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August 2005
Using the Samsung ML-2010 laser printer with Linux
2005.08.31 Wed 11:46 P GMT-07
Our 5 year old inkjet printer has been making loud annoying noises and refusing to print midway through a page. So this last weekend I decided to replace it with a laser printer (we only really used color for printing photos, and since 1hour kiosks
Category: linux open source
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How to create a passport picture with a digital camera and gimp
2005.08.29 Mon 7:06 P GMT-07
A quick howto, since I recently had to do this. To create a digital photo for use with a passport you'll need the following:
digital camera
computer
software (I used Gimp though photoshop may work too)
tripod/or person to take picture
white b
Category: linux open source
I have an issue with foocamp...
2005.08.27 Sat 10:29 A GMT-07
I have an issue with Foocamp, and it isn't because I unlike some of my co-workers wasn't invited. For that matter I have the same issue with Barcamp
Category: open source
You'll never get out of this maze (a new twist on phish)
2005.08.23 Tue 11:27 P GMT-07
A few years ago Phish released the album Rift. One of the songs was Maze which had a chorus that went something like this:
You'll never get out of this maze,
You'll never get out of this maze,
You'll never get out of this maze,
You'll never ge
August Bay Piggies Meeting
2005.08.12 Fri 12:56 A GMT-07
We had a small meeting tonight. Hasan gave a short presentation on his Really Really Simple Rss browser (45 minute 80 line hack). Details found here. Previous speakers were awarded their choice of various python books, whick led into a bit of disc
Category: python open source
SpikeSource Open Testing Contest
2005.08.11 Thu 5:39 P GMT-07
Calling all testers (and developers). In an effort to boost testing among open source components, my employer is offering $20,000 in awards to Open Source projects who compete in the SpikeSource Open Testing Contest.
I've blogged a little about
Category: linux open source
IBM opening the secret sauce for Web Fountain?
2005.08.08 Mon 11:46 P GMT-07
Up above Silicon Valley, IBM has a big research facility. One of the big projects they are working on over there at Almaden is called Web Fountain. Think of it as Google on steroids. A search engine that can determine sentiment (can determine what
Category: linux open source
Are there areas where Open Source won't work?
2005.08.08 Mon 11:24 P GMT-07
One of the biggest shockers for me at OSCON happened during the first day. I was sitting in the second row of the Rails session and I looked behind me to see what type of laptops people were using. I would guess that 80% were PowerBooks. Of the x8
Category: linux open source
Trying out Django
2005.08.08 Mon 10:51 P GMT-07
Having Ruby on Rails pounded into me for 5 straight days (it seemed to be a theme of OSCON) caused me to try out Django tonight. I've only finished the 2nd tutorial but it's pretty impressive what's in there.
The only thing that seems a little
Category: python open source
Gems from OSCON
2005.08.06 Sat 12:11 A GMT-07
I'm going through my OSCON notes and compiling a list of interesting websites or notes. The websites will be found here:
Yaml - This is the markup language the Ruby on Rails is using rather than xml. There are bindings for various languages. Th
Trip back from OSCON (Rob Kaye's crazy hair)
2005.08.05 Fri 11:11 P GMT-07
I'm back from OSCON and had a great time. It was fun to meet and talk with so many interesting people. One of the most interesting I met after the conference en route home. While in the airport standing in the queue to get on the plane Rob Kaye wa
Category: open source
2005 OSCON Ruby on Rails Presentation
2005.08.02 Tue 7:56 P GMT-07
I'm up at OSCON and have attended 4 sessions in the past two days. My favorite so far was the Rails talk.David did a great job presenting, and I was very impressed by the fra