WHS: Enough with the Reboots!

I've had it. The chip upgrade was a bust. To test my theory that it was the over-endowed muscle that was killing my server daily, I quickly disassembled and reassembled humpty-dumpty in less than 10-minutes using the old Sempron stock chip.

Guess what, Voila! No more reboots, no more hangs, no more shutdowns. The memory upgrade was sufficient enough to get everything up to speed. So yeah, I guess HP was right in allowing the memory upgrade but not the chip as it is sufficient to run the standard gamut of applications intended. Of course, if you're wanting to use the MediaSmart for some super computing then maybe its best to invest in some high power fans, extra cooling, or better yet building your own instead of using the weakly ventilated version.

Firmware Update: Nokia N95

As mentioned in my previous entry, I was re-messing with my N95. It seems a new firmware went out last month version 30.0.015 (RM-159).


I own the original pristine never locked from any idiot network and thus a real world phone version. Thank you very much.

My take of the update snapshot on the left as my phone goes through the motions. :-)

So what's in store in this update? Straight from Nokia Europe's site (yes, North America is always outdated as far as I'm concerned given the limited penetration of the brand versus the rest of the world):

Nokia N95 software version 30.0.015 released - 29 September 2008

The new software version 30.0.015 for your Nokia N95 takes your device's features and functions to the next level. To help you find your way, it features faster and better maps complete with satellite images and traffic information. The new integrated Google search provides instant answers on the go, while the automatic screen rotation function helps you stay oriented, whatever you do. Additionally, you can enjoy endless entertainment with full N-Gage gaming capability and a wide variety of games available via the Download! application. To see if this latest release is available for your device, click here. To get the full benefits of the new Maps 2.0, upgrade your map data with the Nokia Map Loader.

Home WiFi: Nokia N95

Berkeley in cooperation with Nokia just came out with some very kewl research, under a pilot called the Mobile Millenium Project.

I had just switched to the crummy iPhone, or so my default email sig says, and had to break out my GPS enabled and 5 megapixcel Carl Zeiss lens featured Nokia N95.

The thing is, I forgot how to find out the MAC address and get it linked to my MAC filtered secure network. Damn.

Well, "no worry, spring is here" (Bugs Bunny). In this case, Google is here and definitly got me a jump at how to get it going real quick.

To find out what your phone MAC address is, enter *#62209526# at the keypad. And to make it easier to remember, these numbers correspond to the letters *#MAC WLAN#

Ubuntu Tricks: Empty Directories

Have you ever used a tool that would go through subdirectories and delete the empty ones? One Windows I was able to do this with Heatsoft Clone Cleaner Pro (trial). But really, there has to be an easier way to do this without adding more software glut.

For those who like to manage their files, I do as part of work, here's a tip. If you can mount/map your main subdirectory onto Linux, all you have to do is issue this shell command:

find /path/you/specify -type d -empty -delete

It doesn't get any simpler than that. I did find however that in some instances when mixing symbolic links that it won't take. So you can try to change the target to a deeper directory level and issue the command from there. You can also go to the directory itself whereupon the simple format is to do: find ./ -type d -empty -delete

Simple and done. Happy!

Kubuntu Ibex: How to make it VMWare Aware

It happens, you upgrade to a new version number and suddenly the painstakingly learned knowledge gets dumped out with the trash. Before upgrading to 8.10, my 8.04 was happily chugging along with an old port of VMWare Server. Note that there are issues with VMWare on Ubuntu and its relied on a patched script to fix compile errors and such.

After upgrading I thought it would make sense that somehow old programs would get rebuilt, recompiled, or be backward compatible. Take anyone action, like most my expectation is that it runs and works. After all, this is supposed to be smarter operating system with thousands of eyeballs on the code. Right?

Wrong.

Thanks to Google search, I stumbled upon these instructions. Hey, here's one other reason not to be hasty to upgrade. After all, Intrepid has been out there for a little while and some brave soul more code compile savvy than I am would surely have already risked and ventured. :-)