add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf

options snd-hda-intel model=6stack-digout

by the way, the soundcard is an intel HDA

Wow… I should have done it as soon as I got the phone! I was a wuss… I was afraid that I might brick my iPhone.

I used QuickPwn from the iPhone Dev Team and had no problem. I already had the 2.2 and 2.28 modem firmware on my phone so I used iTunes to backup my phone and then went for it. I ran the installer (which was way more user friendly than I’m used to) and basically just hit ‘next’ over and over.  It was a little strange on the step where you hold the iPhone’s home button and then the power button without letting go of the home button, but no big deal.

Cydia is awesome.  It’s like the jailbroken equivalent to app store.  Cydia is Much Much Much better than the apple app store when it comes to functionality. Finally a real package manager for my iPhone!

The first jailbroken iPhone app I went for is Cycorder (the iPhone video recorder) installable through Cydia. I can’t believe the iPhone doesn’t ship with a working video camera. Cycorder is cool but like the faq says… to get the best fps you need to have good lighting. Cycorder badly needs audio attenuation… I tried to record a live band and ended up with a seriously distorted audio track.

Next I installed categories… this is another functionality that is missing from the iPhone… a way to categorize your apps into folders. My only complaint about Categories is that it takes a couple of seconds for a folder to open from the springboard. No big deal.. keeps my springboard clean. Once I installed quickgold it was totally ok.

Quickgold is super efficient. Launch apps, bookmarks, make phone calls, etc etc etc all from a search box that pops up when you hit the home button from the springboard…. AWESOME!  I use the hell out of lsxcommand on my windows computers (yes I still run litestep instead of explorer) and on my Linux boxes I follow suit, so this is the perfect iPhone equivalent for my computing style.

Before I publish this post I’ll also mention that winterboard and SBSettings allow me to really get the look and feel that I like. When you combine all of that with the homescreen winterboard theme that turns the lock screen into a “today” screen then you really have something special.

The iPhone is way to restricted out of the box. Lack of configurability and also the whole app store process is a F***ing joke if your an advanced user, but either way the iPhone is the best handheld or phone I’ve ever owned.

Anyway, don’t be scared.  Jailbreak your iPhone.

I’ll post amy cool stuff that I learn. I also owe you all some Colorado photos from our wilderness vacation.

Top 10 custom JavaScript functions of all time

World first: Flying high on pond scum (Stuff.co.nz) – environmentally friendly aviation fuel, made of wild algae

Narrowing it Down

I know of a couple of sites that let you narrow down your font selection one step at a time by identifying the traits that your target font has. You can search by sight at identifont.com which I’ve been playing with all day and you can also try to the search by sight tool at fonts.com

Another option is to try myfonts.com where you can upload an image file which will be processed and compared to their database for close matches. Very cool.

Going Old-School

A last resort is utilizing methods that have been around forever. You can do take old fashion approach of looking through hundreds of fonts using windows font preview or a font manager such as Suitcase or ATM, but from here on out you can at least try taking a shortcut before you trace a logo or dig through a thousand fonts.

Hopefully we’ll never have to endure the accumulated weeks of time that we’ve all spent in the past tracing text from client’s logos. It’s great that the future is here.

Happy font hunting.

Beryl has features such as hotkeys and and desktop switching that go much further than anything else I’ve used. On top of that, the window and desktop switching looks amazing… Desktops on a 3D cube and a killer alt-tab; AWESOME.

Pretty window animations and all sorts of crazy effects such as watter ripples when you drag and release a window or variable transparency are a few of the cool extras that some people will want to enable.

I turned off most of the effects because I’m into lite and minimal, but I couldn’t help keeping the 3D desktop switching.

I read a comment somewhere that said something like “Apple and MS give you windows but Linux gives you the whole house.” true true

I’ve been working on an OSCommerce customization for one of our clients and today I’ve done all of the php work in Quanta without ever wishing I was using something else. So far so good.

Everything is running smoothly now.

modprobe snd-hda-intel model=3stack

All good. Restart and it works.

The setup is fine other than my wifi card not working out of the box. Its an Intel 3945ABG. I know exactly what needs to happen to make it work and I’m in the process of doing it now.

As with nearly every linux intall that I’ve done, my sound is not working…. yet… but I’m confident that I will get it working quickly. This is probably the most common desktop linux problem after intsall but not once have I ended up with truly unsupported hardware. I can always seem to get it to work.

I hooked up eth0 and ran yum update. Next I need to get the drivers for my wifi card.

I’ll post again in a little while.

I decided to leave a 20GB partition of my HDB to store my wamp folder and work files. I had a few other software configuration issues that would have had me reconfiguring stuff for a few hours to keep my windows software happy.

I love litestep… I’ve been slowly tweaking my minimal theme for years now… a systray and a command box/clock and that’s it! I leave a 2px area at the top of the screen that can always be clicked to access menus.

I’m installing Fedora because it’s easy but real. I grew up on Slackware but I’ve also used my wife’s Ubuntu a lot… Ubuntu is nice but it seems a little bit too user friendly for me. Fedora is a good in between.

Anyway… It’s time to insall linux on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite A135-S4477). I miss the 1337 feeling of linux desktop.

At this point I’m doing drive cleanup. I have a 90GB HDB that I’m going to install on but it was half full. I’m almost done transferring files to my 300GB external drive. This is a bit of a hassle because my WAMP folder is on HDB and I’m going to have to reconfigure the ini files later. Oh well.

Once HDB is clean and I’ve burned my Fedora DVD I’m going to delete the partitions and start the install.

I’ll keep posting about the process.

The Secret to Understanding Design – Baekdal.com

Do Yoga at The Smokers Lounge of Denver International Airport – SOLVED

Find mobile satelite solution to trasfer video to NOC – SOLVED

Remove glue from guitar finish – SOLVED

Program articles in phpnuke without using the autonews table – SOLVED

MSWord will not open – SOLVED

Find travel time in personal jet from point A to point B – SOLVED

Convert component video signals to composite – SOLVED

Recover deleted files when recovery software wouldn’t detect them – SOLVED

Copy and Paste won’t work or freezes the computer – SOLVED

Need “add to” buttons for rss feeds and podcasts – SOLVED

Encode and transfer video from Las Vegas to Houston within an hour from end of filming – SOLVED

Find low cost mobile video encoding and streaming solution – SOLVED

Capture from JVC HDV100 on the fly – SOLVED

Help my computer will not start up – SOLVED

Use windows media encoder on a media center computer to capture and encode – SOLVED

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This list is incomplete and to be updated.

Chris Brown

I do various audio projects… here is a less than descriptive ‘step by step’ for you…

If you already have a means by which you can hook your tape player up to your computer, then all you need is some software that allows you to record. Windows sound recorder won’t work because it has a 1 minute restriction, but something like a shareware clone of sound forge will do the trick. Try Audacity… I haven’t used it, but I hear that it is of the highest quality, and it is FREE! http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

1) Test input level (must be below 0.0)
2) Cue tape
3) Press record on audio software
4) Press play on tape
5) Stop tape and recording process
6) Save file

Good luck on finding noise reduction software that is affordable. Most are pretty steep. Waves restoration bundle and ray gun are the good ones… maybe they have trial versions??

Have fun!

I’ve been chillin’ – enjoying life.

I’ve spent some time working more on the articles database at sitemy… I am almost finished with the submission process… people will be able to submit an article and I can go approve it at an admin page, etc etc… right now I’m adding each one manually etc etc eek eew.

I’ve been helping out at 2GOclub.com lately too… little php programs and also some office work, moving stuff around… It’s been fun.

It’s true… gotmo.net has the worst CTR I’ve seen since my first adwords campaign… no doubt about it, they ain’t clickin’. I guess it’s because the know the site owners?? Um, I figured that this would be more of a reason to support us than to not… wrong?

FidosRevenge.com is still going through updates… soon I will add pictures from highschool… get scared… you might be in one of them If I know YOU.

I’m out for now… peace.

The summer is slowly creeping up on us – we’ll be in the swimming pool soon.