So it's 99% done.. the transition that is...
I now encourage readers to visit:
http://r3dragon.net (tada!)
All my old posts are there from this blog...
I'm debating if I should redirect this blog url to there, but you're smart enough..
Update your bookmarks..
~J out
(btw.. I'll keep the blogger account for archive purposes.)
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Friday, November 07, 2008
Current Update
Ok I'll admit it-- I haven't blogged simply due to disappointment. No its true I did feel a bit down after it hit and I've been in silent meditation.
This has allowed me reflection time-- Time that I use to work on my website.
As for the website I'm building.. I have a few more tweaks to do on it then I'm going to work on importing blog posts from here to there.
As of like right now-- it's all experimental. To tell the truth I'm completely new to CMS's other then maybe wordpress. Already maybe 3 or 4 times I've seriously considered trashing drupal for wordpress-- but I'm going to keep a little bit more at it. I'm banking on a few things, one of which is an explosion of new knowledge and my skill at tweaking css.
In any case... My big thought coming home was to perhaps incorporate a "photocast" idea. This is a simple java or flash based photo album blog-style post that runs on a pre-defined timer that's set to a podcast mp3 running either within the photo album or underneith it.
Presentation wise, I believe it would be great to watch a story unfold through pictures like a book. I'll have to work up an example, try it out, and see what happens.
Until then..
~J out
This has allowed me reflection time-- Time that I use to work on my website.
As for the website I'm building.. I have a few more tweaks to do on it then I'm going to work on importing blog posts from here to there.
As of like right now-- it's all experimental. To tell the truth I'm completely new to CMS's other then maybe wordpress. Already maybe 3 or 4 times I've seriously considered trashing drupal for wordpress-- but I'm going to keep a little bit more at it. I'm banking on a few things, one of which is an explosion of new knowledge and my skill at tweaking css.
In any case... My big thought coming home was to perhaps incorporate a "photocast" idea. This is a simple java or flash based photo album blog-style post that runs on a pre-defined timer that's set to a podcast mp3 running either within the photo album or underneith it.
Presentation wise, I believe it would be great to watch a story unfold through pictures like a book. I'll have to work up an example, try it out, and see what happens.
Until then..
~J out
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Sacrificing for fallout 3
Ok maybe "sacrifice" is a bit too harsh here to say, but it's more like a come to Jesus moment.
Fallout 3 is a great game-- or atleast appears to be a great game if your computer doesn't 'zoink out' all the time with old software bitching about upgrades and of course the occasional cough..WPA validation..cough pop ups. If this was any other time-- id say so what, but crashing in the middle of wasting a ghoul just angered the friggen hell out of me that I rushed back over linux and qeued up a country western playlist I worked up a week ago (don't ask).
It was only then the realization that when I bought the OS for the HTPC I got two disks-- 1 32bit ed of Win XP and a 1 x64 bit ed. Well I already installed and authenticated the 32 bit licence, but not the other one. Now I know the problems with the 64 bit ed. and everyone says basically to stick with the 32 bit ed, but since my primary scoot around OS for daily use is linux and I'd only use winxp for games-- what the heck. I'll suffer.
So I backed up my XP Hard drive-- tossed in the x64 disk with a virgin product key and killed off the old xp particition that I've used for nearly ever. All without even thinking twice.
Now, as I blog my job as with every windows install in history is to install drivers and programs-- getting me all back to some sense of normality so I can play my dang copy of Fallout 3 (hopefully).
~J out
**edit 22:40- Just install nVidia drivers and now have my 1440 x 900 back whew! I felt like I was suffocating a little there
Fallout 3 is a great game-- or atleast appears to be a great game if your computer doesn't 'zoink out' all the time with old software bitching about upgrades and of course the occasional cough..WPA validation..cough pop ups. If this was any other time-- id say so what, but crashing in the middle of wasting a ghoul just angered the friggen hell out of me that I rushed back over linux and qeued up a country western playlist I worked up a week ago (don't ask).
It was only then the realization that when I bought the OS for the HTPC I got two disks-- 1 32bit ed of Win XP and a 1 x64 bit ed. Well I already installed and authenticated the 32 bit licence, but not the other one. Now I know the problems with the 64 bit ed. and everyone says basically to stick with the 32 bit ed, but since my primary scoot around OS for daily use is linux and I'd only use winxp for games-- what the heck. I'll suffer.
So I backed up my XP Hard drive-- tossed in the x64 disk with a virgin product key and killed off the old xp particition that I've used for nearly ever. All without even thinking twice.
Now, as I blog my job as with every windows install in history is to install drivers and programs-- getting me all back to some sense of normality so I can play my dang copy of Fallout 3 (hopefully).
~J out
**edit 22:40- Just install nVidia drivers and now have my 1440 x 900 back whew! I felt like I was suffocating a little there
Saturday, November 01, 2008
ubuntu 8.10, the blog, & JET app
Nov. 1, wow a new month and so much stuff to get done.
On the priority list is:
Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10
Working on JET app
working on my new website
Installing new server software on my server
playing Fallout 3
I put upgrading ubuntu at #1 only because that's a start & forget thing. I started the upgrader and I'll let that run occasionally checking for prompts..
On the JET app. the next thing is just really mass printing everything and then organizing it into a nice package. There's still some things I need to bust my ass this week to do... The first is getting official transcripts from Clark Co., next is getting my 2 letters of rec., then finally getting a notice from Overseas I sent for. On the back burner maybe setting up a physical with a doc..
My timeline is to get it packaged and mailed by November 14th or 15th. As of today-- I feel confident that I'm on track for that... Come the 13th, who knows ;P
Next on the big list is my website.. I've recently setup a site, but ironically have forgotten the credentials to log in.. lol. It's likely since I haven't done anything that I'll scrap it and load a new one. Really I didn't like the setup I made to begin with... it was hastily done, and this site I want to be good looking-- incorporating all my talent and everything. I've decided to try and use drupal's CMS software for my blog. I was going to use wordpress, but I feel that the way things are going-- I'll probably soon expand my site and I'll need the extra configuabilty later. One of drupals very nice features is it's "book" ability. I think it would be really fun to explore writing books. In college, of course, I found a nack for writing and in many ways I'd like to keep doing that.
Along with Ubuntu's update is a server package I'm interested in installing on my server. Recently the old eserver horse has been used to mock up plenty of website CMS's and attempts, but since now I've gone pro with a webhosted service for mysite... I'd be fine to let that old dog do another trick as a media host or backup file server. Now 8.10 server is a lot for just dinking, but dinking is what I do-- I'll learn a lot from it i'm sure.
Finally Fall out 3.. I picked up a copy after work at Best Buy and it's fantastic! Absolutely grand.. It's one of those huge world games with tons and tons of stuff to do. I'm dual booting pretty much for that reason alone otherwise linux is fine for me. The more I play Fo3, I'll do my take on it.
OK.. so time to get cracking away.. feels like work on a Sat already...
More updates to come.. otherwise I'll try to keep my blip's or tweets updated through out the day with twitter.
~J out
On the priority list is:
Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10
Working on JET app
working on my new website
Installing new server software on my server
playing Fallout 3
I put upgrading ubuntu at #1 only because that's a start & forget thing. I started the upgrader and I'll let that run occasionally checking for prompts..
On the JET app. the next thing is just really mass printing everything and then organizing it into a nice package. There's still some things I need to bust my ass this week to do... The first is getting official transcripts from Clark Co., next is getting my 2 letters of rec., then finally getting a notice from Overseas I sent for. On the back burner maybe setting up a physical with a doc..
My timeline is to get it packaged and mailed by November 14th or 15th. As of today-- I feel confident that I'm on track for that... Come the 13th, who knows ;P
Next on the big list is my website.. I've recently setup a site, but ironically have forgotten the credentials to log in.. lol. It's likely since I haven't done anything that I'll scrap it and load a new one. Really I didn't like the setup I made to begin with... it was hastily done, and this site I want to be good looking-- incorporating all my talent and everything. I've decided to try and use drupal's CMS software for my blog. I was going to use wordpress, but I feel that the way things are going-- I'll probably soon expand my site and I'll need the extra configuabilty later. One of drupals very nice features is it's "book" ability. I think it would be really fun to explore writing books. In college, of course, I found a nack for writing and in many ways I'd like to keep doing that.
Along with Ubuntu's update is a server package I'm interested in installing on my server. Recently the old eserver horse has been used to mock up plenty of website CMS's and attempts, but since now I've gone pro with a webhosted service for mysite... I'd be fine to let that old dog do another trick as a media host or backup file server. Now 8.10 server is a lot for just dinking, but dinking is what I do-- I'll learn a lot from it i'm sure.
Finally Fall out 3.. I picked up a copy after work at Best Buy and it's fantastic! Absolutely grand.. It's one of those huge world games with tons and tons of stuff to do. I'm dual booting pretty much for that reason alone otherwise linux is fine for me. The more I play Fo3, I'll do my take on it.
OK.. so time to get cracking away.. feels like work on a Sat already...
More updates to come.. otherwise I'll try to keep my blip's or tweets updated through out the day with twitter.
~J out
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Webspace, DNS, R3d net.. All taking shape
My DNS finally switched over to my host's DNS so now everyone is talking.
I'm in the deep process now of putting together a comprehensive website with lots of bells and whistles and pics and vids and whatnot. It's sort of been a fantasy of mine for awhile.. but the goal is simply to have 1 spot-- 1 website for everything.
1st is the design of the site.. Working out the theme prefs.. Font, banner, ect..
2nd is migrating data from here to there.
3rd testing everything
4th working on other content systems like coppermine for photos and stuff
when it's done or close to done... I'll redirect this over there and start using my website for updates.
More to come..
~J
I'm in the deep process now of putting together a comprehensive website with lots of bells and whistles and pics and vids and whatnot. It's sort of been a fantasy of mine for awhile.. but the goal is simply to have 1 spot-- 1 website for everything.
1st is the design of the site.. Working out the theme prefs.. Font, banner, ect..
2nd is migrating data from here to there.
3rd testing everything
4th working on other content systems like coppermine for photos and stuff
when it's done or close to done... I'll redirect this over there and start using my website for updates.
More to come..
~J
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
midnight rescue
Right now I'm pulling a midnight-- balls out-- don't know if it'll work or not move.
I've given up on trying to fix some major errors that reside in my new linux machine. If it wasn't clear before... it is now. Ubuntu doesn't like you switching up the home directories on it.
So where I'm at now is that when I rebooted after an package update my home directory vanished. That's because the nice os did me a favor and unmounted my partition which my home directory resided. The device was detected in /dev, but it's mount point in /media wasn't.
What to do? Oh sure I could mess around in the command prompt trying to find it and mount it.. but it was a temp fix then and it'll be a temp fix now. So to rescue myself... I'm reinstalling from disk my base system on the other partition and mounting my /home dir on the other partition that I created. What I'm hoping is that the first partition will still remain intact with all the settings and what not and that by reinstalling the base system by disk the config files will recognize my first partition's /home directory by default...
There's a risk that won't happen and I'll have to say bonviage to all the data and settings there (which for 1 week wasn't much).
More to come as I go along.
Ubuntu 8.10 get's released this friday.. If I'm lucky my /home directory was spared.. I can gzip a backup to my external HD and install 8.10 this weekend on my /root partition hopefully bypassing some beginner's mistakes...
Funny how I've done over 8 or 9 Ubuntu installs with no problems (including this Asus Eee I'm blogging from), but when it's the mother computer- my flag ship-- my 'big bertha' I go and manage to f-it up.
Silly wabbit linux tricks are for dixs
~J out
***Update*** Wed Oct 29, 7:06
Well what happened was I installed a base system without the xserver which was exciting. So the last thing I did was to install xserver then the ubuntu desktop which took all night.
So this morning I rebooted under a new account name and it booted into the GUI login screen and accepted my new login credentials and put me into a home directory. At first I thought it created the /home into root, except there was a folder "home" next to my user folder. I clicked on it then on the user folder in it and boom.. There was my old profile with everything in it. So the next step is to basically carefully import all my settings from there to me new profile.
The final goal is to have a safe bootable & working /home dir that when I update my distro (or install another one) I can keep using my home dir with all the settings & files. Slowly by slowly I feel more confident that it's going to work out ok...
Good... yawn.. Times!
~J out
I've given up on trying to fix some major errors that reside in my new linux machine. If it wasn't clear before... it is now. Ubuntu doesn't like you switching up the home directories on it.
So where I'm at now is that when I rebooted after an package update my home directory vanished. That's because the nice os did me a favor and unmounted my partition which my home directory resided. The device was detected in /dev, but it's mount point in /media wasn't.
What to do? Oh sure I could mess around in the command prompt trying to find it and mount it.. but it was a temp fix then and it'll be a temp fix now. So to rescue myself... I'm reinstalling from disk my base system on the other partition and mounting my /home dir on the other partition that I created. What I'm hoping is that the first partition will still remain intact with all the settings and what not and that by reinstalling the base system by disk the config files will recognize my first partition's /home directory by default...
There's a risk that won't happen and I'll have to say bonviage to all the data and settings there (which for 1 week wasn't much).
More to come as I go along.
Ubuntu 8.10 get's released this friday.. If I'm lucky my /home directory was spared.. I can gzip a backup to my external HD and install 8.10 this weekend on my /root partition hopefully bypassing some beginner's mistakes...
Funny how I've done over 8 or 9 Ubuntu installs with no problems (including this Asus Eee I'm blogging from), but when it's the mother computer- my flag ship-- my 'big bertha' I go and manage to f-it up.
Silly wabbit linux tricks are for dixs
~J out
***Update*** Wed Oct 29, 7:06
Well what happened was I installed a base system without the xserver which was exciting. So the last thing I did was to install xserver then the ubuntu desktop which took all night.
So this morning I rebooted under a new account name and it booted into the GUI login screen and accepted my new login credentials and put me into a home directory. At first I thought it created the /home into root, except there was a folder "home" next to my user folder. I clicked on it then on the user folder in it and boom.. There was my old profile with everything in it. So the next step is to basically carefully import all my settings from there to me new profile.
The final goal is to have a safe bootable & working /home dir that when I update my distro (or install another one) I can keep using my home dir with all the settings & files. Slowly by slowly I feel more confident that it's going to work out ok...
Good... yawn.. Times!
~J out
Sunday, October 26, 2008
new haircut..
here's my current style that I'm rolling with.
J's current snapshot
J's current snapshotAs you can see I'm rolling with a "#4" 1/2 buzzcut up top. I've put on the hoody (zipdown) nearly permanently now. Finally my theme has often been 'dark' colors... (just because-- it don't mean anything)
Ok.. that's all: Check out this great song sometime:
Benny More's Locas Por El Mambo
~J out
sunday funk
So I was playing with a partition manager and found nearly 90Gbs of unused hd space. So I decided I should format it into ext3 (linux filing format) then move my home dir from where it is to the new partition.
The reason why is simply because having the /home dir set in a separate partition allows me to perhaps install other distributions in the other partition while keeping my home dir untouched.
Well suffice to say I'm still a beginner here, but with the power of Ubuntu's forums even us beginning nerds can tackle the hardest of tasks...
Well so I thought.. I started the process going through the various lines of commands to transfer it all over.. then I got to the point where I thought I was done so I logged out and logged in.. 'cept my home dir wasn't reconized.
dang.. Luckily I self rescued by rushing into the cmd line in the gnome failsafe mode.. but I learned a lession.. A.) Make backups B.)Check all your permissions and make sure they are all set on every file. Finally C.) Make an admin account... like now.. A working account with full permissions in a working home dir for self rescue..
Anyway.. good times in linux learning ;-D
~J out
The reason why is simply because having the /home dir set in a separate partition allows me to perhaps install other distributions in the other partition while keeping my home dir untouched.
Well suffice to say I'm still a beginner here, but with the power of Ubuntu's forums even us beginning nerds can tackle the hardest of tasks...
Well so I thought.. I started the process going through the various lines of commands to transfer it all over.. then I got to the point where I thought I was done so I logged out and logged in.. 'cept my home dir wasn't reconized.
dang.. Luckily I self rescued by rushing into the cmd line in the gnome failsafe mode.. but I learned a lession.. A.) Make backups B.)Check all your permissions and make sure they are all set on every file. Finally C.) Make an admin account... like now.. A working account with full permissions in a working home dir for self rescue..
Anyway.. good times in linux learning ;-D
~J out
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