unionjack's Blog Planet
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Sat, Jul 12 @ 12:52 pm #
Fresh Xubuntu 8.04 on the EEE
I've just formatted my EEE and put on a fresh version of vanilla Xubuntu (as opposed to eeeXubuntu or other specific distros). The whole process was really pretty painless: * Download the current Xubuntu 8.04.1 * Download UNetbootin (this version is for Ubuntu EEE, but it has a general ISO install option). * Get a normal USB thumb drive and format it as FAT 32 (mkfs.vfat should do fine). chmod 755 unetbootin-eeeubuntu-linux-238 &&…
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Fri, Feb 29 @ 12:16 pm #
EEEPC Ram Upgrade
If you plan on upgrading the RAM in your EEEPC, it's pretty straight forward. I noticed a lot of people seemed to have questions regarding this, so I'll try and answer them here. You'll need standard 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) laptop memory. The EEEPC can only take one piece of RAM, so the bigger the capacity the better - the EEEPC will max out at 2gb which can be found for about $45 + shipping from Newegg, my preferred geek s…
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Sun, Jun 8 @ 9:11 pm #
Bevey 0.5
Still a far off from anything worth showing, but Bevey 0.5 is well under way. This version is built from scratch and quickly coming together. This version will be much easier to install, much easier for third parties to develop for and much easier to administer. There will be all the features of the current Bevey and many new ones.
- Just letting you know I'm still alive and Bevey is still very much in active development.
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Tue, Mar 25 @ 9:04 pm #
Playing with DOMAssistant
I spent a little time tonight toying with the newest DOMAssistant, which, I must say is a pretty nice toy. The "everything you need and nothing you don't" approach is very much appreciated. I built two "functional" examples of unobtrusive, gracefully degradating, standards compliant snippets for the sake of learning it's syntax. Some seem to work well enough that maybe I'll actually use them in something someday. Populate has a list of nam…
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Thu, Mar 20 @ 12:21 am #
Bevey Developments
With the next version of Bevey, I've been spending a lot more time brainstorming and design than I think I have done with pretty much any other project. I certainly have enough to get started on now, but I've been feeling compelled to solve every foreseeable challenge now rather than waiting till I've developed to that point. I've built a fairly complete database diagram (but still haven't sorted out the values and lengths for each column ye…
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Sat, Mar 8 @ 3:20 pm #
What If Online Ads Could Be Tasteful
I'm currently going through the brainstorming and design process of the next version of Bevey. It's basically a complete re-write, taking everything I've learned and valued with the current site and expanding on it. This next release is going to be based on the ideals of everything I've come to expect from a community site. Things included in this are my thoughts on advertisements. They've become a necessary evil for most sites. Obtrusive…
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Tue, Mar 4 @ 12:33 am #
Xorg.conf Coming Soon (?)
I ended up fiddling with trying to hook up my EEEPC to my 40" LCD via VGA cables. It worked...kinda. I'm going to be tweaking the xorg.conf this week in an attempt to find the optimal setting for a secondary monitor (as a mirror, not extended desktop). If I find something worth sharing, I'll be posting it here.
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Tue, Mar 4 @ 12:29 am #
New 8.9" EEEPCs Coming This Summer
Another bit of good news today was the official announcement of the new 8.9" EEEPC. The price of the "high end" system, with a full 12gb of solid state storage, 8.9" screen and speculation of an upgraded processor are pretty appealing to me. With my already upgraded EEEPC, I can pop in my 2gb or RAM, hook up my bluetooth and be in pretty good shape. From the pictures floating around, it looks like the new unit is slightly larger (by maybe 1…
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Tue, Mar 4 @ 12:22 am #
IE8 Defaults to Standards Compliance
Probably the best news I've heard in a long while! The IE8 team, which had previously took the stance of requiring a special "really really compliant" tag to trigger the IE8 standards compliance mode has rescinded that statement today and opted for a that additional tag to be required only for sites that are declaring a doc-type but wanting their pages to render in the IE6 / 7 standards compliance mode (but not the "more right but still likel…
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Tue, Feb 12 @ 1:07 pm #
Bevey Bug Tracker
This post is just so I can keep tabs on bugs and features I'm muddling with. * Admin should see available space left on disk (if available). * Bevey ad network. Use module on by default, passing site's registered address as GET var. * groups * invite a friend (with first friend as an option). * serverconnect should only be needed if $dbconnect is needed for mysql_real_escape_strings * Increase abstraction - findbloginfo findgalleryinfo …
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