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Wherigo on Nokia n900 -- solved 25 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
There is gpsd.py in tui project -- it provides gpsd interface for applications such as rana. I added "-n" option, which outputs nmea instead of gpsd data... so all you have to do is run gpsd, run java...
Wherigo on Nokia n900 25 Aug 2013 | 04:53 am
I kind of assumed that getting wherigo cartridge to run on N900 would be hard. I was wrong. Desktopwig from openwig project actually works well. I assumed that installing java using apt in debian chro...
Switch from notebook to desktop 9 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
Yesterday, I switch my "main" computer from notebook. Thinkpad X60 was getting too slow for regular use. Now, if only there was some nice and easy way to keep home directories synchronized... People w...
Live with spinning rust 5 Aug 2013 | 04:49 am
So far we went along with hard drives pretty well -- I never lost significant amount of data. And yes, that includes CF-size hard drive in zaurus, which fell to ground few times, includes disks with ...
Documenting a crime should not be a crime (2) 15 Jul 2013 | 05:54 pm
Not even if crime(s) are commited by goverments. Yes, that means I wish best luck to Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. Now, while playing with n900, I realized that automatic regression testing and ...
Fast cpu, flakey network 1 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
I got small desktop system with core2 duo to play with. First surprise was pleasant: performance is 2.6x performance of core duo in thinkpad x60, and even per-mhz performance is 1.7x that of x60. Good...
Dear William Hague 10 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
If you are not a criminal, please publish your PIN, bank account password, email/facebook passwords and complete medical history. You don't have anything to hide, do you?
Scary copy&paste issues 1 Jun 2013 | 06:12 pm
This is scary. I wonder if it is worth filling security bugs against web browsers?
Slides from openmobility talk 14 May 2013 | 05:54 pm
...are here. Recording was going on, but I'm not sure if it is online somewhere...
From squeeze to wheezy and back, and how not to backup your / filesystem 9 May 2013 | 05:20 pm
I'm still running squeeze on my X60... and I decided that with wheezy becoming "stable", it was good idea to upgrade. Before I started, I did back up my root filesystem (fortunately), with Upgrade wa...
