Creating Animations With Octave
Unlike MATLAB, the open source numerical package GNU Octave does not have support for quickly creating animations. That is quite disappointing, because as a physics student, I like to see what the...
View ArticleAutoRotate 0.3 Released
One missing piece in Linux tablet support is an easy way to automatically rotate the screen, based on either the orientation of the laptop or other parameters. I’ve tried to fix this by writing a...
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AutoRotate 0.4 Release
A week after the 0.3 release of my AutoRotate daemon, a big bug was found (Thank you, Jonas). By default on Ubuntu systems (and probably others), system buses are not allowed to be created unless they...
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Starting MindStorm NXT 2.0 Development On Linux
For Christmas, I’ve got a fun little toy: The LEGO MindStorm NXT 2.0 Kit. It came with a NXT brick and a CD containing software for programming it. However that software only runs on a Windows and...
View ArticleAutoRotate 0.4.1 Released
Today I took some time to update the AutoRotate daemon to work with Ubuntu Lucid. There were a few small changes that I had to make, so I decided to slightly increment the version of the package. You...
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ThinkPad X61 Tablet and Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
I have been using my ThinkPad X61 Tablet on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx for about a month now, so I think I am comfortable in writing an update about how well those two work together. To make a long story...
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Setup SSH On A Jailbroken iPhone
One of the advantages of having a jailbroken iPhone is that it is possible to setup a Secure SHell server (SSH) on it. SSH gives you access to the underlying Unix system. If you do not know what that...
View ArticleLinux and Passwordless Login To A SSH Sever
This is a follow up to my tutorial about setting up a secure shell server on an iPhone. The problem with the first tutorial is that you have to type in your password everytime you want to login. This...
View ArticleSetting Up A Public GIT Repository With GoDaddy Shared Hosting
Over time, I have worked on a lot of small personal projects. Most of them are versioned locally using GIT, so I can track any changes that I make. However when I release them, I do it as a tarball...
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ThinkPad X61 Tablet On Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat
I have been running the Maverick Meerkat version of Ubuntu for the last couple of months on my ThinkPad X61 Tablet. That means that an updated post about works and what does not work is required....
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