Life after RTFM

Jason Fried: Why work doesn’t happen at work

lifeafterrtfm — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:51:00 +0000

gist: Managers and Meetings.

cloudarchitect on logging in the cloud (aws really)

lifeafterrtfm — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:43:42 +0000

http://cloudarchitect.posterous.com/logs-in-the-cloud

Four parts in this series, a fifth pending.

Ctrl+ in dvorak layout

lifeafterrtfm — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:22:18 +0000

This has been bugging me for a while, where Ctrl+< key> combo uses the first keyboard layout in the list.
I finally found this bug report:

Ctrl+ sends erroneous value when primary keyboard layout is not English
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589557

the gist of it is :

A workaround for this entire problem is to NOT set up multiple layouts in
GNOME's keyboard preferences dialog. Instead, use the setxkbmap command to
manually switch between your desired keyboard layouts. For example:

setxkbmap dvorak # switch to Dvorak
setxkbmap us # switch to QWERTY
    - comment 9, Suraj Kurapati

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589557#c9

Thanks Suraj Kurapati!

How to install Sun Java on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

lifeafterrtfm — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:40:26 +0000

Sun java can no longer be installed from the multiverse repo on Ubuntu 10.04.

Solution:

apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
apt-get update
apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

CrowdSurf.tv is live!

lifeafterrtfm — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:06:59 +0000

It has finally launched!

http://www.crowdsurf.tv

a live stream video search site.

ubuntu exim4 smarthost tls will not turn off

lifeafterrtfm — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:40:29 +0000

While trying to setup exim to smarthost to authsmtp.com TLS just will not turn off even with all the right options in the macro.

Finally I found this :

http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/VikingNotes#Exim4

Exim4 configuration sucks. It took me 3 or 4 hours to figure this out.

Exim4 and TLS don’t work together well, apparently. To make exim work correctly, edit /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.template and add this line just under the driver line in remote_smtp_smarthost section, so that it looks something like this:

remote_smtp_smarthost: debug_print = "T: remote_smtp_smarthost for $local_part@$domain" driver = smtp hosts_avoid_tls = * hosts_try_auth = ${if exists {CONFDIR/passwd.client}{DCsmarthost}{}} tls_tempfail_tryclear = false DEBCONFheaders_rewriteDEBCONF DEBCONFreturn_pathDEBCONF

Re-run update-exim4.conf and then restart exim4.

My next wireless router

lifeafterrtfm — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:03:15 +0000

A positive review of the FONERA 2.0n router on openattitude.com (http://openattitude.com/2010/01/13/sharing-wifi-with-fon/) has convinced me to purchase this router.
The Fonera runs a firmware based on OpenWrt.

Unfortunately my current isn’t broken enough to join the growing electronic waste and recycling problem just yet.

Thunderbird 3 …. awesome!

lifeafterrtfm — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:22:52 +0000

I upgraded to Thunderbird 3 today. Tabs and Conversations … sweeeet!

Instructions to backup your old profile and install it on Ubuntu (should work the same on most distros):
http://www.kabatology.com/07/29/a-single-command-install-of-thunderbird-3-beta-3-on-ubuntu/

A real time saver ..

lifeafterrtfm — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:13:22 +0000

For when laundry and project deadlines collide!

Lenovo T61 and Ubuntu

lifeafterrtfm — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:29:00 +0000

I purchased my Lenovo T61 preinstalled with Ubuntu 8.05. Since the release of 9.10, the Update Manager has been tempting me to click the button and upgrade to 9.10. I finally had a free rainy weekend when I wouldn’t mind picking up the pieces in case of a disaster. Surprisingly, the update went well. It just worked!

Go for it .. Press that button.