ted/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:33:48 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2009/04/14/sixth-sense-ted/ A pretty amazing talk on game changing wearable technology by Patty Maes and Pranav Mistry from the MIT media labs:

]]> http://www.varun.org/2009/04/sixth-sense-ted/feed/ 0 What's your IP? http://www.varun.org/2006/06/whats-your-ip/ http://www.varun.org/2006/06/whats-your-ip/#comments Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:15:09 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2006/06/24/whats-your-ip/ A quick way to find your ip address – this-ip.com

]]> http://www.varun.org/2006/06/whats-your-ip/feed/ 0 Turn your $60 router into a $600 router http://www.varun.org/2006/06/turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router/ http://www.varun.org/2006/06/turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:01:47 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2006/06/12/turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router/ Continue reading →]]> Interesting article on lifehacker that talks about upgrading your routers firmware to boost your wireless signal, prioritize what programs get your precious bandwidth (QOS for VOIP), and do lots of other simple or potentially much more complicated things to improve your computing experience.

The firmware is called DD-WRT. From their website:

“DD-WRT is third party firmware for the Linksys WRT54G/GS/GL and various other 802.11g wireless routers based on a similar Broadcom reference design. See Supported Devices. These routers run Linux from the factory, and as such, their source is released under the terms of the GPL.”

I’m currently running an Airlink AR410W Super-G that doesn’t appear in the list of supported devices.

]]> http://www.varun.org/2006/06/turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router/feed/ 0 Roku SoundBridge M1000 http://www.varun.org/2006/05/roku-soundbridge-m1000/ http://www.varun.org/2006/05/roku-soundbridge-m1000/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 09:26:02 +0000 varun http://www.varun.org/2006/05/30/roku-soundbridge-m1000/ Continue reading →]]> The new toy has arrived – Roku SoundBridge M1000. This nifty little gadget does exactly what I had been looking for. It streams digital music from my PC over the WiFi network to a pair of stereo speakers or the home audio system. It can also stream digital radio stations without having to turn on the PC. Finally, an attractive solution to play digital music in any room.

The Good: Feature rich, nice looking, intuitive, does exactly what it’s supposed to do without any fuss.

The Bad: Only supports 802.11b. I had my router configured to do only ‘g’ – took me a while to figure out why the WiFi connection wasn’t working. Does not support the new WPA standard. I had to switch back to WEP.

The squeezebox is the competing product that doesn’t have any of the above drawbacks but comes with a $299 price tag that’s a $100 more than what I paid for the Roku.

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