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I gotta say, it may be the best out
of the box desktop OS I’ve tried out in a long
time.
Ubuntu One (dropbox/mobile.me) is
amazing, it’s got an iTunes like store now, and syncs with ipod/iphone out of
the box.
They did a really, REALLY good job
of integrating IM, Email, and Social networking into one place
too.
Really
slick.
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/1004features
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So. iPhone OS 4.0 is coming out, and people have been asking my opinion on it.
Honestly.. It doesn't offer me anything I don't already have.
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Busted Westinghouse TV SK-32H540S |
I got a frantic call from my mom a while back about her Westinghouse TV.
She would turn it on, and then seconds later, the display would go blank.
The audio stayed on, and the blue power indicator stayed lit, but there was absolutely nothing on the screen.
I looked at it a bit, and couldn't find anything obvious, so I took it home for a closer look.
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Jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.1.3 |
If you've updated your firmware to 3.1.3, don't ask Geohot for help. In fact, don't ask anyone. You're in idiot. It's clearly documented that 3.1.3 is not supported by blackra1n. The dev team has released a jailbreak, but it requires that your phone be previously jailbroken prior to update. If you've updated to apple's 3.1.3, then, it isn't.
I'm one of these morons that, even though I knew better, updated to 3.1.3 for no reason. There is a solution to rejailbreak your phone. It took me a few tries, but I was able to jailbreak using the newer jailbreak solution Sn0wbreeze.
I can confirm that this 3.1.3 jailbreak does in fact work, though it may take a few tries on your part to get it right.
http://ih8sn0w.com/index.php/welcome.snow
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Why is this device for sale, and why do people like it?
I really, really, want to like this thing.
It's slow, eink flicker is ridiculous, the dual display action is... confusing at best.
I took a look at the nook in one of the Barnes and Noble stores yesterday. Why bother putting a browser on it? An unplayable game of chess?
Really, folks, there is no way, NO WAY, this thing is worth $259.00. It feels like a kids toy tablet from the toy section of Walmart, and performs about the same.
I thought... hey, I have a lot of PDFs, the nook supports PDF, maybe that'd be a good thing to have.
Yea well.. PDF sucks, always has, always will, and I have zero confidence that the shitty nook would render the shitty PDF format in a pleasurable way.
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The new hackintosh. She purty.
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(Very) Basic Networking Principals |
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Networking is arguably the most important aspect of our jobs. The one common thing between all interconnected computers, is the network. It is vital to all operations that Datacenter Operations have a firm grasp on basic networking principals. At the most basic level, we can compare a computer network to our own neighborhood. We have our house, our roads, our towns, states, and highways.
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Veritas/Symantec Netbackup Woes. |
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This weekend a veritas disaster was dumped on me. This is how I deleted, and recreated entries for the library robot, and it's drives.
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I'm a reader of Ben Rockwood's Blog.. And his recent entries about the life of the sysadmin have really got me thinking. He hits the nail on the head every time and I've decided to write a little about my own experience in the IT industry.
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xorg.conf for dual video cards, monitors, and tv out. |
I have an LCD for my primary display that runs compiz.
I have a CRT too, that I use for mythtv.
And I have the TV OUT clone the CRT to my TV.
Here's my xorg.conf.
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Sampo describes buffering, periods, and latency. |
The following is a transcript from a conversation I had with Sampo, one of the Ardour developers in which he explained to me exactly how audio buffering works. People like this are what make linux so awesome.
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