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Getting Work Done From Home

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

New Office Set-Up

Took me well over a year to finally buy a notebook stand but my neck and back are glad that I did. The stand is Targus AWE26US Ergonomic M-stand which amazon sells for just under $28 USD and it is well worth the money as it is sturdy and holds the notebook at an angle that approximates a stand alone monitor. Tossing in a cheap keyboard and mouse set from Logitech kept the whole bill under $50 USD. Not too shabby.

Up on the walls are my basses, a Washburn XB-600 fretless and an AB-20 fretless/acoustic, and out of the picture is my Seagull S6 acoustic guitar.  This past summer I hung them up in the hopes that I might start playing them a little more and while I’m not writing any opuses I have found myself pulling them down and letting muscle memory run through some scales and modes while I think about scaling websites.

Slowly it is coming together and maybe when it warms up a little more I’ll seal the floor and paint it which would pretty much finish the yearlong project of renovating this room as an office.  Provided I can stay on task and keep motivated.

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My Lil’ Hacker

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Password, please? Dictionary attack not working.

One of these days she will guess my password then the real fun begins.

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I love you, ZaReason!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

It all started with a Dell E248WFP being dropped on our desks and the sad realization that my BigLap just couldn’t drive it no matter how hard I coaxed it.  My bosses very graciously offered to replace my notebook and a couple of quick emails with Earl set me on the path to the MegaLap.

ZaReason MegaLap

ZaReason was great about setting up a test environment to make sure that the notebook could easily drive a similar monitor.  As always, they were fast and friendly with awesome tips on how to get things rolling once my MegaLap landed on my desk.

ZaReason MegaLap and Dell E248WFP

All that real estate leaves me feeling like a robber baron not to mention that the MegaLap is blazing fast and the screen is gorgeous.

So this is my second notebook from ZaReason (my BigLap is still a champ!) and I have to say I am so pleased with the service and support.  they aren’t kidding when they say, “Building Linux hardware so you don’t have to.”  Everything I have bought from them has worked right out of the box, no fuss and no bloat.  Just an elegant OS making use of all the hardware it is given.

Thanks to everyone at Zareason for making my computing life fun!

MegaLap Specs

  • Intel Core2 Duo T7200
  • 2GB RAM
  • 512MB NVidia GeForce Go 7700
  • 200GB SATA

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ZaReason BigLap, Asus Z84FM, Microphone, Ubuntu, and You!

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

In my personal life I am incredibly lazy and often don’t et around to things unless need is so pressing that it should have been done yesterday. Case and point being recording support on my BigLap and the continuing mockery that I suffer for it not working and the fact that I lost my Bluetooth headset thus rendering Skype useless to me. So after some quick research I found the solution on the Ubuntu forms thanks to dejitarob.

james@elwoodicious:~$ sudo alsactl names
james@elwoodicious:~$ sudo alsactl store
james@elwoodicious:~$ alsamixer

Alsa Mixer

The catch here was that the input sources needed to be pointed at Front Mic and Mic.

james@elwoodicious:~$ sudo alsactl store

That’s it. Skype works, Sound Recording works, Ekiga…Doesn’t. Not sure why Ekiga doesn’t but that’s a puzzle for another day. Well, it does after a reboot.  Go figure.

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What’s in your bag?

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

What's in your gear bag?

Stuffed into my new bag from Timbuk2…

Top: paperback for downtime, O’Reilly books for work (Yay Bash and Vim!), note pad, baby toys.

Middle: AC power, mouse, 2 sets of headphones (someone is always asking for a spare set), screwdriver, usb mini for camera, phone charger for car and converter for wall (I’m on the phone all the time!), Cat5 cable for when there is no wireless or someone’s crappy Windows machine needs work, blank CD-R, blank DVD-R, Canon 350D manual (lot’s to learn, more to remember!).

Bottom: My awesome BigLap from ZaReason!

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Treating myself…

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Figured since I’ve been working hard and lugging my laptop all over the place it would be nice to have custom bag from Timbuk2…

Timbuk2

Should be here sometime next week.

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