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I thought I had a bad drive. I had tried installing Ubuntu several times on these drives as a RAID-0 array (4xWD360 10000 RPM SATA drives). It turns out that the dmraid package was somehow causing problems recognizing them. Removing the dmraid package allowed for recognition from the installer when launching it from the live [...]

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The hardware arrived this week for my final model of the Mobile DRC Project. I’ve created a page outlining the hardware and reason for the choices here.

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I’m experimenting with this software to see if it can help me focus better while working on the computer. http://gnaural.sourceforge.net/
Weird stuff, not so exciting for listening.

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I’ve recently become very interested in Cloud Computing with things like Google AppEngine, Amazon EC2, and even Salesforce. I think there are some very compelling benefits to running your apps in The Cloud. All the hardware stuff that software developers should not need to worry about (although many of us do because we LIKE hardware), [...]

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Earlier I posted how youtube changed how they handled mp4 files, which resulted in my video not being classified as High Quality. When Youtube classified the video differently, they made it have a horribly low framerate which was very noticable. After some tinkering around, I found that by simply re-encoding the video at the same [...]

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This is Part 1 of a 2 Part Series. Part 2 will focus on semantic web, faceted navigation, maybe some graph theory. I’m not there yet.
The purpose of this article is to discuss dealing with the practically infinite amount of information that is now available to us via the internet. Information is becoming [...]

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One of the great things about linux is that everything is modular. In the case of window managers, Compiz Fusion is really coming along to be pretty freaking awesome if you have the computer to handle it. This video pretty much sums up how awesome it is:

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Unfortunately, it looks like YouTube has changed the way they process .mp4 videos. At least for the type of mp4 files created by my nokia phone (Nokia N95). The videos now appear more jerky (less frames per second / FPS?), and there is no longer a HQ option. My phone takes great videos and this [...]

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When my computer blew up, I built out an Ubuntu Hardy box for the meantime. I’m thinking this is what I’ll go with when I rebuild the computer when the warranteed parts come in. I just installed Picasa 3 beta and so far it seems every bit as feature-rich as the Windows version. If you [...]

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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Dune

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