On FreeBSD CVS Checkout

This is just to point out that FreeBSD now ships with a CVS checkout tool equivalent to the usual cvsup. It is called "csup" and there is no need to run "pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui".

The csup project is here.

The Guihulngan Wireless Network

Yes, this is my beloved hometown. Here, we've got at least 3 internet service providers one can subscribe to for home or business use. Still, to most people, a thousand or more pesos a month for internet is still expensive and extravagant.

While others subscribe to the slower dialup internet service from the privacy of their homes, others enjoy the faster services offered by internet cafes. Unfortunately, as compared to the dialup service which is available 24 hours a day, internet cafes are open until midnight only.

Today, as technology becomes more affordable and accessible to the grass roots, we are able to build a wireless network of access points that we call "nodes", making it possible to access the internet from laptops and desktops, giving birth to the first Guihulngan Wireless Network.

This sleepy old hometown of mine already has a service similar to those found in cities and airports.

So, when you visit Guihulngan with your wifi-ready laptop, just try to spend a while at a restaurant or in a hotspot-designated area, turn it on, connect or associate your wireless adapter to the nearest node and surf the net.