Leapsa cu cartea…

Am primit de ceva vreme de la Ania o leapsa, pe care nu am avut timp sa o fac, si acum recent si de la Sergiu si Lorand… aceeasi leapsa… Cum mai tot timpul sunt pe la birou, am la indemana manuale de placi de baza sau chestii de genul care nu erau deloc interesante, uteam sa iau un PDF, dar care era “primul” ???

Acum sunt acasa, asa ca hai sa definim leapsa frumos, sa o ducem la bun sfarsit, si apoi sa o dam mai departe:

“Regulile de aur si nisip:

  1. Ia cartea care este cea mai aproape de tine.
  2. Deschide-o la pagina 123.
  3. Gaseste a 5-a propozitie/fraza.
  4. Posteaza pe blog textul urmatoarelor 4 propozitii/fraze cu aceste instructiuni.
  5. Nu îndrazni sa scotocesti prin rafturi dupa cartea aceea foarte deosebita sau “intelectuala”.
  6. Da leapsa mai departe la alti 6 prieteni.”

So here we go:

Prima carte gasita, “Prea tanar pentru batranete” de Helen Exley, cu ilustratii de Rowan Barnes-Murphy, cartulie mica, nu are paginile numerotate, trecem peste…

A doua carte, “TravelMate 3270/3620/2480 Series, User Guide” trecem peste…

A treia carte, “Domn al luminii“(1967 editia in romana) de Roger Zelazny, cumparata in vara dintr-un anticariat de carte veche din gura de metrou Unirii(cred) din Bucuresti. Se incadreaza, mergem mai departe:

… Zeii sa iti zambeasca in drumul tau.

– Si in al tau.

Urcand scarile, se departa de templu si-si continua drumul prin oras.

Cand ajunse in dumbrava vinetie, pe cer erau trei luni, mici felinare printre copaci, inflorescente palide de foc pe deasupra orasului, iar un vanticel cu destula umezeala in el agita vegetatiadin jur.

Merse inainte fara zgomot, patrunzand in dumbrava.

Ajuns in zona luminata, dadu peste randuri intregi de figuri nemiscate, asezate pe pamant. Fiecare purta o roba galbena, cu o gluga tot galbena trasa pe cap. Stateau asezati astfel cu sutele si nici unul nu scotea vreun sunet.

Nu am scotocit, nu este “intelectuala”, este un roman SF, si il recomand cu caldura celor care gusta genul.

Leapsa merge mai departe la urmatorii (ne)fericiti:

  1. Vlad “KooKool” Cucu
  2. Lucian “Blogariu” Boariu
  3. Adrian Costin
  4. Diana “nuconteaza” Georgescu
  5. Mihai “Viridium” Danila
  6. Alex4ndco
  7. si cine mai vrea sa faca o preluare, este binevinit.

People love pussy

Don’t be a cynic now and think about pr0n, I’m talking about a new kind of pussy. I’m talking about Leopard! The latest Mac OS X.  About a year ago, I was installing Tiger on my Laptop PC, an Acer TravelMate, Intel based, and it worked for a while. Now, my colleagues start showing up with Leopard, which apparently kicks ass bigtime and it would be a shame not to try it.

The only problem right now is my current setup, Ubuntu + Win XP, which I wouldn’t want to lose right about now. Gotta figure out where to dump it, so I can take it back later. Starting from my Firefox setup, RSS feeds reader  which is local, and everything else which I customized since my last reinstall. What do you think? Should I go for it?I think I should, now just let me figure out a good way to be able to return to my tweaks after this. A Time Machine would do just great…

Ubuntu resolution and sound

Eye candy as it is, Ubuntu+Beryl on my Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi didn’t allow a resolution change higher than 1024×768. The problem is solved with the 915resolution package. So, if you have the same problem I was facing, just install the package, restart your X server and voilà: 1280×800.

Search for the package:

marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo aptitude update

marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo aptitude upgrade

marius@OliveJuice:~$ aptitude search 915resolution
p 915resolution - resolution modification tool for Intel graphic chipset

Install the package:

marius@OliveJuice:~$ sudo aptitude install 915resolution

And now restart your X server by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace on your keyboard, or just reboot Ubuntu. After restarting X, or reboting, go to System > Preferences > Screen Resolution, and select 1280×800.

My second problem today with my lappy, was that I tried watching a movie and couldn’t do it without plugging in my headphones since my laptop speakers wouldn’t work. Everything was fine with a jack plugged in, but the speakers just didn’t want to work, so I did a little bit of digging. First off, let’s see our sound cards:

marius@OliveJuice:~$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

If this matches, you should be on the right path, by following up here. I found on the Ubuntu Bug tracker bug number #94373. Long story told short, I read there, modified 1 file, and voilà: I have sound on the laptop speakers.

root@OliveJuice:~# echo "options snd-hda-intel model=auto" >> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
root@OliveJuice:~ # rmmod snd-hda-intel
root@OliveJuice:~# modprobe snd-hda-intel

The important thing here, is the first command, the echo redirected to the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base file. It adds the snd_hda_intel model=auto. The rmmod command might say that the module is in use, and cannot be unloaded, but that’s hardly a problem. Just reboot, and your speakers should work. Mine sure did.

Now, that was easy wasn’t it? tweak here, tweak there, and thanks to the Open Source community out there, amost everything can be fixed in a matter of minutes if someone already had that problem, or in a matter of days, if this is a new bug. Developers are always ready to help out.

Last night Alexandra wanted a song so much, that I decided to look for it. It’s “Lissie – Bright Side“. The reason for this was this commercial: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Reb_l8Zw-U or, the second version: http://youtube.com/watch?v=U1ZHk-NZWLw
Gotta wrap it up now, since my Whisher Beta Tester invite mail just popped into my inbox, and I was looking forward to that since yesterday.

Tha! Tha! and don’t forget, Wireless is FUN! 😉

Ubuntu 7.04

Acum ceva vreme, eram mandrul “instalator” al unui Mac OSX 10.4.6 pe un laptop Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi. Experienta a fost minunata, lots of eye candy, o gramada de chestii noi, frumoase, utile, rapide etc. etc. etc. A fost prima mea experienta cu Mac OSX mai mult decat o privire sau cateva clickuri, asa ca eram multumit, si drawbackurile erau 2 majore, dar destul de nesemnificative:

  • nu imi mergea placa Ethernet (pe fir) But I’m a wireless geek… era nasol insa cand nu aveam nici un acces point in zona, si
  • nu mergea sunetul pe iesirea jack, dar mergea pe boxele incorporate, deci no stress nici acolo. Nu prea ascult muzica la laptop. Am in zona un noise maker mai suparat de obicei.

S-a intamplat totusi sa pun mana pe un MacBook si un iBook de la mama lor Steve Jobbs, chestie care a facut ca install-ul meu sa para penibil…

Concluzia? dezinstalarea Mac OSX, si revenirea la obiectul muncii, Linux. Mai precis un Ubuntu 7.04, mersi Dan pentru Live CD!! Bineinteles ca tot Eye-Candy’ul care mi l-a bagat in cap Mac OSX’ul trebuia “recuperat” cumva, asa ca, dupa un pic de documentare, citit cateva forumuri, solutia s-a dovedit a fi Beryl. Daca nu ai auzit de Beryl inca, exista un filmulet pe YouTube care merita vazut. Desigur un search dupa BERYL pe YouTube o sa gaseasca multe alte filmulete care merita vazute.

Everyting looking good, me happy 😀

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And here we go!

Nu credeam ca o sa mai reusesc, era sa renunt la un moment dat, dar pana la urma, tot raul spre bine, sau cum spuneaaboutmac.jpg mai devreme un prieten, there is no joy without a little hustle!

Mai am inca multe de facut, si de invatat, dar merita… So right about now, I’m going to yell: “In your face Mr. Gates!”

In alta ordine de idei, mi-am petrecut weekendul instaland mac osx, am pus niste poze pe flickr, si probabil, dar nu sigur, ca o sa postez cu data de ieri si un post numit “birou de blogger” ca de aia am facut pozele 😉 deci: Biroul 1 si Biroul 2. Va rog sa nu va legati de Halle Berry ca nu v-a facut nimic, da?

Update: Nu este vorba de o masina virtuala, si nici de un produs al companiei Apple, este un Acer TravelMate 2482NWXMi, procesor intel, si momentan cu un superb dual boot mac OS X / Windows XP… Windows is going bye bye soon, linux will take over 😉