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Yearly Archives: 2010
Jailbreaking AppleTV 2 with iOS 4.2.1
The key information is that PwnageTool dosen’t have a release for 4.2.1 as of today (December 29th.). If you buy a AppleTV today you get iOS 4.2.1 on it. Go here to funkyspacemonkey.com for the directions on how to make Pwonage work. * Get the right ATV FW version here at iClairified Hardware: MicroUSB: http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1507&sku=27363#…
Jailbreaking AppleTV? You Need iTunes 10.1
Get it from this link: http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/061-9530.20101112.MSakc/iTunes10.1.dmg…
iPad – custom wallpaper from web
Want to change your desktop wallpaper to something you just saw on the web? It’s pretty easy with the iPad. Use safari to navigate to a page that has your image. Touch the image and choose to save it. Then go back Home and touch desktop and wallpapers. Now you will see a folder of…
Reserved an iPad?
I reserved mine, now I’m worried that it’s going to be chaos trying to get into the local Apple Store on the 3rd and pick it up. Update: 120,000 pre-orders? Insanity indeed. Follow the numbers from the source: Deagol’s AAPL Model…
EEE 1201N Updates – New BIOS & Hackintosh info
There is a new BIOS up for the 1201N – version 321 (previous released was 318). The description on the site only says “Update brightness table.” so it dosen’t sound to exciting. Meanwhile, in the Hackintosh area, the 1201N has finally gotten it’s own official thread over at Insanely Mac- 209533. There is now a…
iPad Fail
Note to self: don’t browse to a flash-embedded page in Apple iPad demo…
Wiki for tracking useful tidbits about the 1201N and Gadgets
I’m adding to my wiki, which is a easier way to store useful links, notes and processes than this blog. For instance, I have a page for the 1201N and for Ubuntu. There is more content coming and start to get my issues with the 1201N and Ubuntu 9.10 fixed…
Current Issues with 1201N and Ubuntu 9.10
Issues that I’m trying to fix: 1. Dual monitors (using the VGA out)Issue: Connecting a monitor or projector to the VGA is a PITA. The Nvidia Control panel detects it, but cannot enable it without re-writing a new Xorg.conf file, which is owned by root, and so the new file must be written to /tmp…
EEE PC 1201N vs Macbook Air
I’ve been trying to use the 1201N as my daily machine, at least in place of my Macbook Air. There are several advantages the 1201N has over the Air, and several disadvantages Pros – 4GB of RAM – Plenty of disk space – Smaller size Cons – No wifi after sleep, or sometimes after disconnecting…
EEE PC 1201N Motherboard Photos
Some photos I took when upgrading the HD on the EEE PC 1201N. There is a spot for a 3G connector on the MB, but nothing is soldered onto the MB to accept a SIM chip. 1201N Motherboard top: This is what you see after you remove the keyboard, unscrew the screws for the shield…
Flash 10.1 Beta2 plugin for Chrome Browser in Karmic
So if you have the 1201N you really should have the Flash 10.1 Beta2 plugin, which supports the ION chip in your Netbook and plays back flash video content near flawlessly and with minimal CPU overhead. After you download the flash beta, you extract it and run a simple installer from a shell that wants…
ION, Xinerama, Xwindows and Multiple Monitors on 1201N
The EEE 1201N has both a VGA as well as HDMI out. In X on Ubuntu Karmic I wanted to start with just using the VGA to connect to an extra panel I have. It’s older and doesn’t have HDMI. There were just two issues with this however. 1. The Nvidia Control Panel in Karmic…
Karmic PAE Kernal and 4G Ram, Wifi on 1201N
I recently added more RAM (4G) and a new HD (320G, 7200rpm) to the 1201N. This required re-installation of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic onto the 1201N. The installation went without a hitch- I had previously re-installed Window 7 Professional, and Ubuntu went in and found it. Ubuntu also correcly detected the 4G of RAM and install…
BloGTK – Using in Karmic
A nice GTK application for blogging is BloGTK. It’s written in python and it’s fast and a decent replacement for MarsEdit when not on my Mac (not that there are many choices for GTK blogging apps). The 2.0 release is available on LaunchPad, but it requires a few extra python packages to run on a…
EEE 1201 – Configs to Set
Now that you have Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) installed on your EEE PC 1201N, there are a bunch of little things you can do to make it a much more useable system. This post will keep track of these little things as I come across them. Setup Nvidia ION Drivers Enable Multi-touch on Synaptics trackpad…
EEE 1201N – Wifi working in Karmic Ubuntu
To get your wifi working on the 1201N in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) is really pretty easy, once you have the right driver for windows and use the NDISWrapper packages for Ubuntu. I found the critical link here on LaunchPad. The wierd thing is that the wifi in the 1201N is a Realtek 8191, and is…
EEE 1201n Ubuntu Karmic – Good Results
So the EEEbuntu 3 install (based on Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty) was too flakey, and while I had the ION working great, I still had no ethernet or wifi. EEEbuntu is working on release 4 (based on debian) but they haven’t even released a beta yet. So, being bored I wiped the EEEbuntu and replaced it…
Updating Nvidia ION Drivers on EEE 1201n – Ubuntu
Using EEEbuntu (9.04) on the new EEE 1201N with Nvidia ION? You may have noticed that the built-in gfx driver is crushingly slow. But you can grab the latest Nvidia Linux drivers (which support the ION) without too much effort. Below is exactly what I did to my system to get this working. Do this…