Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
Everyone has their own CD-R King horror stories: the long lines, the unfriendly attendants, and crappy items that go boom after a week. But with so many items in their catalog, there’s got to be some hidden gems in there.
So to round out my series on the ZyXEL router hidden among the hundreds of CD-R King merchandise, I’ll be pointing out other items that I consider to be notable in their catalog.
Some of you might realize that while the modem works properly after following my previous post, you can’t upgrade it using the original firmware from ZyXEL. Repeating what I said in the original post, you can’t upgrade the firmware to use the official ZyXEL version because of the built in firmware.
For those of you who have some electronics experience a lot of time to spare, I’ve summarized the steps on how to change Telefonica’s P-660HW-61 firmware to ZyXEL’s original version.
Note that in the steps below, you will void your warranty and you may brick your device. I am not liable for the damages caused by this post.
FYI, I bricked my modem in my first try. You have been warned.
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At PhP 880, CD-R King’s ADSL kit is the cheapest modem/wifi router you can find in any store right now. Problem is, it won’t work out of the box for most people.
This post will explain how I replaced my PLDT DSL modem + D-Link wifi router setup with this unbelievably cheap device.
Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS) have been gaining popularity in the recent years. Here’s Linux creator Linus Torvalds talking about Git and why developers should consider moving to DVCS from traditional centralized repositories.
Personal thoughts below the cut.
A group who codes programs without revision control is stupid. And crazy.
Seriously, what self respecting software developer in 2009 in their right mind would use a “shared network folder” approach in sharing code instead of opting for a VCS?!?!
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Here we come to the second important purpose of revision control, namely, to automate most of the processes involved in sharing work among multiple users. Those processes and the problems involved with them are neatly described in the SVN book. Just click the link and come back here when you’re done reading the chapter (saves me the copy-paste effort :P ).