iandexter tumblog Aggregator of my presence in the Interwebs. This site was duct-taped together using Yahoo! Pipes and a smidgen of Javascript. I also blog at http://iandexter.net. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:25:39 -0700 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://iandexter.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/tumblog?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=0iandexter - tumblog Happy birthday, kuya Gab! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/ITeDhDf9Elg/1024329029 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/1024329029 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:08:54 -0700 reductivelabs's puppet-dashboard at master - GitHub http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/vBm6BgqHZY0/1006864694 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/1006864694 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:27:13 -0700 reductivelabs's puppet-dashboard at master - GitHub http://github.com/reductivelabs/puppet-dashboard qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_79517d7966682e8cd9d1af2bb2004236 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:16 -0700 SymKat» SymKat | SSH: Tips And Tricks You Need http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/n8lQg1b8Qnw/992505087 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/992505087 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:20:54 -0700 SymKat» SymKat | SSH: Tips And Tricks You Need http://symkat.com/35/ssh-tips-and-tricks-you-need/ There is a plethora of tips and tricks that can be used to make your experience even better than it already is. Read on to discover some of the best tweaks to your favorite SSH client. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_9c8ec186c48d50ec372f2bfb4bf9dc4f Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:41:33 -0700 Overclocking SSL http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/UL9QvHkq528/982942405 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/982942405 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:22:11 -0700 Overclocking SSL http://www.imperialviolet.org/2010/06/25/overclocking-ssl.html The first part of this text contains hints for SSL/TLS performance and then the second half deals with things that Google is doing to address the latency that SSL/TLS adds. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_b103327a048948994dc5ef1667da0f6d Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:09:20 -0700 Sticker frenzy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/QD0uGkf3_D4/977111700 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/977111700 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:12:53 -0700 Lunch is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/uUeU1171iZ4/925792207 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/925792207 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:03:15 -0700 Waiting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/XjbTYTsVTO0/921898754 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/921898754 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:39:54 -0700 OMGWTFBBQ! question http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/ILUJ6rGRJ-Y/921239743 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/921239743 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:49:39 -0700 Photo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/DSakRqL0aLM/916821439 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/916821439 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:13:30 -0700 Photo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/j9vluQWRp7U/916803698 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/916803698 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:07:25 -0700 thebigcaption: Pussies original http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/k5GU18MDoDg/913086695 <p class="post-original"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/07/summer_is_here.html#photo9">original</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~4/k5GU18MDoDg" height="1" width="1"/> http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/913086695 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:46:13 -0700 eclair: booklover: teachingliteracy: fuckyeahchildrensbooks: ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/lnecSeogfvc/913064476 <blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teachingliteracy.tumblr.com/post/884994817/fuckyeahchildrensbooks-kim-minji-illustration">teachingliteracy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://fuckyeahchildrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/389184034/kim-minji-illustration-the-little-prince">fuckyeahchildrensbooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>kim minji illustration- The Little Prince</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~4/lnecSeogfvc" height="1" width="1"/> http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/913064476 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:39:02 -0700 It’s de-sign! Nyahahaha! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/DSVJfl8I2iM/912912451 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/912912451 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:47:38 -0700 Protovis http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ Protovis composes custom views of data with simple marks such as bars and dots. Unlike low-level graphics libraries that quickly become tedious for visualization, Protovis defines marks through dynamic properties that encode data, allowing inheritance, scales and layouts to simplify construction.<br /> Protovis is free and open-source, provided under the BSD License. It uses JavaScript and SVG for web-native visualizations; no plugin required (though you will need a modern web browser)! Although programming experience is helpful, Protovis is mostly declarative and designed to be learned by example. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_b4336ef7988973a665c164e962e57208 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:11:07 -0700 Protovis http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/kMg4wHCynUs/896462542 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/896462542 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:50:46 -0700 Open Source Toolchains for Linux Systems Administrators | Linux.com http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/systems-management/335742-open-source-toolchains-for-linux-systems-administrators Two of the most notable trends in systems management are DevOps and the related and partially redundant Agile Operations movement. These initiatives are popular in many Web 2.0 and cloud computing oriented companies like Twitter, Google, Yahoo! and Facebook where the companies’ products are highly dependent on IT. Though in reality the same practices are just as well-suited to the IT administrator in the traditional organization with massive infrastructure, unrealistic workloads and businesses that needs to improve efficiency to meet their business goals. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_1a811325d9a73447779a16479bae0e0b Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:47:46 -0700 Open Source Toolchains for Linux Systems Administrators | Linux.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/NSRb_KSUMb4/893910819 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/893910819 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:30:29 -0700 ilovecharts: A chart I made, about the kind of people I love... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/Xb1hHQtRn9o/886492279 <p>-<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rebeccalando.com/">rebeccalando</a></p> <p><em>This is the kind of chart we love the best: homemade and spot on!</em></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~4/Xb1hHQtRn9o" height="1" width="1"/> http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/886492279 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:33:07 -0700 Genome http://genome.et.redhat.com/ Genome is both a set of light weight tools and framework for introducing new server configurations and replicating those server configurations from one environment to another. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_9a10353fefc6a6c7fbfd4357832528ec Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:14:16 -0700 Sans rival http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/JUNvHgwzwF4/883837458 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/883837458 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:13:20 -0700 Lunch time! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/fPWOVzcsuNc/883277701 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/883277701 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:39:32 -0700 Genome http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/ltLHZW9RSKk/883218752 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/883218752 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:20:57 -0700 Lunch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/iandexter/tumblr/~3/zD0xWcuvApw/878566552 http://tumblog.iandexter.com/post/878566552 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:15:46 -0700 Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever http://www.kk.org/cooltools/the-best-magazi.php The following are suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever. Stars denote how many times someone has voted for it. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_b7a695c491758d28f655ed4f2aeb89af Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:24:28 -0700 Condor: High-Throughput Computing http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.4/1_2Condor_s_Power.html Condor is a software system that creates a High-Throughput Computing (HTC) environment. It effectively utilizes the computing power of workstations that communicate over a network. Condor can manage a dedicated cluster of workstations. Its power comes from the ability to effectively harness non-dedicated, preexisting resources under distributed ownership. qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_981ada829ce7d9b0e5e454bd64da8f62 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:00:33 -0700 Terminal Tips and Tricks For Mac OS X - Super User http://superuser.com/questions/52483/terminal-tips-and-tricks-for-mac-os-x qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_2693b0fa2f7232a506f5699ef920917a Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:58:44 -0700 Reading http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4823776600/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4823776600_033f518912.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4823776600 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:50:35 -0700 Reading family gabriel mobile julian books iandexter Reading http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4823161797/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4141/4823161797_51051838c2.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4823161797 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:50:32 -0700 Reading family mobile julian books booksale iandexter 'Spotted' at Booksale http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4823157187/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4823157187_d913eb174a.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4823157187 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:47:47 -0700 'Spotted' at Booksale mobile books booksale iandexter Turabian 7th edition and MLA 7th ed. free bibliography generator: fast citation maker by Eksendia http://www.eturabian.com/turabian/index.html qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_c63ced29f3c01e7a2646a54599246925 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:18:50 -0700 Modular robot http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/16/view/10529/frackenpohl-poulheim-myon.html qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_7c3e0e41ebeeaad3852f699eede30d06 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:18:21 -0700 The Ware tetralogy by Rudy Rucker http://www.rudyrucker.com/wares/rucker_ware_tetralogy_cc2010.pdf qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_33d6fb5fc00e43fb2c14a3d2a90830c8 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:17:12 -0700 The Exterminator's Want-Ad by Bruce Sterling http://shareable.net/blog/the-exterminators-want-ad qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_2869d35d158317c73dfec8429e5d3632 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:16:39 -0700 Infrastructures.Org: Best Practices in Automated Systems Administration and Infrastructure Architecture: Home http://www.infrastructures.org/index.shtml qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_d67f088489581b413b1bc1cd3e70f02b Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:16:04 -0700 Mass Unattended Linux Installation http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2003/papers/auto-install/auto-install.pdf qhEAr2LW3BGeFuGa8TxBKg_4904aacd2bcfadcc0b1c473e6d2c1bbb Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:15:23 -0700 'Virtual' Booksale finds http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4738361650/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4738361650_928a534193.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4738361650 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:46:09 -0700 'Virtual' Booksale finds &lt;p&gt;William Gibson's Virtual Light&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier&lt;/p&gt; mobile books booksale iandexter Robot Sunday: Self-assembling, flying drones http://iandexter.net/993/robot-sunday-self-assembling-flying-drones Here&#8217;s another scary step towards a robot uprising. A group of researchers are developing robots that dock together and take off by themselves. Called the Distributed Flight Array, the group of robots roams around independently and assembles randomly to form a flying vehicle. The modules communicate with each other to control the platform&#8217;s flight. Posted [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/993/robot-sunday-self-assembling-flying-drones">Robot Sunday: Self-assembling, flying drones</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=993 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:38:03 -0700 Here’s another scary step towards a robot uprising.

A group of researchers are developing robots that dock together and take off by themselves. Called the Distributed Flight Array, the group of robots roams around independently and assembles randomly to form a flying vehicle. The modules communicate with each other to control the platform’s flight.

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]]> Google SSL search plugin http://iandexter.net/995/google-ssl-search-plugin I added Google SSL to my search plugins in Firefox. The XML file is below: &#60;opensearchdescription xmlns=&#34;http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/&#34; xmlns:os=&#34;http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/&#34;&#62; &#60;shortname&#62;Google SSL&#60;/shortname&#62; &#60;description&#62;Google SSL&#60;/description&#62; &#60;inputencoding&#62;UTF-8&#60;/inputencoding&#62; &#60;image width=&#34;16&#34; height=&#34;16&#34;&#62;data:image/png;base64,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&#60;/image&#62; &#60;url type=&#34;text/html&#34; method=&#34;GET&#34; template=&#34;https://www.google.com/search&#34;&#62; &#60;param name=&#34;hl&#34; value=&#34;en&#34;/&#62; &#60;param name=&#34;source&#34; value=&#34;hp&#34;/&#62; &#60;param name=&#34;q&#34; value=&#34;{searchTerms}&#34;/&#62; &#60;param name=&#34;btnG&#34; value=&#34;Google+Search&#34;/&#62; &#60;/url&#62; &#60;moz :SearchForm&#62;https://www.google.com/&#60;/moz&#62; &#60;/opensearchdescription&#62; I&#8217;ll host it later for a one-click install. Update: [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/995/google-ssl-search-plugin">Google SSL search plugin</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=995 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:19:19 -0700 I added Google SSL to my search plugins in Firefox. The XML file is below:


<opensearchdescription xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/" 
 xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<shortname>Google SSL</shortname>
<description>Google SSL</description>
<inputencoding>UTF-8</inputencoding>
<image width="16" height="16">data:image/png;base64,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</image>
<url type="text/html" method="GET" template="https://www.google.com/search"> <param name="hl" value="en"/> <param name="source" value="hp"/> <param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/> <param name="btnG" value="Google+Search"/>
</url>
<moz :SearchForm>https://www.google.com/</moz>
</opensearchdescription>

I’ll host it later for a one-click install. Update: Here is the one-click install.

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]]> Display user account info in a Windows AD http://iandexter.net/992/display-user-account-info-in-a-windows-ad (Hell just froze over! I&#8217;m actually using Active Directory! In Windows! {Well, I did use Active Directory in a previous job, but that was because of LDAP&#8230;} {And I&#8217;m using waaay too many exclamation marks!} Anyway: it&#8217;s the command line &#8212; gosh, I miss the C:&#92; prompt. Not!) To display user info in an Active [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/992/display-user-account-info-in-a-windows-ad">Display user account info in a Windows AD</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=992 Fri, 28 May 2010 19:11:23 -0700 (Hell just froze over! I’m actually using Active Directory! In Windows! {Well, I did use Active Directory in a previous job, but that was because of LDAP…} {And I’m using waaay too many exclamation marks!} Anyway: it’s the command line — gosh, I miss the C:\ prompt. Not!)

To display user info in an Active Directory domain controller:

C:\> net user username /domain

Read this for more details.

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]]> Zypper clean-up http://iandexter.net/990/zypper-clean-up So I was having this problem updating some Kerberos 5 patches in my SuSE test environment &#8212; apparently a patch RPM was broken. I tried fixing that by downloading them directly, not using sudo /usr/bin/zypper up but sudo /bin/rpm -Uvh krb5.patch.rpm instead. No dice. Since there was no yum clean equivalent in the Zypper version [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/990/zypper-clean-up">Zypper clean-up</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=990 Thu, 27 May 2010 18:38:26 -0700 So I was having this problem updating some Kerberos 5 patches in my SuSE test environment — apparently a patch RPM was broken. I tried fixing that by downloading them directly, not using

sudo /usr/bin/zypper up

but

sudo /bin/rpm -Uvh krb5.patch.rpm

instead. No dice.

Since there was no yum clean equivalent in the Zypper version (0.6.201) in my server, I promptly deleted all sources under /var/lib/zypp/cache, thinking I could just refresh the cache later on. Well, it didn’t quite work that way.

Zypper complained about missing sources, so I had to look for the source files that refer to the cached source directories:

sudo grep -l Source.garbage /var/lib/zypp/db/sources/*

and removed them as well. I did another run of sudo /usr/bin/zypper up and I was able to install the patches successfully.

There must be a better way of doing this…

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]]> Robot Sunday: World robot population http://iandexter.net/988/robot-sunday-world-robot-population The numbers are in (with caveats, of course): there are 8.6 million robots in the world. Credit: Quasimondo on Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 Posted on Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between, under a Creative Commons BY-NC license. Original article: Robot Sunday: World robot population by Ian Dexter R MarquezFollow me on Twitter here. [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/988/robot-sunday-world-robot-population">Robot Sunday: World robot population</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=988 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:23:41 -0700 The numbers are in (with caveats, of course): there are 8.6 million robots in the world.

Robot factory - Credit: Quasimondo from Flickr, under CC license
Credit: Quasimondo on Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

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]]> She's showing off her hair ;) http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4486959738/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4486959738_c5d3a62f24.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4486959738 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:39:42 -0700 She's showing off her hair ;) &lt;p&gt;Makes for a great profile photo, mom! &amp;lt;3&lt;/p&gt; mobile iandexter Booksale finds http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4486946838/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4486946838_dee477964d.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4486946838 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:33:37 -0700 Booksale finds mobile iandexter Taking Sugar on a Stick for a spin http://iandexter.net/987/taking-sugar-on-a-stick-for-a-spin So I wanted to try out Sugar on a Stick, and there&#8217;s this Eee PC laying around. Grabbed the ISO image, and checked its integrity. Got Fedora&#8217;s liveusb-creator as well. Used Peng&#8217;s USB flash disk to &#8220;burn&#8221; the live ISO. Set the Eee PC to boot from the USB flash disk. Et voila! Sugar on [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/987/taking-sugar-on-a-stick-for-a-spin">Taking Sugar on a Stick for a spin</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=987 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:47:48 -0700 So I wanted to try out Sugar on a Stick, and there’s this Eee PC laying around.

  1. Grabbed the ISO image, and checked its integrity.
  2. Got Fedora’s liveusb-creator as well.
  3. Used Peng’s USB flash disk to “burn” the live ISO.
  4. Set the Eee PC to boot from the USB flash disk.
  5. Et voila! Sugar on a Stick live. Will play some more.

Obligatory screenshots below (crappy phone cam snapshots here — still trying to figure out how to nick the screenshots from Sugar).

Burning the ISO
Burning the ISO using Fedora liveusb-creator.

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]]> Orbs http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4450453688/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4450453688_e92e098c93.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4450453688 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:44:25 -0700 Orbs &lt;p&gt;(Trying out the Blackberry's camera.)&lt;/p&gt; mobile iandexter Robot Sunday: Is the future http://iandexter.net/986/robot-sunday-is-the-future (Well, there&#8217;s &#8220;robot&#8221; in it. *shrugs*) (In totally unrelated news, today is Pi Day. Yay!) Posted on Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between, under a Creative Commons BY-NC license. Original article: Robot Sunday: Is the future by Ian Dexter R MarquezFollow me on Twitter here. View the rest of my stream at public static [...]<p><p><small>Posted on <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net">Coredump - Work, play, and everything in-between</a></strong>, under a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC license</a>. Original article: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.net/986/robot-sunday-is-the-future">Robot Sunday: Is the future</a> by Ian Dexter R Marquez<br />Follow me on Twitter <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/iandexter">here</a>. View the rest of my stream at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://iandexter.com">public static void</a>.</small></p> http://iandexter.net/?p=986 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:48:33 -0700

(Well, there’s “robot” in it. *shrugs*)

(In totally unrelated news, today is Pi Day. Yay!)

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]]> More Booksale finds http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandexter/4409648397/ http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4409648397_97b68d3ba6.jpg nobody@flickr.com (iandexter) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4409648397 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:58:40 -0800 More Booksale finds mobile books booksale iandexter