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Posted by jamba on August 13, 2010
I’ve put my bike up for sale…the ad/info/pictures are here: jrob.co.cc/forsale/2005sv650/. Ideally this will sell so I can use the funds to fix my jeep in a more timely manner. Although I did have a pretty sweet deal worked out for a Dana 60 front and Dana 70u rear, it didn’t really appear that would work out–the front was PSD, and I need DSD (without significantly more work/money). So, it looks like I am going to be going with a Dana 44 front / Ford 9″ rear as long as we can work something out with pricing.
Oh, I’m now on the Linux Outlaws Planet! sweet. I forgot to copy my hackergotchi image over after my webhost crashed, so I’ll have to update that.
Along with some help from @psquid I got my AUR package update Bash script working –it can (almost) be run with cron at some regular interval on an Arch system, if they heybuddy version from launchpad > the AUR version, the PKGBUILD file is updated, and the taurball is created and uploaded to the AUR.
To do the uploading, I am currently using aurploader. I am either going to modify this code to get it to work completly scriptable as I want ust fork it entirely. This is the last bit of required human interaction required in this script.
It isn’t a very pretty script, and I really…really don’t know very much bash, but it seems to work like I want it to for something as simple as this is. I will post it up, I think…maybe in my next post, hopefully by then I will have it all worked out!
That’s all I’ve got for now.
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Posted by jamba on June 30, 2010
I’ve been running ArchLinux on my desktop for a couple of years now, but these days I am getting on that computer less and less. Little enough that I worry that my infrequency of system updates may cause some breakage. To-date, I have not had any problems, but it could happen.
This desktop hosts pictures, and runs ssh, samba, and cups primarily. So, I was considering hopping to another distro that would possibly be more stable and run for longer periods without a need for manual updates. After some discussion on identi.ca, I think I will be fine staying with Arch, though–I believe I can still manage to update once a month or so. 
I figure I will go ahead and re-detail my top 5 favorite Linux distros while I’m thinking about it, though. These are in order of my personal preference of use from past distro-hopping adventures:
- Arch …naturally!
- CrunchBang – I liked this one a lot the last time I tried it, and apparently now it is based off Debian instead of Ubuntu.
- Sabayon – although a bit bloated on the default ISO, this distro and I really got along, and the community was top-notch.
- Fedora – I don’t think I really gave fedora the close look it deserved, but I liked what I saw for the brief time that I used it.
- Pardus – this is definitely another good one. I just didn’t “click” with it, but it was quality.
A few more that deserve mention as runners up are: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jamba on June 23, 2010
From DistroWatch Weekly:
Finally, somewhat off-topic, but sometimes it can’t hurt to add an amusing twist to the serious world of free software. During the last couple of weeks the infamous vuvuzela, obnoxiously accompanying every single match at the ongoing football world cup in South Africa, has become a source of irritation to many football fans around the world. The sound of the tuneless horn is reportedly not so bad when absorbing it in a stadium, but it tends to spoil the experience for those who watch the spectacle on TV. If you are among those who can’t stand the racket but enjoy watching sporting events on a computer, a number of solutions exist to help you keep sane during the matches. Fedora users can filter the unpleasant sound by following this simple guide, while Ubuntu fans could use a VLC plugin called VuvuzeLAUTLOS. There is also a devuvuzelator for Mac OS X users. But perhaps the most elegant solution has been provided by André Dieb who suggests an excellent one-liner (for GStreamer on Debian-based distributions to filter out the unpleasant sound frequencies. The code looks like this:
gst-launch-0.10 autoaudiosrc ! audioconvert ! audiochebband mode=band-reject lower-frequency=223 upper-frequency=243 type=2 ripple=50 ! audiochebband mode=band-reject lower-frequency=456 upper-frequency=476 type=2 ripple=50 ! audiochebband mode=band-reject lower-frequency=922 upper-frequency=942 type=2 ripple=50 ! audiochebband mode=band-reject lower-frequency=1854 upper-frequency=1874 type=2 ripple=50 ! audioconvert ! autoaudiosink
We haven’t tried this solution so use at your own risk! Now, does anybody have a solution to filter out the poor performances of some of the star-studded teams that play at the tournament? 
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Posted by jamba on February 20, 2010
I had used firefox for a long time, and then recently started using chrome / chromium. It is nice in that it is faster, and load times are good. however, it seems that it cannot properly render some sites (they are few, but they are important!). I guess I need to say that IE is just terrible (although it is the best one ever), but really isn’t even an option in my opinion.
With the release of Firefox 3.6, I have moved back to using it… and it is faster than it was before. Not a huge difference, not chrome fast, but faster. Not having a lot of add-ons helps, too. I use AdBlock Plus and NoScript, which are just awesome.
So in my opinion, chrome is nice, but firefox can edge it out with some of these add-ons, even though chrome has the speed advantage.
ANOTHER problem I have, which happens to be the biggest problem I have, is that Google is becoming too big-brotherish. They have google docs, gmail, and a host of other services, while being stupendous also pretty much have the ability to track all of our personal information and browsing/emailing habits. This makes them a powerful marketing/ad-sales company, but who knows what they will do with that information in the future? That may sound a little paranoid, but too much power in a few hands is never a good idea.
So I am going to be sticking to firefox for now.
…Except on my wife’s netbook, it uses chrome because it needs a lighter-weight browser to run effectively. but generally speaking, I am sticking to firefox!
Posted in Random, tech | Tagged: browser, chrome, chromium, firefox, google, IE | 1 Comment »
Posted by jamba on February 6, 2010
I do.
he used to make these cheesy videos (that were hilarious at the time). Later, he started drawing some things and doing who knows what else. This search turns up quite a lot.
I remember one thing he did that I wonder what happened to sometimes…he made a video game about killing zombies. The last time I saw it, it was several years ago, but it was 2D and pretty simply laid out as far as levels go–I remember it wasn’t too far into the development. However it was a blast to play. I played it a lot when I didn’t have much time, or didn’t want to get into a larger game. It was fun.
I couldn’t find anything about it, though. I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on that source code, though! :-)
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Posted by jamba on November 29, 2009
Once again, it appears that life is being busy and getting in the way of online affairs. I haven’t really had the time (or creative desire) to update this site lately, but I’m sure I’ll get back into it at some point. Things wax and wane in life, that is just how it goes.
Some quick notes…
(I may touch on some of these topics in more detail at a later time):
On the tech side of things:
- I am still using Arch Linux, on 2 of the 3 computers in my house (eeeBuntu on my wife’s eeePC). My softRAID setup is working perfectly, and everything is going smoothly.
On the other side of everything:
- common government healthcare is not a good solution for America
- I love the Band of Brothers miniseries
- Christmas is coming up fast! We got our tree yesterday, set it up and have it all decorated.
- a friend started a new blog site: thewordofbowers.com
- I have a bad headache
- I am currently drinking coffee
Now I am just writing out random things, which is probably not any good for any content.
I will post something later when I have a mind to do so.
Cheers.
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Posted by jamba on October 27, 2009
Yahoo Geocities is closing down. I remember years ago, when my family first got a computer (around 1997 or ’98…maybe ’96, I’m not entirely sure) I stumbled across how to create websites and decided to make my own. Naturally, I used Geocities. I was new to the internet, and it was all an amazing world…all at 56kbit/s.
Sure, they almost always look horrible, especially if you use their editor tools. But I was a noob, and I did learn pretty quickly after that. So, Geocities does have a special place in my heart–although, I haven’t thought anything about that service in several years.
Memories!
man, I am getting old, aren’t I?
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Posted by jamba on October 21, 2009
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Posted by jamba on August 28, 2009
So…I’m still using Arch. But really now there is a new roadblock to the distro-hopping adventure I was having….
dun dun DUNNNNN…. I got an iPhone. Well, not (entirely) by choice–work paid for it, and there are not really any Linux-based options available to us at the moment that are viable. So, I have an iPhone.
It is neat and everything, but I really cannot stand how limiting Apple is with everything. For instance, iTunes is THE ONLY software that can be used to sync, copy music, etc anything on the iPhone (or iPods). This is crazy. #1 it is a pain in the ass, especially since I do not have a windows computer in my house (We have 3…all using Linux operating systems). Luckily (? …not sure if that is the right word), I use Windows at work, so I use my computer there to sync.
Anyway…Apple is to blame for holding up site content, because now that I have said iPhone I am not on the computer nearly as much as before. Now, given I haven’t been on the computer much at all in the past year or two compared with 3-8 years ago (before I had kids), but now I am on here even less.
The iPhone is just convenient. I can check my email wherever I am, and stay up to date. I use nambu and facebook apps to keep up-to-date with my social networking addictions. For everything that I do regularly, there is some kind of app in the app store. A lot of these are free, I haven’t really endeavored to get a non-free app (aside from a couple of games that I have gotten– $0.99 each).
So by that token, I have less of a need to be on the computer. Web browsing and like tasks are a pain due to the small screen, though, so for things like reading news and making updates on here I make it much easier on myself to use a computer.
The iPhone may be convenient, but it is not free (as in freedom). One of these days I will get an Open Source/Linux based phone/mobile device. For now, though, it will have to do.
Site update delays and all.
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Posted by jamba on July 29, 2009
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26567/1090/
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has decided to adopt time-based development freezes from now on, on a two-year cycle.
The policy was proposed and adopted at the project’s yearly conference which is taking place in Caceres, Spain.
According to the scheme, details of which have been released by project spokesperson, Meike Reichle, from now on freezes will take place in the December of every odd year – 2009, 2011 and so on.
edit!
http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/29/debian-is-not-switching-to-time-based-releases/
they will use the same approach as in previous releases, where they set criteria for release-critical bugs, and release when all release-critical bugs are closed.
The difference is that they will schedule the freeze date in advance. This means that there is a bounded time period available for new development, where things sometimes need to be broken in order to make progress. Once the freeze point is reached, Debian developers will minimize breakage and focus on stabilization. Once the RC bug count drops to zero, they’ll release as usual. That could happen soon after the freeze, or it could take a long time, depending on how many bugs are introduced during development.
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