1. Create a Debian ‘base system’ and fully update it. I use Debian stable, and a minimal install.

Hardware Requirements for KVM

KVM works best if your processor supports virtulisation extensions. It WILL still work if you dont, but dont expect any decent performance! Installations of virtual hosts are sometimes painfully slow without this!

I like my virtualmachines to get their own proper IP address from my LAN or be configured with a static. For this to work and get past the default NAT setup, you will need to setup a network bridge. Follow the link here: http://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Setting_up_your_Bridge on how to set that up.

2. Now you should have a fully patched and updated Debian system, we’re now going to install KVM:
apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin

My new Apple Macbook Pro

Many people have asked me why I chose to buy an apple product when I am usually such a Google advocate. Well, the answer is simple; im a power user, I’m ALWAYS multitasking. I needed a solid workhorse that I can use as a secondary workstation, a portable device to code, show presentations, all this (and probably more) with a superb battery life.

The windows laptops Ive had in the past few years have been ok. But ive put up with a few  crashes, software incompatibility, poor construction & very poor battery life.

This. Just. Works.

However, these days homer is showing his age. He is an old Dell, running only a P4 2.8 GHz chip. Hardware vitulization is not supported and previous attempts at running Vmware hasnt worked that well. I think its time to build a new server:

Requirements
1. Its got to be as quiet as possible (currently its in the bedroom, between our desks)
2. Low power consumption
3. Loads of diskspace (main house fileserver for movies) preferably in an LVM or maybe even some kind of RAID.
4. Enough RAM to run a few VM’s for various roles.
5. Low cost – its almost Xmas man!

Heres a query which should sort you out:

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'a:0:{}' WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins'

Either way it’s pissing me off!!

So, any suggestions on a cheapish, good Intel based motherboard?

• Track fans on Facebook pages, allow page admins to see who has joined and left their pages recently by name with daily email updates. Fantracker
• Tie in events and checkins to make events more social. This is an exciting one, and could mean great social interaction for event organisers. Flocc
• Share links from a browser based toolbar to specific Facebook pages. Great for page admins to easily manage their content.
• Tag facebook friends in pictures on external sites. A great idea in project development with my good friend Dan.

Watch this space!

I was getting increasingly annoyed over the slowness of the Froyo release for the Galaxy S in the UK.

Samsung had started rolling it out in other parts of Europe, so there had to be a way of getting it!

A quick Google brought me to the following page:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Android-2-2-Froyo-on-Galaxy-S-Today-161329.shtml

You need a PC and the Samsung KIES software:
http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I9000&sw_type=SW

This worked fine on my UK T-Mobile Galaxy S (GT-I9000)
(Do not blame me if you brick it! You have been warned!)

Follow the steps below to install Android 2.2 Froyo on your Galaxy S:

Start up kies and connect your phone. Wait till kies recognizes the sgs.

Go to firmware upgrade.

If it doesn’t report a JPM/JP6 upgrade close the upgrade window but do not close kies!

Go to windows start > run > and type “regedit”

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Samsung/Kies/DeviceDB/

You will probably see a bunch of numbered keys (they look like folders) Find the key/folder that has strings that match your current firmware. So if you are on JPK look for that in the keys. If you have more than one galaxy S (it can happen) then match the imei with the phone you want to upgrade.

Change the following values so they look like this:

"SoftwareRevision"="I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3"
"ProductCode"="GT-I9000HKDXEE"
"HIDSWVER"="I9000XXJF3/I9000SWC/I9000XXJF3/I9000XXJF3"

No go back to kies and click on firmware upgrade again. You should now see the JPM upgrade.

Feel free to post any comments to this post. So far flash support is ok. Maybe a bit slow.

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I got a bargain today in the charity shop. A wireless keyboard and mouse for £5! Its a Microsft Wireless Photo Keyboard and a nice chunky wireless mouse too. Under Linux using keytouch
you can even map all those extra multimedia keys. Great! You can download my map for keytouch here: http://louisn.homelinux.net/dl/microsoftwirelessphotokeyboard