got some slide film for my lomo lc-a…fujichrome sensia 200 to be exact…with thoughts of getting it cross processed (x-pro). and get it cross processed i did. this involves using c41 chemicals instead of the regular e6 mix (not that i’m an expert…i know little of such things). fujifilm processing were more than happy to accept the mission. was rather pleased with the results. here are a few samples…
got a server at home? want to stream media over your home network or internet? linux (although other platforms are supported)? yes? read on then.
subsonic should take care of all your media streaming desires. grab it from here. i’ll be using the debian version on my headerless server.
first off install the java runtime environment (shame, that)…as root issue the following
apt-get install openjdk-6-jre
once that’s complete you’ll need to install the binary you downloaded earlier. again, as root…
dpkg -i subsonic-x.x.deb
and that should be it up and running. login to the new installation using your domain or IP at port 4040 (i’m testing from home so for me that’s http://box:4040) and you should be greeted with something like this
username and password are admin (change the password straight after you login for the first time). most important step? add the path to your media…
a directory for your playlists isn’t created during the install procedure so add one now…as root…
mkdir /var/playlists
now to forward the relevant ports on your router so that streaming will work remotely…the default is, as mentioned before, 4040 but you can change that if you like
if you want to stream from afar you’ll need a domain name if you don’t want to use your IP (which will change if you have a dynamic connection). i use dyn.com but it seems their free service doesn’t exist anymore…i could be wrong. you could try no-ip.com.
that’s about it…you can now browse your media, load and save playlists…and play your tunes.
EDIT — i like it. a lot. have donated and i recommend you do too if you find it useful. it’ll give you a constant url for your dynamic IP address…android app that works after the 30 days trial…and help the developer to continue to improve this cracking bit of code.
want to use firefox nightly in a portable apps format on windows?
grab the latest version of firefox portable from here and install to the location of your choice (usb key etc).
get the latest version of the nightly build here (scroll to the bottom and download the appropriate zip…not the exe) and extract it to a temp directory somewhere (not on the usb key). once you’ve extracted it go into the firefox directory (it may be in sub-directory depending on how you extracted the archive) hit ctrl-a to select all the files. do a ctrl-c to copy them and then head over to where you installed firefox portable. now for the firefox directory, which should be in firefoxportable\app\. click into it. delete all the files that are in there then do a ctrl-v to paste all the nightly files, in.
that should be it. start firefox portable in the usual way (FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe) and you should be running the new version you chose.
be warned that some of your extensions will no doubt be broken.
and please note that in my defence i have to use windows at work, rather than linux, so i run firefox portable within a truecrypt container through a vpn tunnel. so there.
linux mint 12 rc is available for download. grab it here. i’ve gone with the 64 bit version. not a review (as usual) just a quick look at the new version and a couple of the changes. the install was rather speedy and smooth. the biggest delay was downloading the uk language packs…and that only took 35 seconds. whole thing was complete within 5 minutes. after rebooting 100 MB of updates were available…another reboot and we’re ready to go.
biggest change? gnome 3. there was much discussion as to whether mint should switch. i’ve tried various implementations of gnome’s new interface and i have to say that mint’s is probably the most usable so far. it retains the lower panel which helps when many windows are open at once. think they’ve made the right decision. caught up with the latest kernel too. see below for some grabs. seems stable…quick enough…and comes with much of the software that isn’t installed by default with ubuntu (gimp, build-essentals and more) although ia32-libs isn’t for some reason. if you plan on playing with 32 bit code then issue an apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch as root.
