December 22nd, 2009
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This has been a long time coming. The organizers have been planning and preparing laboriously for months – and boy, did it pay off. The reunion was fun, fun, fun. We got to reconnect with old friends, share a few laughs, and even got drunk at the end of the evening (them, not me).
Israel and the group really made sure we had a blast. The food was fantastic, the venue was lovely – although no one dared dive into the icy pool, and the games well thought out. Too bad I had to say my goodbyes early. I may have forgotten a few faces, but I remembered bringing those moments and smiles with me.
getting reacquainted with old friends
The graduating class of 6-Determination
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December 20th, 2009
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This is the 2nd time I’ve attempted to upgrade to Karmic from Jaunty. The first one went well without any incident, but I kept having errors this time and can’t determine how far in the install process I’m in.
Update: Ctrl+C to the rescue!
December 20th, 2009
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The 2 major bugs on Karmic affecting MSI Wind has been fixed Ubuntu has detailed a workaround on the 2 major bugs on Karmic affecting MSI Wind on the release notes. I can finally upgrade my netbook to the latest version. This is a nice christmas gift from the Ubuntu team.
Bug #415023 brightness is broken on MSI WIND U100
fix released on Oct. 29, 2009 (not yet thoroughly fixed, Jan 10, 2010 – boot up ok, but starts to flicker after an hour or so when gnome power mangement starts to dim the brightness)
Bug #435352 regression: uvcvideo module makes “cannot reset port” error on usb with bison webcam (5986:0203): USB and suspend fails
fix released on Nov. 14, 2009 (confirmed fixed Jan 10, 2010)
December 20th, 2009
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Our barangay councilmen and captain came up with a nice program today… Mini Dog Show. Dog owners got some freebies – dog food and some toys/chewables their pets will enjoy.
December 20th, 2009
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Linux for Devices recently published an article on NorTec’s Gecko Surfboard. Not only does it consume just 5 watts, but it’s also fanless and costs $99. Granted it’s a bit anorexic on 1.0 GHz, but for a personal/low-traffic server, I believe it’s more than enough (this server’s running on P3-733MHz/384MB).
Enterprises can also use this – mostly as a sanbox server for your dev teams, or go LTSP (I’m looking at you Call Center SysAdmins).
