Mobile broadband with Ubuntu, 3 UK and Nokia E63

Posted on by David Vassallo

Last year I decided to go get a Nokia E63 w/ unlimited data plan from 3 UK, and I've got to say I'm impressed 🙂 The phone itself is quite a nifty little thing. Granted, not as blitzy and glam as your average iPhone, but it packs a punch. It does just about everything I … Continue reading Mobile broadband with Ubuntu, 3 UK and Nokia E63

External Seagate hard-disk in Ubuntu

Posted on by David Vassallo

Lately I noticed some weird behaviour when I attached my Seagate Freeagent external hard disk to my SheevaPlug server. The sheeva plug runs Ubuntu 9.04, and after a certain amount of time (about once a day I'd assume) the Seagate would be re-mounted as a read only file system. Even though I had originally mounted … Continue reading External Seagate hard-disk in Ubuntu