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So let’s see — what didn’t I try to do to fix this problem? I can’t think of a single thing!

- Tweaked IPTables firewall: Check
- Switched from Shorewall to IPKungFu: Check
- Disabled firewall altogether: Check
- Tried a new DSL modem: Check
- Replaced network interface card: Check
- Upgraded kernel: Check
- Upgraded entire Linux distribution: Check
- Tried a different computer: Check
- Tried turning off devices around the DSL modem, like the cordless phone: Check
- Used my AM radio to sniff around the phone line for interference: Check

Eventually called Oplink.net back, and this time they were convinced the problem wasn’t on my end. Dude is about to file a problem ticket with SBC’s DSL people when it occurs to him that someone might be squatting on my IP. So he asks me to turn off the modem, and sure enough, a few minutes later, someone had assumed my IP address! Turns out the fellow had two IP addresses assigned to him, and had decided to take a third without permission. Idiot. I hope they terminated his service for my two months of grief — dropped phone calls, dropped IM connections, audio streams getting disconnected, unable to watch my live Lakewood broadcasts … arrrghh!

Well let’s focus on the present. The problem is gone, and life is back to normal. Thank God for that.

On Friday we officially did a preview release of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, codenamed “Asparagus”. We’ve gotten a little bit of press coverage, both on Slashdot and OSNews. The OSNews story is quite amusing as the trolls instantly gathered and began to spout off about how E is “unusable” and fonts are tiny among lots of other nonsensical comments that had absolutely nothing to do with the news at hand. I’ve posted a couple of responses for those who are willing to actually find out what the EFL is all about, and I see that there are people with lots of questions…if you want to learn more subscribe to the E-devel mailing list or chat with the developers in #edevelop at Freenode.

I’ll be heading out to San Francisco for LinuxWorld this evening. I’ll be at the Enlightenment booth all day tomorrow, so if you’re opportuned to be there, make sure to stop by and say hi.

Tokyo has employed his mad themer skills again and created a beautiful-looking clock entirely out of Edje and Embryo. I’m told someone already did this last night, but for the rest of you who don’t feel like having to put together a C program to wrap around this, I have a little tarball up here for you. Note that the .eet file will have to be in the current directory for the app to work…you can alter this by editing the source before compiling.

Download here.