Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Disabling pfsync0 pseudo-interface on FreeBSD

Often on FreeBSD servers you can see the pfsync0 pseudo-interface up:
[root@bsd ~]# ifconfig
...(skipped)
pfsync0: flags=0<> mtu 2020
 syncpeer: 224.0.0.240 maxupd: 128


Unless you are running a pf firewall with redundancy, you won't need this,
moreover on CPanel/WHM enabled servers, Cpanel sometimes tries to assign this multicast ip to a domain/customer.

You can safely disable it by adding:
pfsync_enable="NO"

to /etc/rc.conf

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Canon EOS500 and Zenit TTL, shooting on film

Since some time ago, I started shooting on film,
two different cameras, a Zenit TTL with an Industar 61 L 3 lens, and also a Canon EOS 500 (or Canon Rebel X-S in US)
While still looking for a good and cheap film scanner, I'm using my old Wolverine F2D scanner.
First picture, taken with the Zenit on ISO100 film:


And 2nd, with the Canon on ISO200, Helios 44 M-4 Lens:

Monday, August 8, 2011

Jawa 650 Classic - left handlebar controls - wiring diagram and schematics

I'm the happy owner of a Jawa 650 Classic motorcycle, and as the title says - here's the wiring diagram and schematics for the left handlebar controls. Unfortunately I had to replace them and had to rewire all the cables since the new controls were a little different and had a different wiring and connection plug than the stock ones.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Yamaha Virago XV125

I'm finally selling my bike... Not that I really want to, since it's very nice and durable, but because I have a more powerful one...
New chain+sprockets, new spark plugs. Almost new air and oil filters.








Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Macro butterfly

Butterfly. Post-processed in GIMP


Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Magellan Naviroad 1324 GPS settings for Navitel

Using softbutton and a few hacks to the .xml files on the device, I was able to start Navitel on this GPS.
Initially it came with US, Canada and Puerto Rico maps only, and I couldn't find any good maps for Eastern Europe, so I decided I should run some alternate navigation app on it, as it is basically a Windows CE device.

I also tried running MioPocket on it, with some degree of success, but it is not what I want... too bloated with different apps, and pretty slow also. I agree, MioPocket allows me to use the gps as a book reader, media player, but I need it just to do it's job as a gps, nothing more.

To be able to use the GPS, in Navitel's settings we must specify: Com port: COM7, Protocol: NMEA, Baud rate: 56700.

More on this topic later, I am trying to configure the device to start Navitel automatically at boot, and also to be able to shut it down by using the power button.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Good morning 2