Ubuntu 8.04...Good Stuff

Ubuntu 8.04 just came out and I am so stoked. Been using it at home and can't wait to upgrade my work machine tomorrow.

Internet Down

Yeah, so I don't know how many people out there go through this but here is what happened to me. Sunday out of the blue at around noon my Internet connection went out. I called Comcast. They stated they would send someone out at the earliest convenience which would be on Tuesday.

I write this not because they didn't fix the issue but if at my work if we didn't fix an outage like this in 3 days, I would be fired. Not to mention millions upon millions of dollars would stop flowing.

As the day approaches for AT&T to come into the Cable market I say to them....Welcome. Although I am not to sure how much better their service would be any way.

Hospatilization...but I am still kicking

Easter weekend, went home and was enjoying the days off from work and having a good time with family and friends. Sunday morning, I woke up with tingling, numbness, and chest pressure all on my left side. At 22 you don't think about stroke, heart attack, or feeling bad. Needless to say I was scared, I woke my wife up and we made a trip to the ER. After a 2 day stint I was sent home on Tuesday, with what the doctors could only explain as Belles Palsy without the Palsy. After the stay in Ky, I came back to TN where I went back to work on Wed. probably too soon. I worked both Wed and Thursday, by Thursday night I was back in the ER with the same symptoms. The doctors ran the same tests and found the same results, nothing. Again, it was hopefully it will pass in a few days. Right now I am getting stronger and feeling better, I think the big key is more rest and not getting right back into things.

Lets hope for a better rest of the year.

If I had...the ultimate computer

Imagine, 16 Gigs of RAM, Quad-core, 4 x 1 Terabyte drives, 768 MB SLI Video Cards, 2 x 24 Inch flat panels, with this hardware, what would you have? My current dream workstation. I have been wanting to buy a new computer/laptop/workstation for the past year, money right now is a little tight so its out of the question, but I still like to spec out what is out there now.

I am looking to replace all the crape PCs I currently have with one monstrous machine. The way I think about it is if I had this workstation with enough power to virtualize all my other desktops I would be in business.

Now, is this practical...I have right now 6 desktops each one below 1 Ghz, I have one laptop at 1.6 Ghz all are rather old and slow, but I did not spend anything for them except the laptop. Now if I spend $2,000 - $4,000, I could replace them all and still have expandability.

I love virtualization and with that kind of machine I could have as many as I needed and wanted and still be able to do some serious computing.

I am going to have to break out the old calculator and see if it is financially in my best interest.

Any thoughts would be huge.

V-day

My wife is awesome...I got coffee. Kick ass coffee and a new cup to go with. Now the guys at the office don't stand a chance with me wired all the time.

Gnupod

What the Program is?

Gnupod is a program that allows a Linux user to access the iPod in a more Linux way, wait I don't want to say Linux way. But what I mean is you don't need a UI to use your iPod or put music on your iPod with Gnupod.

Usages or How I use it?

I think I wrote a month ago about podget a great little CLI program that goes and gets your podcasts. Gnupod puts those podcasts over to your iPod or your music however you want it.

I set mine in a script to run and move my podcasts over to my iPod.

Here is my script:

#!/bin/bash
IPOD="/media/MyIPOD"
iTunesDB="iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB"
#GnuPod add songs
rm -rvf $IPOD/$iTunesDB
wait
rm -Rvf $IPOD/iPod_Control/Music
wait
gnupod_INIT -m $IPOD
wait
find ~/Podcasts -type f -name '*.mp3' -exec gnupod_addsong -m $IPOD {} \;
wait
mktunes -m $IPOD

Gnupod has a set of tools that help to work with your iPod. I won't go into much detail but there are sites out there that do explain it.

Installation in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

Open a terminal pop-in the below commands:

$sudo aptitude install gnupod-tools

of if you want to

$sudo su
[your password]
#aptitude install gnupod-tools

Movie Weekend...Dresses, Earrings, and Translation

Sometimes going to see movies or staying in and watching movies is just something you need to do in a weekend. Especially on a long weekend. Movies watched this weekend were:

• 27 dresses ( with the wife)
• Catch and Release
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Lost in Translation

So four movies over a 3 day weekend. Now before you think dang this guy needs to check his testosterone. I have a wife its a requirement to watch chick flicks.

27 Dresses

This movie was pretty good, sold out every showing at the theatre I was attending. The majority of the audience was women, a rough estimate 80% with 20% being the guys that got drug to the movie. Although a chick flick the movie was funny, I can see why it would sell out theaters.

Catch and Release

Funny, with Jennifer Garner as the lead female role and a decent plot. This was a bearable movie.

Girl with a Pearl Earring

If you like Scarlett Johansson and who doesn't, this movie is for you. An old world classic based on the painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring". Check it out if you have the time and patience.

Lost in Translation

Bill Murray and bring back some more Scarlett Johansson for a film about two people in a different place who don't relate to their surrounding only each other.

Any way check those out if you have time.