Today, I performed the Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 upgrade and ran into a couple of issues. The first issue was fairly serious, so I figured that others might run into it as well. Once the 11.10 upgrade was complete, my PC froze on boot (reboot) with a message saying “Waiting for network“. It turns out that some of the files / filesystems are not in the locations that the network services are expecting them. Seems like a pretty gross error. Thanks to The Node for all of the help!
To fix this, run these steps:
When the boot… Continue reading
Someday I hope that we can travel like this, but in the meantime check out this ultra-cool virtual teleporter. You can travel to random locations all over the world with Globe Genie which uses Google Map and Street View
http://web.mit.edu/~jmcmicha/www/globegenie/
I have been hitting this thing for days now. I would love to travel worldwide, but I do not foresee it in the near future. A while ago I set up this page (below) to house some worldwide web cams that I stumble across so I can go on a little virtual trip from time to time.
http://www.theoldschoolgeek.com/webcam-hack/
I have about 30… Continue reading
I have completed the XBOX Linux Web Server. The XBOX has been hacked to run DSL (Damn Small Linux) and Money Web Server and is currently running in my home. Try this url:
http://johnsxbox.homelinux.org:2112/
If you are unable to view the web page.. either my wife turned it off (again) or one of our many animals has decided to make it their new home or chew toy.
I will probably beef up the web content a little more.
next, I will install GT.m programming language on this XBOX and have some fun!
