Category Archives: Computers
Ubuntu 12.04 boots to shell after icky update. Discuss.
I started up my Ubuntu 12.04 VM in VMWare Workstation 6. It has been a while, so some update messages popped up. Sure. Afterwards, it rebooted and hung there. I should have left it; I force shutdowned and restarted. Now … Continue reading
Moving on from the SCP-3810
So we moved off of Sprint, and Bette got a Verizon phone that we soon hope to have on PagePlus. Her old phone was a Sanyo SCP-3810, that I wanted to get some photos from before I wiped it. There … Continue reading
Rapid Environment Editor
Since Windows 95, and earlier, Windows has suffered from a miserable editor for environment variables. Something most users need to do at some point, usually when something is going wrong and they are on with support, should not have to … Continue reading
How do you add a local Eclipse feature from a local build?
I’m trying to use a branch version of the m2e Android plugin to fix a problem with ADK r20 (see error-importing-maven-android-android-project-to-eclipse-with-adt-20 ) Turns out, Ricardo already merged the adt-20 branch to master. $ git clone https://github.com/rgladwell/m2e-android.git $ cd m2e-android $ … Continue reading
Jenkins and Android
We use Jenkins to build our Android app. I am converting the build from r12 to r18 (now r20, since Google I/O 2012) which is forcing some config changes, but trying to preserve the old build in case we need … Continue reading
Building svn2git from Qt
Trying to convert a SVN repo to Git. The Ruby version works, but does not commit all the files with the correct CRLF chars – seems to ignore the global settings. svn2git http://svnhost.xx.com/svn/repo/mobile/circdesk-android/trunk –rootistrunk –verbose > x I can reconvert … Continue reading
Sprint Airave
We have Sprint phone service on a family plan. We have unlimited data and decent coverage, except at home. No bars. They sent me an Airave, which is a femtocell, basically a baby cell tower in my basement. But they … Continue reading
Git Alias – ignore all whitespace
A talk at last year’s Chicago Code Camp spoke about Git aliases. Up until now I used shell aliases in the (wonderful) MINGW32 Git Bash shell, so “$ gs” is $ git status. $ git diff is something I use … Continue reading
Canon MF4570dw
Just got a new Canon MF4570dw print/fax/scan laser. Printed, but no scan. Helps if you don’t set it at the same IP address as the HP DeskJet. Stupid noob mistake. Works great with Vuescan!
SSH public key and Bitbucket
So I use Bitbucket to host several private Hg repos, all working great from Windows via Putty and Pageant. Today I tried to update the local repo. C:\bin\app>hg pull sending hello command sending between command abort: no suitable response from … Continue reading