links for 2009-03-11
Inspiring Blog entry
There’s always time to launch your dream
From 37 Signals… via Greyscale Gorilla Blog
This hit me in a time when I was thinking of all I need to do, recently I’ve decided to dive back into full learning graphic sort of things. Mainly 3D, but also going back and reviewing my knowledge of traditional 2D as well. There is always time, there’s plenty of time to learn everything you need to. Especially if its something you enjoy. When I was trying to get various IT certifications there was never time. Since I’ve been exploring my passions, I have nothing but time when I fire up my favorite applications and put on some tunes time just stops.
Now I just need to start getting those renders up here.
Another Experience with Ubuntu..
History
I’ve been messing about with various linux distros since about 2001, really for no other reason than because I’m a damn nerd. What mainly turns me on about using free and open source software is freedom, which has a lot of different meanings to different people, for me it boils down to ownership I can modify/edit/break my system with linux and other oss to my hearts content. Of course you can do that with Windows as well. This post isn’t supposed to be about any of this philososphical wankery. It’s about my recent experience in getting a fully capable 3D workstation running with Ubuntu Studio.
Ubuntu Studio
This flavor of debian/ubuntu came to my awareness a year and a half ago and mainly I was interested in exploring the JACK audio system and LADSPA plugins. I tried the 8.04 version and after some audio driver wrestling I was reasonably satisfied with it, Xruns with ALSA became problematic because of my sound card (a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1) so I played around with some stuff and dual booted, ignoring it for quite a bit.
Not using this blog enough, enough is enough
I’ve been using this blog mainly as a delicious link dump. After helping a good friend get his wordpress install going (I might post a link later when he gets it where he wants it to be) I’ve decided to once again make an ardent attempt to keep this thing going. It’s nice to be able to share links here and drop in and go over them as well.
Usually I try to avoid my inner mental gear turning type of rants on this blog, there’s the problem I should just let the floodgates open.
more later, I promise.
links for 2009-03-10
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Best Layer Tennis match EVAR
links for 2009-03-05
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Yay! Oh Noooo!