Monthly Archives: June 2010

The consequences of root

Posted on June 27, 2010 by The Elite Geek

Babies, and babies and more babies. I’m actually referring to Linux and my continual abuse of root for tasks that don’t belong to root. Recently, at work I’ve been working on a few minor tasks, however, because the system is … Continue reading →

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Painting is completed!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by The Elite Geek

The painter spent the last few days finishing off painting the house. He did a great job on it, and even went further than he had to / quoted. For testing colours, I figured, I would paint the front of … Continue reading →

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Serial over wireless

Posted on June 19, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I spent much of yesterday afternoon and night trying to locate a RS232 or RS485 to bluetooth circuit that needed to be, cheaper than $50 (the cost of running the cable myself), could be powered by a 9V battery or … Continue reading →

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MySQL Monitor bash script

Posted on June 14, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I decided to use some of today to resolve an issue with MySQL Slave setup, where statements fail for various reasons. I could ignore the statements that fail – but that could be potentially dangerous – leaving with no slave … Continue reading →

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Controlling ALSA’s output

Posted on June 13, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I use “Twinkle” on my Ubuntu PC, for receiving and making VoIP calls. After testing Linphone, Wengo, and several others, Twinkle seemed to be the one which seemed to be pretty robust. I like to have music going when I’m … Continue reading →

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Granny Flat Hot Water Pipe

Posted on June 12, 2010 by The Elite Geek

When we installed our solar hot water power, we replaced the leaky, useless electric hot water system on the granny flat with a pipe from the house to the granny flat. We dug the trench and paid the plumber $550 … Continue reading →

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A Painter Is Chosen

Posted on June 11, 2010 by The Elite Geek

A second post, I figure I might as well update on the “House” ideas. Sitting in bed one night this week, I was thinking about how else we could make our desired house plan, but a bit more functional. I’m … Continue reading →

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MySQL Upgrade 5.0 to 5.1

Posted on June 11, 2010 by The Elite Geek

A boo-boo! (See the end, I found a solution). I was testing an upgrade for MySQL, from 5.0 to 5.1, to gain Row Based Replication instead of Statement based replication (as statements are a cause of SBR breaking, and it … Continue reading →

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Painting the shed door

Posted on June 5, 2010 by The Elite Geek

I managed to get the shed door painted last weekend, to match our scheme for our house. Then it rained all week, starting Monday. The steps I took to do it were largely based off having a look around at … Continue reading →

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