Archive for April, 2006

Farewell to the Jamestown Bridge

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

I cobbled together some TV footage, set it to music, and posted the resulting remix on YouTube.

Providence Geek Dinner: April 19

Monday, April 17th, 2006


The Providence Geeks have once again put together a Geek Dinner for your enjoyment and general edification. Read all about it and RSVP at the Providence Geeks Blog! I’ll also be helping to give a brief talk and demo on a powerful topic.

Visit the Hacks Booth at the Maker Faire

Monday, April 17th, 2006

If you’re going out to the Maker Faire, be sure to drop by the Hacks booth and say howdy. I’ll be bringing some goodies related to a few of our hacks books, and there will be plenty of toys you can mess around with.

Fedora Core 5 on Virtual PC 7 for Macintosh

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

I posted an entry a while back about getting this to work under an earlier beta of Fedora Core 5. I think these instructions are much more straightforward. You’ll need to go through the installation. I suggest using text mode if you can (I specified “text expert” when I was installing).

When installation is finished, and you are prompted to reboot, use Alt-F2 to switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 if you are in X11). Then, mount the install media:

# cd /tmp
# mknod hdc b 22 0
# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
# mount /tmp/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Copy the i586 kernel over to root’s home directory on the new system:

# cp /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-*i586* /mnt/sysimage/root

Unmount and eject the install media and chroot into the new system:

# umount /mnt/cdrom/
# eject /tmp/hdc
# chroot /mnt/sysimage/

Install the kernel and exit the chroot:

chroot# cd root/
chroot# rpm --force -Uvh kernel-*i586.rpm
chroot# exit

Use Alt-F1 (or Alt-F7 if you were in X11) to return to the installer, and
reboot as prompted.

Ubuntu Hacks @ LinuxWorld Boston

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

I’ll be giving a short talk and demonstration on Ubuntu Hacks today (Wednesday, April 5 at 12:30) at the O’Reilly LinuxWorld booth. Drop by and learn about getting Ubuntu running under colinux, going online with a Bluetooth connection and a cell phone, and a few more things.