So, you are a young man about to leave high school, and you want to study engineering. Or, your son is going to college soon, and you would like to advice engineering as a career. Or, you have just completed your engineering studies and is now looking for an engineering career. Whatever the situation, you [...]
Ubuntu Hardy Heron version 8.04.1 was released on 3 July 2008. A few days later, I decided to get a cheap laptop, and the new eeePC 900 came to mind. Since the eeePC ran Xandros Linux, it should be relatively simple to change the OS to Ubuntu, and enabling all necessary hardware components. Download and [...]
Yesterday, I noticed that as I added more posts to this blog, it became more difficult to see an overview of the posts. On one hand, I could increase the number of posts shown in a page. On the other hand, this would increase the amount of bandwidth consumed. In the long run, this would [...]
A few times a year, we have PC shows in my part of the world. In any other place, a PC show is where companies showcase their greatest new gadgets and computing devices. However, in my town, a PC show is always a good excuse for cheap sales. We of the tech world are often [...]
Second pair of photos taken outside the Towada Prince Hotel, in Northern Japan.
These two photos were taken outside the Towada Prince Hotel, in Northern Japan. It was the early hour of an autumn morning (02 Nov 2007).
Testing the serial module After completing the serial module, it’s time to test it. According to the NSLU2-Linux wiki, the serial port is configured to 115200 baud, 8 bits of data, and no parity (8N1). If you are running Windows, you can use the hyperterminal program. In Ubuntu, I use picocom, which is available in [...]
In the previous “Hacking Linksys NSLU2″ post, I described adding a serial connector. However, connecting the serial port directly to a RS232 port via a conversion wire only will probably be a disaster. If you are lucky, it wouldn’t work; but if you are unlucky, you might burnt out the port or the slug processor. [...]
If you noticed, this is a new blog. I started blogging less than a month ago, using free blog at wordpress.com. Pretty soon, I realized a limitation, which caused me to look elsewhere to host my blog. I am still pretty happy with the wordpress software itself. After some investigation, I decided to take up [...]
I recently got an Asus EeePC 900 laptop. I tried the default Xandros Linux for a short while and promptly overwrite it with Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. The installation was straightforward, but the customizations required were convoluted. When I find the time, I will post about the various hacks that need to be applied. However, this [...]
