http://www.jamison.org Open source, biodiesel, ecopreneuring, roleplaying, and whatever else I'm doing at the moment Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:46:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you live in Oregon and are unfortunate enough to have Qwest as a "service provider" for your landline, there is a very special game you get to play when you make a call to the 503 area code. Sort of a landline landmine. Some numbers in the 503 ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/06/08/landline-landmines-is-it-1503-or-503/ I just had to scan 19 pages of a paper application. Problem was, I saved each file as a JPG, leaving me 19 different files. Not nice to email that. So I just stitched them all together into a single PDF called "app.pdf" using this command: I call ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/04/24/another-reason-i-love-linux/ "Accidental Configuration Syndrome" (ACS) is what I'm calling the act of repeatedly and accidentally altering the configuration of an application and/or operating system. ACS leads to unnecessary confusion, frustration, and technical support calls. ACS primarily afflicts older people or those with average or less than average mouse and ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/04/06/accidental-configuration-syndrome/ From Wattzon, an even more improved product label along the lines of the nutrition facts labels found on food products. The entire slideset is worth the time and puts a solution to our global energy dilemma in a practical, attainable (albeit challenging) light. On the left, today's required nutrition label. ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/03/30/even-better-energyconsumption-product-labeling/ (updated and somewhat simplified 6/8/2008) I have finally managed to synchronize my palm Tungsten T3 to Google Calendar and Swiftdove (Thunderbird optimized for 64 bit + the Lightning calendar) as well as Kontact (aka KDE PIM or KOrganizer). I now have full read/write sync with all apps (with a few small ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/03/16/synchronizing-a-palm-tungsten-t3-to-google-calendar-swiftdovelightning-and-kontact-under-linux/ To install Swiftdove, the 64 bit optimized version of Thunderbird that includes Lightning, into Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy), you need to follow these two steps: A) Add the swiftweasel repository to apt by adding this line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/swiftweasel gutsy multiverse B) Update the cache and install Swiftdove: apt-get update | apt-get install swiftdove-athlon64 Swiftdove ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/03/15/installing-swiftfox-64-bit-thunderbird-lightning-under-ubuntu-710-gutsy/ Woot! http://www.jamison.org/2008/02/19/inbox-zero/ I was just browsing the results of the greener gadgets competition and Charles Brill has in my opinion the best idea of the lot, an eNutrition fact sheet that would accompany every gadget sold. I love it! This should be required on all devices sold. I'd most like to ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/02/12/brilliant-idea-enutrition-facts/ I gave a five minute presentation on biodiesel for Ignite Portland last Tuesday. Preparing was quite a challenge. I've given maybe 50 presentations on biodiesel which usually run between 1-4 hours. I knew that it was basically impossible to present the information I usually do, so I ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/02/10/ignite-portland/ I'm in the process of putting Debian on a decTOP, and the first step is putting a bootable USB thumb drive together. I've been wanting to do this for a long time, so the decTOP gives me a good excuse. 1. Grab a USB drive. I used a 1gb ... http://www.jamison.org/2008/02/03/making-a-usb-thumb-drive-linux-bootable/