Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 on Asus Eee PC 1005HA (and 1005HA-H)

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Hopefully this will help people out there, trying to get wifi working on their Eee PC. I bought a 1005HA-H the other day, and its a great machine, but Ubuntu has some issues on it.

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Building python 2.6.2 for solaris 9 using Sun Studio 12

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I recently wanted a 64bit threaded natively compiled version of python 2.6.2. It needed to run on Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 machines, and I didn’t want any dependencies on any other GNU stuff. Basically, a package that I could throw onto any of my Solaris Sparc machines and have it work.

I had a lot of issues getting this to build so here’s what I did.

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Why you don’t need a 64bit kernel

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So, we have a bunch of people popping into #apple right now, asking how they can get a 64bit kernel in Snow Leopard.

Really, you don’t need one, and here’s why – straight from the Apple documentation:

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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

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Saw this linked on Atlassian’s site, and decided to share.

It’s .. surprising. But it makes sense once you think about the why.

Watch it.

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Suzuki GSX650FU Review

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(This is a copy of a review that I posted to Netrider. Be sure to check that site out, full of very friendly and knowledgeable people, for the most part.)

So, I picked up this on Saturday:

GSX650FU

I figure that other learners might be interested in what my experience so far has been with it. Now, I know there is a tendency for people to buy something and then say, “I bought this, so therefore its awesome, so you should buy it too”, so I’ll stay away from that, and just be objective from the point of view of a newbie.

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