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Setting up links for FTP accoutns, when ln -s doesn’t work.

April 24th, 2008 No comments

mount –bind initial_path destination

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Digg pages worth reading again.

April 24th, 2008 No comments

Want to remember everything?

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak?currentPage=1

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Autonomous driver 2

April 22nd, 2008 No comments

Given this some more thought. Read more…

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Linking folders for ftp users

April 18th, 2008 No comments

Symbolic links do not work in setting up ftp accounts, especially when the ftp user is chroot jailed.
This uses mount –bind to solve the problem.

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-Chroot.html

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VM Appliances

April 17th, 2008 No comments

I never know where to find Virtual Machine Appliances especially for XEN.
This is a list of some sites that collect appliances:

http://www.virtualizationdaily.com/archives/23_sources-for-free-virtual-machinevirtual-appliance-images.html

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Carputer

April 12th, 2008 No comments

Need to decide how what I need to do to finish my carputer.
For starters, I should secure/blot down the center console. I’m not running any more wires through there anytime soon.
I should buy a powered 7 port USB 2.0 hub. Hopefully one that runs off 12v, but if not, have to make a 12V to 5V(or whatever the hub runs at) converter.
Plugged into it will be the volume control, the screen, and the …

Get the front speakers hooked up. All it needs is the wiring sorted out at the back, and at the front.

I need to build a front panel to cover the mess behind the dash. In the cover, will be 2 USB slots, one PC on/off switch,… what else. to put there?

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Autonomous driver

April 11th, 2008 No comments

I am still quite intrigued with the idea of a car driving itself.
So with that in mind, I figured I would outline some thoughts.
For starters, since i don’t have a vehicle outfitted with servos, I would start in the digital world.
Take the video output from a racing video game, and try to analyze it such that it is able to drive the virtual race car. Read more…

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My take on technology?

April 11th, 2008 No comments

Crappy title… couldn’t think of anything clever.

Anyway just some thoughts on buying technology:
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Web Projects to build

April 10th, 2008 No comments

There are a few projects that I’d like to work on:
- Put together a site that compares AutoTrader used car database against a car performance database.
- Personal Password database Using www.passpack.com
- A site that tracks prices of used items of your choosing.
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