03/08/10 10:25 - 34ºF - ID#51133

Oysters fight back

I ended up eating the oysters right from their shell but they put up a
serious fight when I was trying to kill them. Very unlike the clams
which just kind of surendered to the inevitable.

I think this might be the first time I was injured killing my food. I
guess it's only fair.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

03/07/10 06:37 - 34ºF - ID#51128

Transformation complete

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Category: linux

03/07/10 12:42 - 35ºF - ID#51124

Fedora 12 Verizon USB 760 Setup

Verizon USB 760 dongle

setup for Fedora 12. As a side note, they are down to $9.99 online.

In order to get 3G working on fedora I needed to use the following setting with NetworkManager.

1. First insert the dongle but then eject the disk that automounts as a CD. If you don't eject the disk it sees the dongle as a disk instead of as a modem. I am pretty sure there is a way to prevent this from happening but I haven't figured it out yet.

2. right-click network manager icon - choose edit connections. Click the mobile broadband tab and enter

Number:#777
Username: your phone @vzw3g.com e.g. 000000XXXX format
Password: vzw

Then just left click the network manager icon and select the network from the list

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Category: linux

03/07/10 02:24 - 28ºF - ID#51122

Fedora 12 Recap

So today I was feeling under the weather and had some more time to play with Fedora 12 on the macbook pro.

Literally everything is working and I am pretty sure I am going to switch over now.

Working:
disk encryption
battery life is better
dual monitor
3d desktop
bluetooth mouse and keyboard
flash 10
netbeans 6.8
verizon usb modem
exchange on thunderbird via davmail
cisco VPN
wifi
citrix ICA client - just remember to remove

The best part is that aside from getting exchange into thunderbird, everything else worked by default. Its come a long way since the days when you had to spent a long time getting wireless and your graphics card to work.

Fedora even comes with new FOSS graphic card drivers which do an excellent job with 2D but you still the need the real nvidia drivers if you want to get a 3D desktop.

Honestly, it is totally amazing.

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Category: charity

03/06/10 11:38 - 26ºF - ID#51117

PBS donation

I called PBS this morning to make a donation. I wanted the Go Greener DVD that was currently advertised on the PBS pledge drive but the
person on the phone could not find it in the system for like 5
minutes. You would think that they would know th things currently
being advertised.

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Category: linux

03/06/10 12:18 - 23ºF - ID#51115

Back to linux?

So I had a gift card for border today. I always want to buy the linux magazines but I can never get myself to pay $15 for something full of information about free software with disks of free software attached. With the giftcard it was only a dollar - so I gave it a try.

The magazine actually taught me a few things I didn't realize which was awesome but moreover it inspired me to switch back to linux yet again. I have this off and on relationship with linux as my desktop. During any given day I am using 1 of 9 linux computers I manage but my laptop is generally mac. Recently, I just haven't been feeling as apple as before and I am tired of having to recompile stuff for mac so I am giving Fedora 12 a try. Maybe I wil love it, maybe not. No promises.

If I do then I am getting a hardware encrypted disk and switching over permanently.

This also brings into question what I will get as my next laptop. The biggest issue is the lack of full driver for my new magic mouse ;(

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Category: holidays

03/05/10 06:04 - 34ºF - ID#51112

Happy St. Patrick's Day

It looks like the weather is going to rock once again for St. Patrick's day. It should be real nice because that temperature is after a week of 40 degree weather.