Thursday, April 30, 2009

Se tipea español


Little things that work on Jaunty and didn't (at least for me) on Intrepid.

The first thing that does is accents, that is, using accentuation, I've tried this on Intrepid a couple of times but never worked, but on Jaunty, boom, right out the box, the first time I set the thing up.

It wasn't even necessary to restart X Window! It made all the changes on the go.

Now I need to really get an English layout keyboard for Tango and get rid of the Latin American crappy one it has.

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Updates dujour


And yet another set of updates for Tango, on its Jaunty incarnation.

2009-04-30 03:03:47 status installed man-db 2.5.5-1build1
2009-04-30 03:03:48 status installed shared-mime-info 0.60-1
2009-04-30 03:03:50 status installed python-support 0.8.7ubuntu4
2009-04-30 03:03:53 status installed python-problem-report 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
2009-04-30 03:03:54 status installed python-apport 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
2009-04-30 03:03:54 status installed apport 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
2009-04-30 03:03:56 status installed apport-gtk 1.0-0ubuntu5.2
2009-04-30 03:03:56 status installed libevdocument1 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
2009-04-30 03:03:56 status installed libevview1 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
2009-04-30 03:03:58 status installed evince 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
2009-04-30 03:03:58 status installed python-cupshelpers 1.1.3+git20090218-0ubuntu19.1
2009-04-30 03:03:58 status installed screen-profiles 1.44-0ubuntu1.1
2009-04-30 03:03:58 status installed synaptic 0.62.5ubuntu3
2009-04-30 03:03:59 status installed system-config-printer-common 1.1.3+git20090218-0ubuntu19.1
2009-04-30 03:04:00 status installed system-config-printer-gnome 1.1.3+git20090218-0ubuntu19.1
2009-04-30 03:04:01 status installed gnome-system-tools 2.22.2-0ubuntu4
2009-04-30 03:04:01 status installed libgweather-common 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
2009-04-30 03:04:01 status installed libgweather1 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
2009-04-30 03:04:02 status installed libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
2009-04-30 03:04:03 status installed python-support 0.8.7ubuntu4

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Play Count (16)

And another turn of the counter.
Every single single song on the Library played at least 16 times.
Maybe towards the end of this year I'll be near the 22 mark or so.

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Updates dujour


More and more updates for this Jaunty beauty. As usual, no problems after install.

2009-04-29 02:22:06 status installed xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:06 status installed xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 1.9.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:06 status installed firefox-3.0-branding 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:07 status installed firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:07 status installed firefox-3.0-gnome-support 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:07 status installed firefox 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:08 status installed firefox-gnome-support 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
2009-04-29 02:22:08 status installed libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Updates dujour


The first ones on Jaunty!! Wohhoooo!
So far so good after the install, hopefully things will continue as smooth as they went with the Intrepid incarnation.

2009-04-28 11:35:55 status installed man-db 2.5.5-1build1
2009-04-28 11:35:56 status installed doc-base 0.8.20
2009-04-28 11:35:58 status installed ufw 0.27-0ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:01 status installed update-manager-core 1:0.111.8
2009-04-28 11:36:06 status installed update-manager 1:0.111.8
2009-04-28 11:36:10 status installed acpid 1.0.6-9ubuntu4.9.04.2
2009-04-28 11:36:11 status installed libcups2 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:11 status installed libcupsimage2 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:11 status installed cups-common 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:39 status installed cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:39 status installed cups-client 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:41 status installed cups-bsd 1.3.9-17ubuntu2
2009-04-28 11:36:41 status installed libfreetype6 2.3.9-4ubuntu0.1
2009-04-28 11:36:41 status installed libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Autumn my ass, once again


The weather, once again it is making a mess out of me... But what else is new?
This piece of shit of "autumn" looks more and more like a regular summer to me.

For tomorrow, 29 degrees, no less; just like a plain vanilla December day.

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Jaunty: login & the guessing is over

Just discovered a nice feature on my Ubuntu.
When you login it gives a status on how you are regarding updates:

0 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.


This happens on SSH and a TTY logins as well.

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

Jaunty on a Compaq F700


Today installed the latest Ubuntu release on Tango.

Everything went silky smooth -during and after the install-, and everything (at least so far) it is working just dandy. By everything I mean the WiFi card, the now famous Atheros, didn't even needed a "special procedure", like it was needed on Intrepid.

But at least, on Inteprid the Atheros worked like a champ, unlike Hardy, where it was impossible, at least for me, to connect to any WiFi network.

The NVIDIA GeForce 7000M card works just perfect (after installing the first set of updates), and enabling it. I'm using version 180, and it works just fine.
At the moment I'm not running any special Desktop Effect, right on the "Normal" level, and for the moment, I'll continue to run like that.
Hell, I even use only one Virtual Desktop...

Link to uncompress screenshot on Image Shack

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Updates dujour

Being really, really busy this week, no much time for anything but work.
Here a bunch of updates I have been installing on Tango, no problems after installing those.

2009-04-21 00:42:28 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-21 00:42:29 status installed apt 0.7.14ubuntu6.1
2009-04-21 00:42:29 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
2009-04-21 00:42:32 status installed apt-utils 0.7.14ubuntu6.1
2009-04-21 00:42:32 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
2009-04-22 22:22:54 status installed libpam-runtime 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.5
2009-04-22 22:22:58 status installed libpam0g 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.5
2009-04-22 22:22:58 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
2009-04-22 22:23:01 status installed libpam-modules 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.5
2009-04-22 22:23:08 status installed fakeroot 1.9.5ubuntu1.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed xulrunner-1.9 1.9.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support 1.9.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed firefox-3.0-branding 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed firefox-3.0 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed firefox-3.0-gnome-support 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed firefox 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed firefox-gnome-support 3.0.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1
2009-04-22 22:23:09 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
2009-04-22 22:35:11 status installed doc-base 0.8.16ubuntu1
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed libadns1 1.4-2
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed libportaudio2 19+svn20071207-0ubuntu3
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed menu 2.1.40ubuntu1
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed wireshark-common 1.0.3-1ubuntu2.2
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed wireshark 1.0.3-1ubuntu2.2
2009-04-22 22:35:12 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9
2009-04-22 22:35:13 status installed menu 2.1.40ubuntu1

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

A little about bloat (2)

Upgraded the iTunes on Thor today, to the latest version available.
Once again, the bloat had to go...

% du -sh iTunes.app/
134M iTunes.app/
% du -sh iTunes.app/
50M iTunes.app/

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Updates dujour

A relly tiny update for Tango, a humble TZData one, of course, no problems at all after installing it.

2009-04-18 23:05:21 status installed tzdata 2009f-0ubuntu0.8.10

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We should be so lucky


Yeah right, minus 15 for next Thursday...

According to Weather Underground's page for Bs As that was true for about half a day (until corrected, of course), needless to say, that would have been amazing if true.

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Remote backups made easy (2)

A little variation, or enhancement if you will, on my previous rsnapshot supplement script


#!/bin/sh

## rsync.sh

USER='some.username'
HOST='my.backup.server'
WORK_DIR='/var/backups/hourly.0/localhost/my.server.01/'
REMOTE_DIR='/home/some.username/backups/xxxx/XXXX/my.server.01/'
PRIORITY='/bin/nice -n +19'
RSYNC='/usr/bin/rsync'
RSYNC_OPTS='-e ssh -avzr --delete --bwlimit=20'
EXCLUDE_LIST='/the/path/to/exc.rsync.list'
ECHO='/bin/echo'
CAT='/bin/cat'
MAIL='/bin/mail'
DATE='/bin/date'
LOGFILE='/tmp/_rsync.my.server.01.log'
DEST='someemailaddress@somedomain'


${ECHO} `${DATE}`: Start rsync ${HOSTNAME} to ${HOST} > ${LOGFILE}

cd ${WORK_DIR}

${PRIORITY} ${RSYNC} ${RSYNC_OPTS} --exclude-from=${EXCLUDE_LIST} * ${USER}@${HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR} >> ${LOGFILE}

${ECHO} `${DATE}`: Finish rsync >> ${LOGFILE}
${CAT} ${LOGFILE} | ${MAIL} -s "Rsync ${HOSTNAME} to ${HOST}" ${DEST}

# EoF #

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Updates dujour


Update time for Tango (once again)
As usual, no problems so far.

2009-04-17 08:08:28 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-17 08:08:29 status installed doc-base 0.8.16ubuntu1
2009-04-17 08:08:30 status installed ufw 0.23.3
2009-04-17 08:08:31 status installed libcups2 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:31 status installed libcupsimage2 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:31 status installed libpoppler3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
2009-04-17 08:08:31 status installed poppler-utils 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
2009-04-17 08:08:31 status installed cups-common 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:33 status installed cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:33 status installed cups-client 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:34 status installed cups-bsd 1.3.9-2ubuntu9.1
2009-04-17 08:08:34 status installed libpoppler-glib3 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
2009-04-17 08:08:34 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Music right now (29)







The Pogues
If I should fall from grace with God
Fairytale of New York



It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me,
we won't see another one
And then he sang a song
'A Rare Old Mountain Dew'
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our
Dreams come true

They've got cars
Big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes
Right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first
Took my hand
On that cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was
Waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks
They were singing
and we kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

CHORUS:
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
And the bells were ringing
Out for Christmas Day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old
Slut on junk
Lying there almost
Dead on a drip
In that bed

You scum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God
It's our last

Repeat chorus

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams
From me when
I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams
Around you

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Updates dujour

Busy time for Ubuntu, and for Tango too, regarding updates.
No reboot this time, just an X Window restart, and everything seems to be golden.

2009-04-16 12:44:05 status installed xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.0-6ubuntu0.8.04.1

Updates dujour

Installed a couple of updates on Tango, no problem at all after a reboot.
I say damn! I'm really impressed how things go with this whole Ubuntu on the laptop thing so far... They really, really, really good with Intrepid and my super Compaq F700, Tango.

2009-04-16 03:14:58 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-16 03:14:59 status installed libvolume-id0 124-9ubuntu0.2
2009-04-16 03:15:00 status installed udev 124-9ubuntu0.2
2009-04-16 03:15:14 status installed initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu16

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The current Thor desktop

Another one, I'm on a desktop posting spree, man :D
That's Rick Deckard's gun, that's on auction right now, a bargain, if you happen to have about 100K around to spare.

Link to an uncompressed pic on ImageShack

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Updates dujour


New updates for my dear old trusty Tango.
No problems so far.

2009-04-15 12:54:46 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-15 12:54:47 status installed foo2zjs 20080810-0ubuntu4.1
2009-04-15 12:54:47 status installed libgs8 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.4
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed ghostscript 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.4
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed ghostscript-x 8.63.dfsg.1-0ubuntu6.4
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed libgvfscommon0 1.0.2-0ubuntu3
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed gvfs 1.0.2-0ubuntu3
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed gvfs-backends 1.0.2-0ubuntu3
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed gvfs-bin 1.0.2-0ubuntu3
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed gvfs-fuse 1.0.2-0ubuntu3
2009-04-15 12:54:55 status installed tasksel-data 2.73ubuntu11.1
2009-04-15 12:54:57 status installed tasksel 2.73ubuntu11.1
2009-04-15 12:54:58 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

The current Thor desktop


Lots and lots of work these last couple of days, not much time for posting stuff...

The only good thing is that the temperature is taking a nose dive, at least, for the time being.

It is back to basics, Aqua/ Tiger basics that is, and less of that Ubuntu brown crap :p

This is Apple! And tonight we screenshot in Hell!

The second HDD on the desktop is the one I've added recently to my QuickSilver beauty.

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

The summer got us back, badly


Fucking autumn my ass!!!
Today thirty fucking degrees, and tomorrow around 32... "Autumn", yeah, right, Autumn... My ass this is an "autumn"
.
Get out of here.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

The current Ubuntu desktop

A new one!
Yellow/ Brownish in tone, but so what, I like it! :p
No matter how much Aqua/ Tiger/ Os X love I can have, I still love my Ubuntu Browns, god damn it!

Link to ImageShack uncompressed copy

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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Updates dujour



A new set of updates for Tango...
This ones include new NVIDIA video and new WiFi card drivers.

I have rebooted the box, and everything seems to be just fine, WiFi working, NVIDIA drivers working, etc., etc.
For the moment, I'm not going to test the new ones.


2009-04-08 03:41:12 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-08 03:41:13 status installed ufw 0.23.3
2009-04-08 03:41:14 status installed libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-3ubuntu0.1
2009-04-08 03:41:14 status installed libcups2 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:14 status installed libcupsimage2 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:14 status installed cups-common 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:17 status installed cups 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:17 status installed cups-client 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:17 status installed cups-bsd 1.3.9-2ubuntu9
2009-04-08 03:41:18 status installed doc-base 0.8.16ubuntu1
2009-04-08 03:41:18 status installed nvidia-180-modaliases 180.11-0ubuntu1~intrepid1
2009-04-08 03:41:19 status installed nvidia-common 0.2.4.1
2009-04-08 03:41:20 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9

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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Updates dujour


Some updates for Tango, this one, a new kernel... As usual, so far, everything seems just golden after a reboot.

2009-04-07 04:42:30 status installed linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31
2009-04-07 04:42:30 status installed linux-headers-2.6.27-11 2.6.27-11.31
2009-04-07 04:42:31 status installed linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.31
2009-04-07 04:42:31 status installed linux-libc-dev 2.6.27-11.31

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Dear Ole Backups



On Sunday changed my backup script from this one Time Machine for Tiger, to a plain vanilla rsnapshot on Os X.
Mostly because I can't get the damn excludes to work using that script.

The only significant changes I have made to the rsnapshot.conf file are:
logfile         /private/tmp/rsnapshot.log
lockfile        /private/tmp/rsnapshot.pid

That is, pointing the file to a directory that my regular user can write to; aside form that, there was no other change to be made.

rsnapshot & OS X notes, a.k.a. turn tabs back on
Easy backups with rsnapshot
Checkpointed Backups in OS X with rsnapshot

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Sunday, April 05, 2009

La Carretera


Friday night got a book of which that I'd read a few reviews, and was recommended to me because of the subject matter, post-apocalypse & dystopia, a subject that I don't really know why, stayed with me through out the years.

The book hooked me completely right from the get go, it is an amazing book, not only for the subject, but also on its technique, but don't take my word for it, take it from the ones who know.

The only drawback was that I was forced to read it on Spanish, couldn't find it anywhere around here on it original form.

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Saturday, April 04, 2009

A more stuffed Thor


What a lovely day for my beloved QuickSilver beauty Thor
She got some "new" cool hardware added, just because.

An extra HDD, a Western Digital Caviar, 80 GB and an extra NIC interface, just like that.
No problems at all adding the stuff, I was convinced that the NIC would not work at all, but it did out of the box.



  
The HDD, once the box completely booted was simple recognized but not mounted automagically because of the format of the file system, it was formated, IIRC, on 4.2BSD, but I can be wrong.
The NIC, after Thor booted did nothing, but, once I opened "System Preferences" > "Network" a pop window showed up, with a "New Port Detected" message.


Info from ioreg:

+-o com_apple_driver_RTL8139
| | | | {
| | | | "IOFeatures" = 0
| | | | "IOMediumDictionary" = {"00000020"={"Type"=32,"Speed"=0,"Index"=5,"Flags"=0},"00100023"={"Type"=1048611,"Speed"=10000000,"Index"=1,"Flags"=0},"00200023"={"Type"=2097187,"Speed"=10000000,"Index"$
| | | | "IOMatchCategory" = "IODefaultMatchCategory"
| | | | "CFBundleIdentifier" = "com.apple.driver.AppleRTL8139Ethernet"
| | | | "IOMinPacketSize" = 64
| | | | "IOPacketFilters" = {"IOEthernetWakeOnLANFilterGroup"=0,"IONetworkFilterGroup"=275}
| | | | "IOModel" = "8139"
| | | | "IOVendor" = "Realtek"
| | | | "IOPCIMatch" = "0x813910ec 0x13001186 0x12111113"
| | | | "IOLinkStatus" = 3
| | | | "IOProbeScore" = 0
| | | | "IOMaxPacketSize" = 1518
| | | | "IOClass" = "com_apple_driver_RTL8139"
| | | | "IOProviderClass" = "IOPCIDevice"
| | | | "Power Management private data" = "{ this object = 02b85200, interested driver = 02bb8e00, interested driver = 02b85200, driverDesire = 0, deviceDesire = 0, ourDesiredPowerState = 1, previousRe$
| | | | "Power Management protected data" = "{ theNumberOfPowerStates = 2, version 1, power state 0 = { capabilityFlags 00000000, outputPowerCharacter 00000000, inputPowerRequirement 00000000, staticPo$
| | | | "IOSelectedMedium" = "00000020"
| | | | "IOMACAddress" = <0050fc470ca6>
| | | | "IOLinkSpeed" = 100000000
| | | | "IOActiveMedium" = "00100026"
| | | | }

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Updates dujour


Another set of update for my little, loved and totally plastic Compaq, the mighty Tango!
As usual, so far at least, a reboot later, and everything it is A Ok.

2009-04-04 05:31:43 status installed man-db 2.5.2-2
2009-04-04 05:31:45 status installed libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2.2
2009-04-04 05:31:45 status installed dpkg-dev 1.14.20ubuntu6.2
2009-04-04 05:31:45 status installed openssl 0.9.8g-10.1ubuntu2.2
2009-04-04 05:31:45 status installed xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.4.1-1ubuntu10.4
2009-04-04 05:31:46 status installed libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9

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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Currently reading (2)


Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion.

Don't think it is any good, but maybe I'm a little biased, I have just finished re-reading Ambrose's recount of the invasion, and it is certainly amazing, insightful and complete.

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Oh, yes, the weather


It took a nose dive Monday night.
And the best thing, except for a little spike early next week, it looks like we are sort of home free weather wise from the time being.

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Another take at dystopia & nostalgia

Yes.
Another one of those...

I think I watched this film on TV when I must be around 11 years old or so, a SCI/FI classic to me, if ever there was one.
Up until yesterday I wasn't even able to pinpoint the film, didn't knew or remembered the title, nor the leading characters, etc. Matter of fact, I wasn't even aware if it was a color film or not! (Saw it on a B&W TV)
A post on Ars Technica requesting info on this lead me to it and shed quite a light on the matter :)

The thing that stuck with after all these years is the escape scene thru the flooded gutters and debris, when I saw "Children of Men", and they escape the refugee city the same way, it struck me; or at least, that's what I think.

Z.P.G. (Zero Population Growth)
Z.P.G. (1971) - Monster Hunter review
Z.P.G. (Zero Population Growth)
Zero Population Growth
ZERO POPULATION GROWTH - in Greek

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