The Advisory Boar (page 27)

Canon EOS D30 to 40D

July 10, 2009

In late 2003, Elaine Ashton very kindly offered to give me her old Canon EOS D30, because she was upgrading to a 10D. The camera travelled from Finland to Germany by post, then to India with a friend early the next year; and in August, I bought a 50/1.8 lens and took my first digital photographs. (Here's one of them.)

In January 2008, my parents very kindly got me a Canon EOS 40D for my birthday. Amazon shipped it to Chicago, and it travelled to India with a friend in February. We took it with us on a camping trip to the Himalayas at the end of the month (here's one of the first photos), and I've been using it ever since.

OpenWRT and DD-WRT on the Linksys WAP54G 3.1

June 01, 2009

This page is about my experience with installing, using, hating, breaking, bricking, reviving, and reconfiguring the Linksys WAP54G wireless access point we bought in August 2008.

Mountain Hardwear Light Wedge 3

May 26, 2009

Our first tent, bought after much research, turned out to be sturdy, roomy, lightweight, and inexpensive. It has served us well for many years now.

Munsiari, April 28—May 09 2009

May 10, 2009

I had a productive summer bird-watching trip to Munsiari, Uttarakhand. I hiked up to Khalia Danda (3747m) with a group of NOLS students who were learning about the alpine habitat.

Morni/Sukhna wildlife sanctuary, January 2009

April 09, 2009

An unofficial report of a two-day checklist review birding event near Chandigarh.

Net4India took my money, but did nothing

April 05, 2009

Net4India accepted a .IN domain pre-registration in 2005, but did nothing to register the domain. It took four years and a big coincidence to get back (not quite all of) my money.

Sat Tal, March 2009

March 26, 2009

Some highlights of a relaxed weekend trip to the mountains. (Delhi—Ramnagar—Nainital—Kainchi dham—Sat Tal and back.)

Inspector34: record/replay HTTP requests

March 20, 2009

Inspector34 is a transparent web proxy that records requests and responses for later playback and comparison. It is meant to help with regression testing.

Thoughts on drinking and driving

March 20, 2009

It's annoying to have to explain not wanting to drink and drive.

Eeebuntu on the Asus EeePC 4G

January 12, 2009

Installing Eeebuntu 2.0 on an EeePC 4G (701) worked fine.