Need to setup your wireless network in Ubuntu(or Kubuntu, or Xubuntu or Edubuntu)? It’s quite difficult but you can find a lot of help here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper A neat trick is this, If you have a broadcom card you might need to swap a few files. For instance, I had to copy /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5a/bcmwl5a.inf to /etc/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5/bcmwl5.inf (or maybe it was the .sys files, i don’t remember)

Also downloading ‘wifi-radar’ in adept or synaptic should help too.

I’m currently in the middle of reworking the order pages for my company, and i’m using the very popular Javascript libraries(Prototype & Scriptaculous) to do so. It’s pretty fun. I’m a little dissappointed that Prototype doesn’t have xml responses built-in, but I guess I’ll have a little challenge adding that functionality.

DVD Format War Already Over?

An anonymous reader writes “‘Nobody likes false starts’ - claims the assertive and risky article “10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed” published by Audioholics which outlines their take on why the new Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD formats will attain nothing more than niche status in a marketplace that is brimming with hyperbole. Even though the two formats have technically just hit the streets, the ‘Ten reasons’ article takes a walk down memory lane and outline why the new DVD tech has a lot to overcome.”

Call me crazy, but I agree. I, personally, am in no rush to run out and get these new players. I don’t even have a HDTV yet. I think it’s a great idea to get better quality, but I wonder how well it will appeal to the masses. As the article says, the main advantage of CDs & DVDs was the ability to quickly access the content in the middle of the movie or album and that there’s no need to rewind. HD-DVD or Blu-Ray will still have this, but they will look better. Not sure that this is enough. I think it will take a while for it to catch on.

Blogged with Flock

I wish I blogged more. I’d have a better collection of my thoughts. A better way to express my feelings about stuff ive been holding in. On that note…

Illegal Immigration

I hate the fact that the House & Senate are debating on “Illegal” immigrants. People aren’t illegal. Very few people in this country have ancestry from this country; almost all of us are descended from immigrants. So who are we to try to prevent other people from doing what our parents and grandparents did for themselves. All of the immigrants have come to this country to improve their station in life. It’s the american dream, but the government wants to prevent people who aren’t american from partaking of it. I think this is wrong. We’ve put limits on the amount of people we “accept” from each country, and countries in bad shape, like Mexico or some parts of Asia, have been denied access for years.

My solution is this: Let them in. What’s the worst that could happen? We document them, like we used to do on Ellis Island, and we wish them luck. We can then gain their tax money and stop wasting money to “defend” our borders.

Rap Music

I hate Rap Music right now. So much of it is completely inane. So many of the rappers on the radio are not clever, nor unique, and sound just plain stupid. And when did a life of crime become a prerequisite to rapping. There’s that song by Chamillionaire called Ridin’ Dirty. It’s basically about how he hopes he’s not caught by the police with drugs in his car. I’m tired of the only role models for young people being amoral rich(Paris Hilton), crazy rich(Tom Cruise), or criminal rich(Rappers). When my younger cousin declared T.I. to be an educated rapper, I almost flipped. I’m very very sad about the state of the popular rap music on the radio now. Very sad.