Maybe it's all a bit too much, but is it?
I currently use:
A laptop with fedora (Heavyduty (for me!) computing, coding and writing)
A laptop with an ubuntu derivative (madbox) (experimentation with linux)
A laptop with a lean modded WinXP (communicating with the non-clued in world. Read: people who don't know what LaTeX and linux are, live in the past and deal with the painful M$hit word.)
A tablet with honeycomb and considering dual boot with ubuntu LXDE. (Heavyduty PDF reading)
A smartphone with Ice cream sandwich (Camera with panorama)
A smartphone with gingerbread (Alarm Clock with fancy tunes.)
At work:
A paleolithic machine with some ancient slow version of WinXP (good for pretty much nothing really, because its so slow and terrible).
I bet (e:paul) has more devices (actually I would love to see your list, (e:paul). :)) and whatnots but what about you all?
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03/09/2012 17:01 #56191
Techno'ed outCategory: i-tech
03/08/2012 22:40 #56189
MarteriaCategory: music
Can't complain about google new unified policy, Discovered Marteria. :)
metalpeter - 03/09/12 17:55
If I danced that would be fun dance music to just go all what ever you go on....
If I danced that would be fun dance music to just go all what ever you go on....
03/07/2012 14:46 #56183
Perfect brown paper bag popcorn from scratchCategory: eating in
I know (e:kookcity) wrote about the perfect stovetop popcorn but this is for busy times when you want popcorn and cannot be bothered to watch over the stove.
And now is the step that no one on the net is sure about. How to make the seasoning stick to the air-popped or microwave popped popcorn:
That's it. Totally guilt free, perfectly seasoned popcorn without a stove, without toxic stuff, without preservatives, from kernels to perfection in under 5 minutes.
- Get a brown paper lunch bag
- Put in around 4 heaped tablespoons of unpopped kernels
- Set your microwave to 2-3 minutes and put the bag in
- When the popping slows to 1-2 per second take it out (this is crucial, burnt results are terrible).
- Empty the popped popcorn out over a big surface area (a generous bowl, perhaps).
And now is the step that no one on the net is sure about. How to make the seasoning stick to the air-popped or microwave popped popcorn:
- spray the popcorn with an ultra fine spray-mist of ... water!
- sprinkle on the seasoning. I love just plain salt.
That's it. Totally guilt free, perfectly seasoned popcorn without a stove, without toxic stuff, without preservatives, from kernels to perfection in under 5 minutes.
03/06/2012 19:12 #56180
Dinner in desperate timesCategory: eating out
is grand.
metalpeter - 03/06/12 19:56
we would differ on the kinds of that but that makes a great dinner......
we would differ on the kinds of that but that makes a great dinner......
03/05/2012 19:15 #56176
Share Android files with Linux laptop via WiFi!Category: linux
So many reasons to love android and linux, and this beats them all! I was hunting around for a USB cable to transfer some snaps to my computer today and I found this instead. (This FTP application also helps transfers in the opposite direction: from linux to Asus transformer TF101 or any android device. See: (e:tinypliny,56232))
Motsha Wireless File transfer
(fork of swiftp)
It's so simple, it's amaaaaaazing!
Once you install the app.
On your linux:
where username and password are the ones you set in Step 2
and the ftp address is the address that appears in Step 8.
Transfer speed: 54MB/s (the max on my router). No more hunting for USB cords!!! I know I keep whining about linux but once you step to linux windows seems infernal and complete paleolithic.
Motsha Wireless File transfer
(fork of swiftp)
It's so simple, it's amaaaaaazing!
Once you install the app.
- Go to Setup
- Input a username and password
- check accept connections from wifi
- check accept connections from net proxy
- check keep phone awake (full cpu speed)
- Tap Save
- Tap Start
- The wifi url will appear
On your linux:
- Open a console
- create a directory: mkdir somedirectorywhereyouwantthefiles
- and from that directory, do:
wget -m --user=username --password=password ftp: // 10.0.0.7:2121/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/
where username and password are the ones you set in Step 2
and the ftp address is the address that appears in Step 8.
Transfer speed: 54MB/s (the max on my router). No more hunting for USB cords!!! I know I keep whining about linux but once you step to linux windows seems infernal and complete paleolithic.
paul - 03/07/12 19:58
Look at you all grown up ;)
Look at you all grown up ;)
man! that old madbox of mine is just 512mb, its terrible. They keep saying that some linux runs on low end machines but those flavors are just awful. if you have a low end machine, you are just out of luck. that's all.
(e:tinypliny) - I do love music. When I listen to music, I listen to music. That's it. No multi-tasking or using using music as audio wallpaper. I'm old-fashioned. Other than listening to music sometimes when I'm doing computer stuff, I don't like listening to music when I am out in the real world. I find "music" in the sounds I experience as I go through my day.
As to the hex-core, I know it's overkill. But I reckon it won't be obsolete for at least 6 months . It has 6 gb of ram. The pentium 4 3.0 mhz box that (e:leetee) uses has 1.5 gb of ram.
Why don't you use your ipod nano? Isn't it a music player?? I thought you liked music?
I have a beat up sansa. I kind of abused it so much, I first broke its clip, then I broke the headphones that came with it, then I bought and broke another pair of panasonic headphones for it, and then some of the screws that held together some other stuff on the sansa came loose and the micro-sd won't stay in anymore, its still holding on somewhat and I continue to beat it up. But yeah, its probably the most used device I have. I guess it should enter this list but it seems just so...you know commonplace and not very smart-web-like.
What seemed kind of unbelievable to me was that (e:Paul) and I had a nexus one at the same time! That blows my mind still. Of course, he has moved on to the finest and the greatest now! :)
Oh! And I forgot. I also have a non-smartphone Nokia phone somewhere in one of my drawers. I don't know the serial number but its not a smartphone - but you could go on some limited web browser if you had a data plan.
you know, (e:paul), I thought you would totally have more!
LOL Both of you have more devices than I do so there is more scope for accumulation here. heh
None of my machines is probably as powerful as some of yours (hexcore?! o_O what kind of rigors do you put it through? robotics and floating point computation? ) How much RAM do you have on your machines, (e:uncut)? I am especially curious about (e:leetee)'s box that runs PClinuxOS.
And nexus one is my alarm clock. :)
Oh wait I forgot the Dell 1950 server. Oh and in the tech graveyard I have the nexus one, the nokia n900 not phone, an old powerbook duo from the mid 90s and the old server.
I have one computer (linux fedora), one phone (android) and one tablet (ios).
Here's I was thinkin that Buddy was talkin bout techno music, what a hoser, eh?
I have:
hexcore box Fedora 16 box that also has vmware images of Win98SE and WinXP.
hp pentium 3.0 Mhz box that runs a modded PClinuxos. It's the box (e:leetee) uses.
G3 iBook with Arch PPC.
eee 900A with Bodhi linux
I also have some museum pieces: an original IMac, a Tandy, and a 900Mhz Compaq box.
I have no smart phone. I have one of the last Nokia phones built for voice, the 6030.
I was gifted a 6th gen (I think) Ipod nano that I don't really have any use for.
It's not that I don't embrace new tech. I'm just a cheap bastard.