Archive for May, 2007

Disobedient

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

For the first time in the two years the median has been off limits, I got yelled at by a cop. He said

“Can’t you read the sign?”

“Of course”

“So why did you sit there? Next time you’ll get a ticket.”

And I just couldn’t answer. Or rather, I couldn’t think of an answer that [...]

(Desktop) Linux is only free if your time is worthless

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

I just gave up on Ubuntu for a reinstall.

It kills me to say it.

I’ve been able to get Ubuntu running on a few machines. More complicated machines than this one: old laptops, servers with funky graphics cards and odd hardware. The machine serving you this tripe is also running it. Linux is great for servers, [...]

Blind Folks Can’t Use Tmotes or Arduinos on Ubuntu Feisty

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

I’ve just had an AWESOME afternoon setting ubuntu fiesty up. Just fantastic. Amongst other fine bugs, I found that the FTDI usb to serial driver used by my favorite microcontroller systems, Arduino and Tmotes, wouldn’t work.

A little googling turned up this one line gem:

It seems the solution is to uninstall the brltty package [...]

Save Net Radio Redux

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Despite the RIAA’s astroturf, Rusty and Elise are rocking it, lobby style.

SomaFM is in DC fighting the good fight against the Net Radio Rate Increases!

Do your part, call, write, and if you’re feeling generous, help SomaFM out!