Author Archives: epictetus
Getting M-Audio Firewire Solo to work with Linux and Jack
I was just trying to get an M-Audio Firewire Solo external firewire sound adapter to work under Linux (Ubuntu maverick 10.10). Turns out, I had to build jack (jackd2), ffado, and freebob (1.0.7 — i couldn’t get 1.0.11) from source … Continue reading
Microsoft Hyper-V Dell PowerEdge 2900 Problem Fixed
I just ran into a problem where Microsoft’s Hyper-V role would not install on a 2008r2 x64 Dell PowerEdge 2900. I had a VT-capable processor and VT enabled in the BIOS. Turns out, the BIOS settings were backwards — if … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Nokia – How to Win Back The Smartphone Market
Nokia is in a very difficult position now; they have become completely irrelevant in the US smartphone market, and are losing ground around the world. At one time, they had at least a 5-10 year technology lead on any competitor … Continue reading
My Dream Laptop
With the advent of netbooks, tablets, and smartphones, people have been changing a lot about laptops. There have been some changes that frankly are going in the wrong direction, such as glossy screens, loud fans, tiny keyboards (on netbooks), etc. … Continue reading
Dos Emulator (dosbox) running on Symbian Series 60 (nokia) phones!
Found this crazy link — this guy has managed to compile DosBox to run on S60 phones. He says it is a little slow for now but he hasn’t really tweaked the settings yet. All I can say is AWSOME.
Nokia 6210 Navigator Robot
Live, low-latency video feed over AT&T US 3G network — 500msec latency using specially developed low-latency client/server based on Movino. Special wide-angle lens adapter to give better field of view for remote driving 4200mah battery for long trips. Servo controller … Continue reading
Best Picture I Ever Took
This is from a grotto under Il Gallo Lungo. Taken with a disposable waterproof camera that I swam into the grotto with.
Pet Peeves with New Laptop Screens
Why, oh why, are laptop manufacturers making their products worse and worse? I’m talking about screens here — two of the major changes in the past few years to laptop screens are both simply awful: Glossy screens. If you wanted … Continue reading
Why Web-Based “Easy DNS Checker” Tools Cannot Reliably Troubleshoot Reverse DNS bounces
DNS can be somewhat complicated — SOAs, glue records, MX records, PTR records, registrars, CNAMEs, etc. It’s a lot to learn, and a lot of engineers don’t understand the tools (whois, nslookup/host, and dig being the three most important ones). … Continue reading
Using a Nokia Cellphone as a Mobile Robot Control Platform Part 1 : Components
I came across this design from Alexander Seewald a while back for a “bluetooth-enabled remote control car” that could be controlled with a Nokia series 60 bluetooth cellphone. I thought this was pretty cool, but then I thought, why not … Continue reading
Done with College
Last Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 12:00 PM, my final class (Topology and Manifolds — we spent the day studying homologies) ended and I officially was finished the requirements for my ALB (Bachelor of Liberal Arts with a concentration in … Continue reading
Uskuday
This is my attempt at a mashup, I combined Eartha Kitt’s rendition of Uskudar’a with a live recording of J Mascis’ Sameday from a show I saw in person, in Northampton MA. You can find the track here: Uskuday
Ordenador
Here is a new song for Wayne’s music class. This is supposed to be a reggaeton beat of some kind. Ordenador
Typical Wednesday
Sitting in the car. Doing a problem set. Cursing Robbie. Blimp parts won’t talk well. Midterms and math parties. Great parking spot. Long night. Long winter ahead. Typical Wednesday
Christmas Lights
This is Paul Baribeau, amazing Xmas song. I’m working on This awesome Youtube Xmas playlist
Hiphop composition
I really like this one. I call it, What is hiphop. I sampled from Mirah and the Funky Drummer break. Did the voice recording on a sony digital recorder (without any other mic!), all the editing and the scratching on … Continue reading
Let’s Go
Okay, Here is another song called letsgo, a composition I made for history of electronic music class.
Jel — amazing drum machine
Another amazing music video from youtube: This is Jel playing sweet cream in it on an mpc drum machine. Pretty amazing, the laptop is just there to record, the whole thing is done without a sequencer.