flashmat commented on Wire Your Living Room Over Wi-Fi with a Bridge

"@missdona: In theory, according to the manufacturers, yes, I have one on my upstairs ring main, and one on my downstairs hooked up no problem (both ring mains go back to the same fusebox)."

flashmat commented on Battle of the Free Windows Software Firewalls

"@Gina Trapani: Sunbelt Kerio runs in full mode for 30 days, if you don't pay for it it drops down to free mose, which misses a few features off - eg in free mode you can't use it in gateway mode, so it doesn't work for those who use Internet Connection Sharing."

flashmat commented on Wire Your Living Room Over Wi-Fi with a Bridge

"I previously tried amongst other things, a netgear WGPS606 - a wifi print server with 4 ethernet ports on the back, but this never worked correctly, could be due to high-rise living, and neighbours with wifi themselves, cordless phones, microwaves, flourescent lighting etc."

flashmat commented on Robot Chicken's Most Perverted Moments

"For those stuck outside the US, like myself, I can recommend "hotspot shield" - creates a vpn through to a US based server (as long as you don't have a proxy set up in your browser). It might also work for things like Hulu, which require you to be US based ;-)"

flashmat commented on Stephen Covey on Balancing Work and Life

"@Capone: Where I'm from they're known as "Jacks of all trades, masters of none""