Category: i-tech

07/30/11 08:08 - ID#54820

Let's start a war!

Office mail war!

Oooh, the drama. I can't wait for the Google response. :)

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Category: music

07/29/11 09:18 - ID#54817

Music.

I haven't been listening to enough lately... and I haven't been discovering any radically different artists lately. My average discovery rate usually hovers around 10-20 new artists every month but the last several months have been musical cesspits, more or less.

I can't stand any vocals in my music nowadays because it ruins the background concentration value. Heavy metal is ruled out for a while (except instrumental versions). Familiar selections of classical music have been getting an inordinate amount of playtime. Maybe it's time to delve into neoclassical and re-interpretations. I wonder if anyone has re-interpreted Chopin, my absolute favourite in romantic piano.

Or classical ballet. For example, I don't think I have ever heard the complete works of LeÃ³ Delibes and Ludwig Minkus before or any of their contemporaries who shaped the music of the ballet.

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Category: e:strip

07/29/11 06:23 - ID#54816

Keithsayer.

I could totally see why everyone is fascinated with snapping pics of our bike-boom-boxing resident 7 footer.

But I don't get this (e:Paul)-Paranoia-look(TM). What is that about?!

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Category: the odes

07/29/11 05:03 - ID#54813

Google Music Beta. Buy-it-Now for $14.99.

With one day free expedited shipping. No less.

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Category: linux

07/29/11 02:46 - ID#54811

Compiling RTL8191SEvB Drivers on Fedora15

DID IT!

Many thanks go out to (e:Paul) and Andy Grimm from the Fedora Project who messaged me a few days back to say that RTL8191SEvB does work with Fedora15 and offered to help.

For those of you who are stuck with this odd-man-out driver from Realtek: RTL8191SEvB and are ruing the loss of your wireless networks on Fedora15, here's the step by step guide.

1. Download the RTL8191SE driver from

Get both RTL8192SE and RTL8191SE-VA2 if you are doubtful of what to get.

2. Extract it to its own directory. Navigate to that directory using the terminal.

cd /directory_you_extracted_the_RTL8191SEvB_driver

3. Try running the make command once you are in the directory:

make

4. You will see this message:

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64/build M=~/Downloads/rtl_92ce_92se_92de_linux_mac80211_0003.0620.2011 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

5. Note the number in bold: 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64. Append it behind the words "kernel-devel-" and key in this command in the terminal:

sudo yum install kernel-devel-2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc15.x86_64

This will install the tools you need to compile the kernel.

6. Now in the terminal again, key in:

make

This will be followed by a ton of output and jargon mumbo-jumbo from the terminal. Once the cacophony quiets down type:

sudo make install

7. Reboot! Rejoice! Your wireless should be back.

I have finally realized that in the linux world, THIS all you need - a possibility of someone helping you out from the doldrums. If I wanted to go the roses-are-red/sky-is-blue-ad-nauseum rehash-famous-quotes route, I would say:

Making linux work = 78% dare-devilry + 22% possibility of help.

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Category: linux

07/29/11 01:07 - ID#54809

In praise of Fedora and Gnome 3.

I have switched!

Thanks to some super-human effort by (e:paul), I am finally on planet Fedora and being awed by Gnome 3.

How superawesome is it that you can just start keying in ANYTHING that comes to your mind and if its an application it comes up directly and if not, you can just hit the wiki or google button. It finally re-defines having internet at your fingertips. Now if the browser could simply BE my desktop, that would be the next step to having the net RIGHT there.

LOVING it completely! It is like I have stepped into the next century!

Now, if only I could make this blasted wireless card work and the skype camera brightness light up more and get this flash installed...

paul writes at 11:31:35 07/29/11 - Comment #63988: i never use it anymore. It hit windows key, type what I want hit enter.

tinypliny writes at 09:37:48 07/29/11 - Comment #63987: heh. I hate that its on the left. I am a right hander. Its terrible. :)

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:30:54 07/29/11 - Comment #63986: (e:tinypliny) if you right click on an app you can add it to your favorites bar. But I bet you already knew that.

Yes hilarity ensued when I scripted java. But it can be learned. It's not that hard.

tinypliny writes at 08:59:46 07/29/11 - Comment #63985: I like the keyboard aspect of it but I am going to just make shortcuts for the programs I use so often.

tinypliny writes at 08:59:01 07/29/11 - Comment #63984: Liking Gnome 3 thus far... but there is some inflexibility that I don't know how to get around. (e:Paul) told me EVERYTHING is configurable but via javascripting... The thing is I don't know javascript so it becomes a bit tougher.

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:33:34 07/29/11 - Comment #63983: I've been using Fedora 15 and Gnome 3 on the hex-core box for over a month. I've decided that I like Gnome 3 better than Ubuntu's Unity. However, and this is a big however, Gnome 3 ain't friendly with older equipment. On the eee 900a, it's a crap-shoot if you get gnome 3 or gnome fallback when you boot. Same thing on the hp box. Oh wells!

paul writes at 02:46:48 07/29/11 - Comment #63948: Realtek compile with F15 was easy:
1. Make sure you have kernel-devel, kernel-headers and gcc
2. Download the RTL8191SE-VA2 driver for linux kernel > 2.6.35 from :::link:::
3. go into your download directory and untar the file
4. cd into the directory created by extracting the file
5. type make
6. sudo make install (just make sure you are in the wheel group before hand - as root "usermod -g wheel YOUR_USER" then open a new terminal window and you can start to sudo

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Category: sound

07/28/11 11:27 - ID#54808

Terry Babble Bird

Behold, the Birdman Terry!

::DOWNLOAD SOUND::

Quite honestly, I have no idea how (e:Terry) even does that. I thought only birds had the laryngeal apparatus to produce such an elaborate guttural/chirping sound. I also heard (e:Terry)'s operatic take on one of George Clinton band's songs. It was nothing short of amazing. Which, begs the question:

Terry, why aren't you in musical theatre?