Michael Tom-Wing http://ahadiel.org student and programmer Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:27:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Notebook On The Way http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/SDk-iAkzY2c/new-notebook-on-the-way http://ahadiel.org/linux/new-notebook-on-the-way#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:05:16 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=706 Last week I placed an order for a Thinkpad X220 (specs to follow), and I can hardly contain my anticipation! When researching any kind of mobile computer, my main requirements are always:

  • is the display bright enough to use outside and does it have a decent resolution?
  • is the keyboard large enough to type on for long coding sessions?
  • is the hardware supported relatively well under Linux?
The 12.5″ IPS screen satisfies condition #1, while the full-sized non-chicklet keyboard satisfies condition #2.
In general, the ‘problem’ hardware in notebooks is usually: wireless cards, fingerprint readers, and video cards/chipsets. After hours of googling, I have come to the conclusion that all but the fingerprint reader is fully supported under Linux!
Update #1: The sleeve I ordered is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. However, the notebook itself is stuck in US customs in Kentucky =/ With Thanksgiving coming up, it looks like the earliest it will make it into Canada is next week…
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Over the next week or so I’ll be looking deeper into python-indicate and hopefully be able to push out a new version of gmail-notifier.

]]> http://ahadiel.org/general/freedom-1/feed 1 http://ahadiel.org/general/freedom-1 Gmail Notifier – v1.7.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/8iSq6U2BBVs/gmail-notifier-v1-7-1 http://ahadiel.org/general/gmail-notifier-v1-7-1#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 16:20:22 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=548
  • Added support for Google Apps email accounts.
  • Email subject automatically limited to 30 characters.

    • http://repo.ahadiel.org/apt/lucid/gmail-notifier_1.7.1_all.deb

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/gmail-notifier-v1-7-1/feed 12 http://ahadiel.org/general/gmail-notifier-v1-7-1     Migration Complete http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/t7DDAcBWT7Y/migration-complete http://ahadiel.org/general/migration-complete#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 03:42:11 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=540 Everything seems to have transfered over smoothly to my new server:

    Old:
    Linode 360
    16gb HDD
    450mb RAM
    10mbit connection

    New:
    AMD Athlon II x2 240 @ 2.8ghz
    2gb DDR2 RAM
    2 x 320gb HDD in RAID1
    100mbit connection

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/migration-complete/feed 0 http://ahadiel.org/general/migration-complete     Migration http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/Gk5LPYjsrmM/migration http://ahadiel.org/general/migration#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 06:14:20 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=537 In the process of migrating from my Linode 360 to a dedicated server.

    Expect downtime.

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/migration/feed 1 http://ahadiel.org/general/migration     Gmail Notifier – v1.7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/fMWXCGYmz7c/gmail-notifier-v1-7 http://ahadiel.org/programming/gmail-notifier-v1-7#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 00:44:49 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=519 Initial Lucid release.

    http://ahadiel.org/projects/gmail-notifier

    If you’re having trouble getting it to run, please try running it from a terminal and paste the output as a comment here.

    $ gmail-notifier.py

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/programming/gmail-notifier-v1-7/feed 4 http://ahadiel.org/programming/gmail-notifier-v1-7     Summer! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/2kXclsdMmJs/summer http://ahadiel.org/general/summer#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 00:01:43 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=515 Sorry for the lack of Gmail Notifier updates. I just finished my finals for the semester, and finally have some time to work on my side projects.

    So, expect an updated package for Lucid within the next week.

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/summer/feed 0 http://ahadiel.org/general/summer     Math! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/jxcvTfdtzi8/math http://ahadiel.org/general/math#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:17:39 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=460 Just testing out a LaTeX WordPress plugin.

    \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} a_{k} x^{k} = \frac{1}{1-x} ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/math/feed 2 http://ahadiel.org/general/math     VPS Upgrades http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/g0Va3K--XBc/vps-upgrades http://ahadiel.org/general/vps-upgrades#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:51:18 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=455 Just upgraded my Linode 360′s RAM to 450mb for an extra $5 per month. This should – hopefully – put an end to the numerous disk IO spikes and out-of-memory crashes I’ve been having lately.

    ]]>     http://ahadiel.org/general/vps-upgrades/feed 0 http://ahadiel.org/general/vps-upgrades     Gmail Notifier – v1.6.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahadiel/~3/l8kM9zyI-zM/gmail-notifier-v1-6-2 http://ahadiel.org/linux/gmail-notifier-v1-6-2#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:50:15 +0000 Michael http://ahadiel.org/?p=450 I haven’t had much time lately to work on gmail-notifier, however, this small update should be beneficial to those who’s connection drops intermittently or who’s internet connection isn’t established before gmail-notifier.py starts.

    =D

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