Finished a quick side project to turn my laptop into a head tracking display.
Head tracking displays are really cool because they create an illusion for the viewers. The viewers would think that they are looking through a window into a 3D world. When your head moves in front of the display, the camera tracks it [...]

Posted on Sep 27, 2008, tagged 3D C/C++ Head Tracking OpenCV OpenGL, [permalink]

Got IPv6 setup on my LAN today.
Every computer in the LAN will now get an IPv6 address automatically. I have a Gentoo server that advertises those addresses and acts as a router. I also set up an IPv6 website. Check it out on ipv6.ziyan.info, and of course you’ll need IPv6 to check it out. IPv6 [...]

Posted on Sep 11, 2008, tagged Gentoo Internet IPv6 Linux, [permalink]

Spent two fun nights setting up a sweet secure wireless system on my D-Link DIR-655 Wireless-N router.

WPA2-Enterprise: I am using a radius server (FreeRADIUS on Gentoo) to authenticate my wireless clients
EAP-TLS: TLS encryption protocol, my iPhone, iPod Touch, Macbook and Dell all have their own separate digital certificates, the radius server also has a certificate [...]

Posted on Sep 04, 2008, tagged Cryptography Gentoo Linux Security Wireless, [permalink]