I recently decided to finally figure out what the bizarre boxes were I saw on lots of pages related to cell phones. Turns out it’s a 2-D barcode that contains information which a cell phone camera can read, decode and act on.
I’ve added the QR codes to my site here, such that you can navigate [...]
I got my invite to try out the Jolicloud alpha yesterday. While this netbook isn’t listed in their supported (or unsupported) machines, initial install is working OK. Wifi works out of the box, and I suspect it’s not using the best video driver but video does work at the proper resolution. I wanted to put [...]
The next OS (and last) that I care about getting working on the Gateway LT3103u is Ubuntu. This is the OS that I use day to day, and so the most interesting to me.
Unfortunately, the current release of Ubuntu, 9.04, is currently using kernel 2.6.28, which isn’t new enough to have working wireless drivers for [...]
I’ve seen people searching and looking for information on this netbook and Linux, and I know how little is out there, so I figured I’d get this post started, even if it is a bit premature.
I just finished installing Fedora 11 using the Install DVD. Unfortunately, I failed to get the OS to install using [...]
I wanted to write up a quick post about this, since I had searched in vain for information on this when I was fighting with it last night.
I just picked up a Gateway LT3103u which comes with Vista. Reports say that Windows 7 runs far better on netbooks than Vista, and I had a shiny [...]
I’m building a custom Live CD for a friend, it’s basically an automated custom Linux installer. Anyhow, after the disc has been created, I needed some files on the ISO filesystem (not inside the squashfs filesystem). There’s a program for windows called Power ISO I think, that can do this, but I wanted to do [...]
I have been wanting to comment on my experience with the Eye-Fi after having owned it awhile now. I really love it. I still haven’t had time to get the Linux software working with it, which would solve all of my complaints, like automatic uploading to F-Spot in Linux. However, the device works perfectly, and [...]
Looks like Nagios finally had someone come along to fork it; there’s a new project named Icinga which promises to have better developer involement and an improved web interface, among many other improvements. This is a welcome change, and has long been needed. For more information about why they forked and why it was necessary, [...]
Had a lot of things going on this past week or so, and wanted to comment on a bunch of them, but have been slammed. So here’s my thoughts, in no particular order.
A fellow pinball hobbyist has been collecting pictures of the “backglass” of pinball machines, or in other words, the art around the area where you score is displayed. One of the most notable things about pinball glass is that women’s breasts are always obscenely large.
Anyhow, this guy lost his hosting, so I agreed to host [...]
