Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander on Lenovo Ideapad Y510
Let’s get to it, shall We? This is not exactly a tutorial, but more of a log of what I’ve been doing in order to shove Ubuntu to my spanking,…
8 years and counting…
8 Years on wordpress, and I’ve been using only one theme. I think a small change won’t hurt, right? So, this is “out here in the field”, version 2. Thank…
Review: A Saucy, Salamander Souped up Lenovo Ideapad Y510p
So I got a new laptop to replace my aging and abused Vaio VPCEA36FG that has served me admirably for almost four years. There are several reasons to that. First,…
Create a raw Logical Volume for Oracle ASM on AIX
Oracle’s ASM uses raw device to perform their disk operation. What we usually do is that we assign a LUN from a SAN to a server, then assign the raw…
Review: Jabra Play Bluetooth Headset: 3.5mm jack and Multiuse!
I love my Jabra Clipper. It’s small, sounds good enough for music on the go, and has a decent battery life. I like its’ form factor and the ability to…
Review: Sony Smartwatch 2 SW2 Hands on
Nowadays, when people talk about smartwatches, they talk about Samsung Galaxy Gear, or The Pebble, kickstarter poster boy .. or well, toy. I am a somewhat satisfied owner of Sony’s…
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…
A2DP profile problem with bluetooth headset on Ubuntu 12.10
I own several bluetooth headsets that I primarily use with my android devices. A couple days a go, I tried to connect one of them to my Maverick box. To…
Unmounting NFS share that no longer exist
In an unlikely event that you need to unmount an NFS share that no longer exist, what you need to do is: # umount -f -l /media/backup Cause things happen.…
Setup NAT with iptables on Linux
If you need to share a single internet connection to other devices in your network, then NAT is the way to go. Most network appliances with routing capability include this…