Ubuntu Karmic
Suprisingly I didn't read much about Karmic yet. But that will probably change in a few weeks, when its released. I upgraded my laptop and my desktop to karmic in the last week and I am quite impressed. The look & feel improved and everything is integrated very well. Shiny.
The desktop just connects... It also seems Ubuntu is slowly extending to the web with Ubuntu One. It seems quite cool. If you don't mind storing your documents at a 3rd party, it does give you a lot easiness with exchanging files between computers or with friends. It is obviously beta, but the core functionality seem to work well (synchronizing files) and it looks good.
KVM (virtualisation) integration also seems very promising, I will test that later.
A very karmic koala
picture from here
Disabling SSH reverse DNS lookup
When reverse DNS is not available, the sshd reverse lookup is an annoyance. It can be disable it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config with the following option:
UseDNS no
yay.
NGINX + FastCGI + Django
Nice things that work remarkably easy make me happy.
1) Start Django app
python manage.py runfcgi host=0.0.0.0 port=8000
2) Install NGINX
apt-get install nginx
3) Configure NGINX
The tab indentation got lost but ok:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
location / {
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8000;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD $request_method;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE $content_type;
fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH $content_length;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT $server_port;
fastcgi_pass_header Authorization;
fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
}
location /media {
root /srv/media;
}
}
4) Done!
Well there are many options to explore which might have performance enhancing features. But I love it when things are simple. Beats Django with Apache2+mod_python. Although I do have the perception that all this easiness is mostly thanks to Django's FastCGI support.
Jaunty on HP Probook 4510s
Walter and I got a new laptop from the office. Unfortunately, even though Ubuntu "Jaunty Jackalope" is really great, there are some small issues.
The screen detection doesn't work properly sometimes and so it gives you a messed up resolution regularly (800x600). Although a login and logout fixes it, it is annoying.
Fixable with replacing you xorg.conf with the following configuration:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)"
Driver "intel"
Option "monitor-LVDS" "LCD-1366x768"
EndSectionSection "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD-1366x768"
Option "Position" "0 0"
Modeline "1366x768" 69.30 1366 1382 1416 1466 768 770 776 788 -hsync -vsync
EndSectionSection "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)"
#Monitor "LCD-1366x768"
EndSection
Another problem is the sound just doesn't work. But this can be fixed with the following addition to the modprobe configuration:
echo 'options snd-hda-intel model=laptop' >> /etc/modprobe.d/custom.conf
All credits for providing the solutions go to Walter and check his homepage for a little more information.
Overall I am very content about the laptop, not expensive and after these fixes it works splendid!
update: there are several models of the HP Probook 4510s and some even seem to have different chipsets. The model I bought has HP product code NA920EA.
MySQL replication >=5.1.14
On page 1375 of 3288 of refman5.1_en.a4.pdf:
In MySQL 5.1.14 and later, the mysql database is not replicated. The mysql database is instead seen as a node-specific database. Row-based replication is not supported on tables in this database. Instead, statements that would normally update this information — such as GRANT, REVOKE and the manipulation of triggers, stored routines (including stored procedures), and views — are all replicated to slaves using statement-based replication.
My Brute, webgame done right
Browsing on my Friday night, I encountered the web game My Brute. Normally I only play such games for a few days. But still its quite fun.
What I like about this game is that its so easy to sign up, you don't even need a password if you don't want to. Nice and simple. Contagious. Graphics are quite good as well.
Nicknames are a bit hard to find(most are taken) but you can battle my 1 hour old sambal inspired "brute" here: http://brandal.mybrute.com
iFolder
iFolder seems to get a new push. Even with a community focus. This is a good development. Might be a good alternative for OpenVPN+SAMBA what we use regularly at the moment, for people that need a common share in mixed environments (Linux/Mac/Windows). Or maybe not. Nice anyway.
It seems that it will end up in Ubuntu quite quickly as well if all is well.
About Das keyboards
Once in a while you see a blogpost about a Das keyboard. Although I think blogging about your keyboard is kind of sad, here I go:
- I can type nice and fast on it (++)
- I think the version with blank keys is silly unless you use a keyboard layout like dvorak.
- It is noisy but not disturbing for myself (not sure about others around me).
- 8 people in one room banging code on das keyboards would probably violate noise levels. 
- Its availability is bad (had to order from germany) and its quite expensive for a keyboard. (--)
- Its solid, I have the feeling it will last (unlike the logitec UltraX keyboards I had, they lasted for <6 months, count 4 now). (++)
- Its also quite shiny, although I don't care much.
BTW: das keyboard not very popular in our office. Walter got RSI complaints after using it and since then it was just lying around, tried by many and apparently not liked since it got ditched in the corner after each try.
Wordpress got a bit slow
Today I noticed my wordpress installation got a bit slow. Apparently MySQL was very busy... Why?
...
SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32500, 50
SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32650, 50
SELECT * FROM wp_comments ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT 32800, 50
... etc.
The need to run very many queries like that at the moment you open your wordpress dashboard page is not obvious to me.
Anyway "33062 comments deleted" helped a lot.
E1 cables, straight and cross
To help myself if I need it again in the future.
E1 straight
Exactly the same as Ethernet straight. If you think about the name, its actually quite logical and so it happens that both sides have the same order.
E1 Cross
Commonly used for connecting from PBX to PBX.
side 1: blue - white/blue - white/green - white/orange - orange - green - white/brown - brown
side 2 (same as straight): white/orange - orange - white/green - blue - white/blue - green - white/brown - brown
Twitter: hpbos
- @Ronald_R: Anders heb je nog Zombie Strippers! als optie.
- @Ronald_R Lesbian Vampire Killers... http://www.pajiba.com/trailers/new-lesbian-vampire-killers-trailer.php
- @joostdrijver stink voetbal, mijn reistijd naar kantoor verdubbeld in de laatste 500m.
- wie wil er vanavond "the men who stare at goats" met mij kijken? :P
- Rabobank internetbankieren is buggy as hell.
- Net film the fountain gezien. Wel mooi gemaakt maar niet mijn ding.
- Groningen binnen. Niet bijzonder. Nu coma tijd.
- Wat een kak verhaal van rouvoet. Ook met 4 procent geteld, lame.
- @Ronald_R yup. Meeste films met die dude erin trouwens.
- Nou walter ik heb mijn burgelijke plicht voldaan hoor. Wel blind op de kieswijzer afgegaan maar dat mag toch?
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