random short bits
Updated living room media PC to Natty Narwhal. Got stuck at (get this) a "grub rescue>" prompt which accepted no commands. Way to go Ubuntu. Solution? Boot from CD, mount and chroot to the hard drive (be sure to get the correct device and partition, you remember that, right?) and the re-install grub. And then I get stuck with Unity, which is just a travesty. The classic "big icons without text" interface. Great if you don't want to translate your app, sucks if you actually want to use the thing. More fiddling to get back to "Ubuntu Classic" mode. There, all better.
Connected my magic homebrew monitor splitter. Go figure, one of my cables doesn't carry the EDID lines. No worries, splitter is small enough to plug in to computer directly. And guess what? Works like a charm. Might have to go back and find a real cable though; it's possible the storebought splitter I have would have worked fine with the right cable. Live and learn.
Pyrate Faire in Fresno was fun, btw. Well worth the trip, even if I did spend too much money on silly things.
Been slacking on not-a-car, need to spend more time on it the next weekend or two.
Ordered bits for Burning Man shade structure. It'll be lARRge, with a capital ARR.
Connected my magic homebrew monitor splitter. Go figure, one of my cables doesn't carry the EDID lines. No worries, splitter is small enough to plug in to computer directly. And guess what? Works like a charm. Might have to go back and find a real cable though; it's possible the storebought splitter I have would have worked fine with the right cable. Live and learn.
Pyrate Faire in Fresno was fun, btw. Well worth the trip, even if I did spend too much money on silly things.
Been slacking on not-a-car, need to spend more time on it the next weekend or two.
Ordered bits for Burning Man shade structure. It'll be lARRge, with a capital ARR.