can’t wait the day when I’ll be able to program DNA

Suddenly the Dungeon collapses!! - You die...


wimax is not an option (not available) so I chose cell usb modem from Telenor
data plan is prepaid, 3 GB for two months (a new year promotion that ends tomorrow)

I thought I was getting Huawei E1550 but I ended up with Huawei E620
that modem is not on their website (listed usb modems) nor in the manual I got with the thing
the manual talks about Huawei E1550

now why do I care so much about exact models? well because modem should run on my linux box
I saw Huawei E220 was well supported and Huawei E1550 had some glitches but could be made to work

first I used usb modem in Windows so that the autorun process can install device drivers
that’s just how it works the first time

in linux, I first installed usb-modeswitch package

lsusb wrote that it was Huawei E620 with id 12d1:1001

but after searching for that ID I found references to Huawei E169 with that same id?!

on the plus side ubuntu Network Manager Applet works great with this modem
I defined a new connection, specified my country and mobile network provider and it just worked!

the problematic rule is FH_DATE_PAST_20XX

just find 72_active.cf file and replace ‘/20[1-9][0-9]/’ to for example ‘/20[2-9][0-9]/’

now, the problem year is 2020 but by then your file will probably get overwritten by your distribution

you can put whatever number instead of 1, not just 2 and make it work longer

or simpler, edit your local.cf and set this rule to have zero score

score FH_DATE_PAST_20XX 0.0

once your distribution fixes this just remove local.cf entry

it’s a combination of matrix movie + world of warcraft game with a love story and a bit of religion

see it if you can

here are some pics

first I tried hacking onStart event but that would load the hash and fail at validation leaving me with a wrong hash in the URL bar

the thing that worked was hacking into the function that binds the event

I just asked there if the bind was for a form element and if so I called validate function
If it returned false I also returned false and effectively stopped form submission
hashes work fine, forms work fine

anyway, this is the piece of code for anyone interested

if(jQuery(this).is('form')) {
if (!jQuery(this).valid()) {
return false;
}
}


happy hacking

now, I had no previous experience with smart homes and it sounded intriguing so I gave it a look

the story is simple, you have one master device (actually a wifi router with probably some logic) and a bunch of small devices for various things like dimming lights, turning them on/off, controlling garage door, room movement, security cameras etc.

they work just by plugging it in the socket since it uses wifi for communication

there are also some other details but read that yourself

here’s the link