Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Goodbye Leipzig and Linz

In Linz

Arrived in Linz yesterday night by train. Getting from tram station to the hotel was difficult since the wheel’s didn’t really work with all the snow on the group. I had completely overlooked the fact that there might be snow when packing in Toronto. This shot was taken during the lunch break at the Vamos workshop today. The pond must have been deep since it was definitely below zero yet the water wasn’t frozen over.

The Monument of the Battle of Nations

Thorsten and Maria brought me to the Monument of the Battle of Nations today. I went with the expectation of seeing a statue, only to find this monolithic structure overlooking a frozen-over lake. It looked as if it could have been out of the Lord of the Rings.

Wicd Template for University of Leipzig

Here’s a wicd template for the EAP-TTLS + PAP setup at the University of Leipzig. This was just a small customization of the template from Shawn MacLean, so all credit goes to him. Create the file /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/eap-ttls containing:

name = EAP-TTLS with PAP
author = Shawn MacLean
version = 1
require identity *Identity password *Password ca_cert *Path_to_CA_Cert
-----
network={
    ssid="$_ESSID"
    scan_ssid="$_SCAN"
    proto=WPA
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    pairwise=TKIP
    group=TKIP
    eap=TTLS
    ca_cert="$_CA_CERT"
    identity="$_IDENTITY"
    password="$_PASSWORD"
    phase2="auth=PAP"
}

Add eap-ttls to /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active, restart the GUI and the settings should now appear in the dropdown menu.

In Leipzig

Learning Photography

I’ve been getting into photography lately, and it’s been quite an interesting process so far. It’s incredible how a photograph can capture all the little details that you just didn’t notice when you were there in person. I’m only at the start of this journey (or addiction)… it’ll be interesting to see where I end up a year from now.

Migrating to WordPress 2.9

I haven’t spent much time on this blog lately and now I’ve run into the classic migration problem. I’ll be slowly updating in the next couple days.