Category: linux

05/28/10 07:02 - 78ºF - ID#51748

Fedora 13 function keys and 3g usb

Well the best part was the verizon dongle. I plugged it in, it detected it and asked me which network I use, I chose verizon, hit apply and it was good to go. I didn't even enter in my credentials which seems kind of crazy but they might be stored on the dongle itself.

The one thing I had a hard time figuring out was how to set the function keys to be function keys and not media keys by default. I did not want to have to hit the fn key to get F1-F16.

Just sudo edit the /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode

1 = media mode default
2 = function key default

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: linux

05/28/10 04:29 - 65ºF - ID#51743

Fedora 13

It seems pretty awesome so far. I can't believe much more I can do now with my much deeper understanding of the system. I was able to repartition my disk, edit my grub menu and combine a few boot partitions into one and encrypt the whole thing so that I could load fedora 12 and 13 as I transition my stuff over. If only my stupid macbook pro didn't have a fault CD drive I could have done this sooner.

Get your copy now:

Between that an getting to the bottom of a long term memory issue on a server at work, I had a pretty good night. That and (e:terry) painted the pillars on the dormer so that tomorrow I just have to sand, re-putty and paint the actual windows.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

05/27/10 04:29 - 66ºF - ID#51736

dormer 2 of 6

I still need to rent a cherry picker to fix the shingles and paint the top. anyone has a suggestion for where to rent one from?

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Location: Buffalo, NY

05/24/10 01:32 - 80ºF - ID#51721

raised cars

They seem to be all the rage right now. I want one.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: hiking

05/23/10 10:33 - 68ºF - ID#51718

zoar valley

Had a fun day at zoar valley with (e:terry). I kind of felt bad not finishing the dormer but sometimes I need to do something besides work or housework. At the bottom of this journal, there is a picture of me in a creek where you can see my butt, just stop scrolling now if it will be an issue.

The dormer leering at me.

(e:terry) swinging like tarzan
Imagine how much better it would be if I had recorded it in the right direction.

Its not to late to turn back. I'm looking a lot buffer than the pics from a couple years ago.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

05/23/10 10:25 - 68ºF - ID#51717

battery operated price tags

(e:mike) says they are for timed sales

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Location: Buffalo, NY

05/23/10 01:18 - 74ºF - ID#51713

laser beams

i want them at home

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: windows

05/22/10 08:48 - 67ºF - ID#51711

Windows viruses

Somehow I was redirected to microsoft.msn.com.medate.info in the search results for Peter Paige on google. I was looking him up after seeing him on the flyer for illusions opening tonight (e:libertad,51634)

Obviously this is all fake as I am on a linux machine but I can see how an inexperienced computer user would freak out and think this is real. It looked totally convincing and was completely animated. Once you install it with .exe I am sure you are totally screwed.

When you try and exit, it even makes you feel bad.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: android

05/22/10 06:37 - 67ºF - ID#51710

Wifi tethering froyo update

As if the file upload in the browser and flash was not enough (e:paul,51709) , froyo also provides wifi and USB tethering with one easy press. This is one of the reasons I wanted the google phone from google and not from a carrier. I wonder how the carriers will react to this when rolling out froyo to their own phones.

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Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: android

05/22/10 06:05 - 67ºF - ID#51709

Go Google, file upload in my browser!

I never realized how much I was missing with the mobile web until today when I got my froyo update on my phone thanks to (e:chris) sending me these instructions

. For those of you who do not know, froyo is the latest android OS for google phones. People with stock phones can just wait for the over the air update top arrive if you are scared of messing with your phone. They already started sending them out.

It does the one thing I have wanted for a mobile browser since I left my old windows mobile phone. Enable file browse/upload in the web browser by default. This is a total change to the apple disabled browser upload which forces people to make apps, which then have to be approved bullshit.

I guess other people were not as alarmed as me but it stuck at the heart of the internet, as far as I was concerned, to limit browsing activity to download only. It also took the open out of open web and was ultimately what made me leave apple for fedora linux (desktop) and android on the phone.

Here is what it looks like.

The lame old usersounds player works

Vut best of all the progress style flash uploader works, which means that you get the full desktop version of estrip on the go using Froyo.

Notice the upload button