Archive for February, 2008

Fast Clock on WinXP VMWare on Linux

February 22nd, 2008

Tim Morrow made a post outlining how to fix the problem here.
I’ll outline a more comprehensive way to do it and for my own archive here.
This apparently only affects dual core Intel procs, if that’s not the case please let me know so I can make the correction.

First we need to make sure we have […]

Ubuntu: Coming to a Mobile Near You!

February 21st, 2008

That’s right folks! I was busily looking for some contact info of a top executive, or at least someone who would properly handle a good idea, to explain my new ad campaign idea for the latest Ubuntu, Hardy Heron.
One of the places I look is a the jobs list, or employment page. Then.. get what […]

Total Lunar Eclipse

February 20th, 2008

Tonight starting at around 8:45PM we’ll be able to see another total lunar eclipse. If you’re in my area, SE Michigan, you’ll want to look towards the east-southeast. The whole show should be over and done with just after midnight and won’t happen again until 2010.
Unfortunately for me, I do not have a good view […]

convective snow cloud!

February 18th, 2008

NewJS = Ruby + Javascript = Jails?

February 15th, 2008

Dr. Nic Williams has created a new Javascript project generator that works with Ruby to help with test-driven development (TDD) of new JS libraries, NewJS.
Personally, I would have called it Jails, but that’s just the bandwagon side of my brain talking. I only say this due to its close usage of Rails methods, such as […]

Jaxer Learns to Play Well With Others

February 8th, 2008

I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU READ THIS THROUGH BEFORE YOU FOLLOWING IT ALONG!!! This howto is given without warranty or guarantee, you use this at your own risk. I followed the following steps start to finish and it worked just fine for me, this doesn’t mean it will work for you. If you have any questions […]