05.21.02

* BwaaHaaHaahaa!!!!! I have finally upgraded to a broadband internet connection!!!! Suddenly flash sites aren’t quite as annoying as they used to be. Don’t worry, I have no intentions of “fattening” this site just because I can load it faster. I will strive to maintain a bandwidth-friendly site. No, it hasn’t helped me trim down the amount of time I spend surfing, I just get to digest more garbage than before!
* Needless to say, I have been quite busy at home setting up a meager (Pentium 90, 24meg ram, 504 meg HD w/dual nic’s) FreeBSD box as my firewall/nat box. This mimics a setup at a local ISP that I was asked to look at last week. They are in the process of rebuilding their firewall, so hopefully my setup will help in my understanding of their setup and I can be more useful to them.