Music: right now (5)

The Birthday Party's - Jennifer's veil
IMHO, their best theme.

So you've come back for Jennifer
You know, she hides her face behind a veil
I'm warning you Frankie, leave on the next train
Your Jennifer she just isn't the same
Quit waving that thing about! Come back!
Come back and give me a chance to explain
Your baby will never cry again.

So don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Point the figure-head at the storm
And drive her hard upon
Don't stop and don't stop
And don't let the veil drop
(Another ship ready to sail--the rigging is tight
Tight like Jennifer's veil).

She drew the curtain on her face
Ever since they came and burnt the old place down
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/B6AB ]
Why is she searching through the ashes?
Why, only Jennifer knows that now.
And the officer, without a word,
Left all his junk and just moved out.

So don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Point the figure-head at the glass
Smash! Smash! into shards
Don't stop and don't touch!
And don't let the veil drop...behind Jennifer's veil

Oh God! Frankie! Is that really you!
Get back! Don't reach out!
Get back, and get that lantern out of my room!

Don't try to reach out
And don't let the ship's flag down
Down, down over her, like a shroud

And let her sail on the sea like a stone.
Don't touch and don't touch
And don't let the veil drop
Another ship ready to dock...the
rigging comes loose...

Tango screenshot

Another one, its been a while since I have posted a Tango screenshot.

I'm falling in love :p

Since Apple is getting farter and farter away, not only in price, but also I'm not finding it as fun to use & dig around as it used to be (or maybe it is way too expensive to be digging around with it :D ), I'm pretty sure that my next laptop will be a Linux one.
Being looking online for a nice one, not only functional, but also a nice looking one (what can I say? I'm an Apple user, or was :D )

This one looks rather nice: Serval Performance, from a company called System 76, from Denver, Colorado, USA.

Here you can read "mini review" from the Ubuntu Forum: [ubuntu] serval mini-review

I only wish this baby was made on aluminum...

Rsync directories with spaces on their names

A little reminder.
How to make rsyncs when the directory has a space on the name:

rsync -e ssh -avzr --progress * esteban@judith.arenales.lan:/Users/esteban/Music/iTunes/iTunes\\\ Music/

Escape the name separation with three backslashes.
Yes, restoring a backup to Trantor yesterday, when I feared the worst happened

Lazarus HDD

Go figure, today it is working A OK.
I'm browsing with Safari, listening to iTunes, making backups, etc, etc.
It seems like it has come back from the dead.

Shopping for a Mac in Argentina

To put it simple, you have to be nuts.

Here is a little comparisson I did, I choose, in every case, the top of the line of the model, the prices were taken from this place in Argentina, and from the online Apple Store, they don't include taxes (on the USA case, the prices for Argentina do include them), nor any type of promotion/ discount (in the case of Argentina alone, Apple does not offer any on its plain vanilla site).

MacBook Black (super dupper) - Argentina
8230 $ - 2660 U$S

MacBook Black (super dupper) - USA
1500 U$S


Apple Cinema Display 20" - Argentina
3500 $ - 1130 U$S

Apple Cinema Display (20" flat panel)
600 U$S


Mac Mini (Super dupper) - Argentina
4400 $ - 1500 U$S

Mac Mini - USA
800 $

The clear "winner" is the MacBook, while the price of the other items are practically twice as much as you would pay in the USA.

A little winter (it was about time)

Well, at last, the winter is back. A nice, cold & rainy day, and the promise of a very nice week ahead.

The HDD ist kaput

It finally happened.
The system HDD from Thor is dead, so good I have backups, so, no damage is done.
What I'm thinking to get it back on its feet is taking out one of the HDD from Judith and use it on Thor.

As for Judith, I'm thinking in replacing the OpenBSD install with a CentOS 5 -minimal- one, just to see how it goes, and which one does perform better on such a totally sh*tty hardware.

CentOS 5 minimal install (2)

Here are some "facts" from a CentOS 5 ultra minimum install...

Disk usage:

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5             4.9G  254M  4.4G   6% /
proc                     0     0     0   -  /proc
sysfs                    0     0     0   -  /sys
devpts                   0     0     0   -  /dev/pts
/dev/sda8              20G  173M   19G   1% /home
/dev/sda7             996M   34M  911M   4% /tmp
/dev/sda3              20G  180M   19G   1% /var
/dev/sda2              20G  505M   18G   3% /usr
/dev/sda1              99M   11M   83M  12% /boot
tmpfs                1014M     0 1014M   0% /dev/shm
none                     0     0     0   -  /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
/dev/sdb1             984M  434M  551M  45% /media/usb

Installed RPM packages:

setup-2.5.58-1.el5
basesystem-8.0-5.1.1.el5.centos
glibc-common-2.5-24
chkconfig-1.3.30.1-2
mktemp-1.5-23.2.2
popt-1.10.2-48.el5
bzip2-libs-1.0.3-3
libstdc++-4.1.2-42.el5
beecrypt-4.1.2-10.1.1
libgcrypt-1.2.3-1
keyutils-libs-1.2-1.el5
libsysfs-2.0.0-6
libacl-2.2.39-3.el5
pcre-6.6-2.el5_1.7
checkpolicy-1.33.1-4.el5
mingetty-1.07-5.2.2
wireless-tools-28-2.el5
libvolume_id-095-14.16.el5
cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-4
nash-5.1.19.6-28
termcap-5.5-1.20060701.1
bash-3.2-21.el5
libsepol-1.15.2-1.el5
grep-2.5.1-54.2.el5
sqlite-3.3.6-2
gawk-3.1.5-14.el5
nspr-4.7.0.99.2-1.el5
diffutils-2.8.1-15.2.3.el5
iptables-ipv6-1.3.5-4.el5
less-394-5.el5
cpio-2.6-20
centos-release-5-2.el5.centos
redhat-logos-4.9.99-8.el5.centos
grub-0.97-13.2
ed-0.2-38.2.2
file-4.17-13
hdparm-6.6-2
gnu-efi-3.0c-1.1
libselinux-1.33.4-5.el5
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5
kpartx-0.4.7-17.el5
coreutils-5.97-14.el5
rpm-4.4.2-48.el5
openssl-0.9.8b-10.el5
newt-0.52.2-10.el5
hwdata-0.213.6-1.el5
rpm-libs-4.4.2-48.el5
pciutils-2.2.3-5
audit-libs-python-1.6.5-9.el5
python-elementtree-1.2.6-5
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-2.el5
pam-0.99.6.2-3.27.el5
m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.2
libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.1
dbus-glib-0.70-5
libuser-0.54.7-2.el5.5
usermode-1.88-3.el5.1
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-17.el5
udev-095-14.16.el5
cryptsetup-luks-1.0.3-2.2.el5
lvm2-2.02.32-4.el5
net-tools-1.60-78.el5
policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.el5
selinux-policy-2.4.6-137.el5
mcstrans-0.2.7-1.el5
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-28
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-137.el5
openssh-server-4.3p2-26.el5
sysklogd-1.4.1-44.el5
dhcpv6-client-1.0.10-4.el5
authconfig-5.3.21-3.el5
ecryptfs-utils-41-1.el5
rhpl-0.194.1-1
hal-0.5.8.1-35.el5
pm-utils-0.99.3-6.el5.centos.19
libgcc-4.1.2-42.el5
filesystem-2.4.0-1.el5.centos
tzdata-2007k-2.el5
glibc-2.5-24
zlib-1.2.3-3
audit-libs-1.6.5-9.el5
glib2-2.12.3-2.fc6
elfutils-libelf-0.125-3.el5
expat-1.95.8-8.2.1
libgpg-error-1.4-2
db4-4.3.29-9.fc6
slang-2.0.6-4.el5
libattr-2.4.32-1.1
libcap-1.10-26
libusb-0.1.12-5.1
ethtool-5-1.el5
tcp_wrappers-7.6-40.4.el5
gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1
dmidecode-2.7-1.28.2.el5
cracklib-dicts-2.8.9-3.3
centos-release-notes-5.2-2
libtermcap-2.0.8-46.1
info-4.8-14.el5
ncurses-5.5-24.20060715
readline-5.1-1.1
sed-4.1.5-5.fc6
libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.1
nss-3.11.99.5-2.el5.centos
iptables-1.3.5-4.el5
procps-3.2.7-9.el5
gzip-1.3.5-10.el5.centos
iproute-2.6.18-7.el5
iputils-20020927-43.el5
tcl-8.4.13-3.fc6
udftools-1.0.0b3-0.1.el5
sysfsutils-2.0.0-6
libhugetlbfs-1.2-5.el5
setserial-2.17-19.2.2
rootfiles-8.1-1.1.1
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5
shadow-utils-4.0.17-13.el5
findutils-4.2.27-4.1
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5
krb5-libs-1.6.1-25.el5
python-2.4.3-21.el5
libsemanage-1.9.1-3.el5
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5
rpm-python-4.4.2-48.el5
libselinux-python-1.33.4-5.el5
python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
cracklib-2.8.9-3.3
SysVinit-2.86-14
python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-2
dbus-1.0.0-7.el5
openldap-2.3.27-8.el5_1.3
passwd-0.73-1
dmraid-1.0.0.rc13-9.el5
MAKEDEV-3.23-1.2
util-linux-2.13-0.47.el5
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5
psmisc-22.2-6
initscripts-8.45.19.EL-1.el5.centos.1
openssh-4.3p2-26.el5
kbd-1.12-20.el5
tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
kernel-2.6.18-92.el5
openssh-clients-4.3p2-26.el5
setools-3.0-3.el5
dhclient-3.0.5-13.el5
prelink-0.3.9-2.1
yum-3.2.8-9.el5.centos.1
system-config-securitylevel-tui-1.6.29.1-2.1.el5
vim-minimal-7.0.109-3.el5.3
kudzu-1.2.57.1.17-1

Enabled services:

haldaemon       0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
ip6tables       0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
iptables        0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
kudzu           0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
lvm2-monitor    0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
mcstrans        0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
messagebus      0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
multipathd      0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netconsole      0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
netfs           0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
netplugd        0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
network         0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
rdisc           0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
restorecond     0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
sshd            0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
syslog          0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off

Note that crond it is not enabled as a service, actually, it is not even installed.
Another missing (and quite useful) package, are the man pages; but, you get a CentOS 5 install, using only one CD, you can access it thru SSH remotely, and then, using yum, install the other things you need to get the box actually doing something.

That's more like it

It now feels like a winter should be.
It was about time...

Winter sort of

It is actually falling, this effing winter summer has to die!

The fountain of youth

Or, how to get from 90 to zero in just the turn of a switch.
Well, it is back to square one I guess... All the movings around the house forced me to power it down for a while.

It finally happened

So the silence wasn't that long, after all

Apple sues Mac clone maker Psystar for copyright infringement

The charade has no end

Over the weekend it kinda, sorta looks like the temperature will be closer to what we should be expecting for this part of the year around here.
But then again, the Widget gets the thing to the far out limits, as usual, we will never on this Earth will be near the 4 degrees mark on this Sunday.

Before, in the middle, after

      

  


This is, obviously, a work in progress :D
At least, I hope it looks that way.

Winter (???????)

What winter?