Direct PCB Printing (Inkjet)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHpjzOhzxA
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/directinkjetresist.htm
http://techref.massmind.org/techref/pcb/etch/c84-st.htm
http://hackaday.com/2009/09/02/direct-to-pcb-inkjet-printing/
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I have a Laser printer and several Inket printers. It appears that my Epson RX595
has the right kind of ink and a CD print tray. It looks like this might be magic to
be able to do direct printing on a copper PCB.
Planets and fun searching
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_planets
Go do some Google searches for things like Planets Wiki.
I am listening to a show on MPR right now as I am doing some work and it got
me wondering. I thought that picture (above) with the link to each of the planets,
dwarf planets, and moon was pretty cool.
Croatia on 80m
I just worked 9A6M on 80m CW. That is a neat contact.
Feld Hell AFSK mode
Here is an interesting capture. I have never seen this mode in use before. I did not
work this as a QSO.... I saw a packet spot and decided to tune it in to see if I could
figure out how receive the data.
This appears to be a QSO between a VE3 and a W6.
73 de NG0R in EN25ue
Age of Empires on Linux?
http://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-2708-script_Age_Of_Empires_3.html
I might have to try to set this up once I get the additional PC for the kids setup.
They are huge AoE fans and would love to see this run on Linux. It is about the only
reason that we keep an XP laptop around for them.
Ubuntu 9.10 setup steps
I am experimenting with some Ubuntu 9.10 VMs. Here are a few of the initial setup
steps:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
then install vmwaretools
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
-----Add the following lines-----
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu karmic main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu karmic main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freenx-server
sudo cp /etc/nxserver/node.conf /etc/nxserver/node.conf.old
sudo nano /etc/nxserver/node.conf
# The base display number from which sessions are started.
#DISPLAY_BASE=1000
DISPLAY_BASE=1xyz (replace XYZ with something)
Mint7 packages to install
After a bit of digging I think that notes below are where I am going to start with
the Mint7 VM. I will have a better feel for this in about 30 minutes or so.
:-)
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
-----Add the following lines-----
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/marceloshima/ubuntu jaunty main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ubuntu jaunty main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freenx-server
sudo apt-get install vlc
sudo apt-get install acroread
sudo apt-get install wine
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux
sudo apt-get install multiget
sudo apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common
Installing Mint
I was messing around on my network this afternoon and needed to connect to a VMWare
machine to tweak something. It got me thinking that I have not gotten around to testing Mint yet.
(I have quite a bit of Ubuntu running
on the network around the house already.)
Since building a VM is pretty quick I connected to the web console and defined the
VM container and pointed it an ISO image. It boots to the LiveCD image in a matter
of a few seconds.
The install is running right now. It will be interesting to see how it looks and what
is built into the base. I like the Debian and Ubuntu distros
that I have played with so far. If the VM looks good I might use it to build a machine
for my kids to get their feedback.
Our poor kids (3 boys) are really multi platform kids. The use Mac's in the
Elementary School, XP at the Middle School, XP & Linux at
home. In fact they rarely even use the XP laptop... most of their computer time is
spent on one of the Ubuntu machines
to play games and do their home work.
