git-1.6.6 is assumed (at the time of writing)
pretty simple:
$ sudo aptitude install build-essential
$ sudo aptitude install zlib1g-dev
$ mkdir ~/Downloads/git
$ cd !$
$ wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.6.tar.gz
$ tar xvfz git-1.6.6.tar.gz
$ cd git-1.6.6/
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ git
How to install git on Ubuntu Karmic
Effective Learning
The military approach is very effective:
tell them what you are going to tell them; tell them; then tell them what you told them!
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom and hate too often.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind. Remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
If there’s something strange, in your neighborhood… who you gonna call? Ghostbusters
!
To honor the movie’s 25th anniversary YouTube has a FULL movie you can watch for free:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22hUHCr-Tos
If you don’t like it, you are as dead as those ghosts running around. heh.
Watch it on that iPod Touch you got from a recent deal.
1099 and Unempoyment Benefits
Q.
Can you get unemployment if you get paid through a 1099-misc?
A.
Someone with a 1099 is considered a sub-contractor. Technically they work for themselves, and aren’t an employee. As an independent contractor (1099-misc) a person is considered to be self employed, and is not eligible for unemployment.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
– Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, religious skeptic, social reformer, socialist and pacifist. Although he spent the majority of his life in England, he was born in Wales, where he also died. (more info on Wikipedia)
Other Bertrand Russell quotes:
- “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”
- “Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires”
- “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
- “Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.”
- “Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.”
- “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
- “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
- “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
- “We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.”
Apple iTouch 8GB (2nd Generation) for $215 Shipped at Amazon + Free $10 Amazon.com Gift Card
Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation) NEWEST MODEL
This item goes at Walmart for $225 with no $10 Gift Card
- This player is the iPod touch, not the Apple iPhone
- 8 GB capacity for 1,750 songs, 10,000 photos, or 10 hours of video
- Up to 36 hours of music playback or 6 hours of video playback when fully charged
- 3.5-inch widescreen multi-touch display with 480-by-320-pixel resolution
- Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG
Technical Details
- Brand name: Apple iPod touch 8 GB
- Generation: 2nd
- Storage capacity: 8 GB
- Color: Silver/Black
- Drive type: Flash drive
- Compatibility: Mac/Windows
- Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
- Depth: 0.33 inch (8.5 mm)
- Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
- Weight: 4.05 ounces (115 grams)
- Audio controls: Volume Up/Down, Sleep/Wake, Home, Touchscreen
- Supported audio formats: Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
- Song storage capacity: Up to 1,750 songs
- Display size: 3.5 inches diagonal
- Display type: Widescreen Multi-Touch display
- Display resolution: 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch
- Supported video formats: Support for 480p and 576p component TV out; H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
- Video storage capacity: Up to 10 hours of video
- Supported image file types: Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats
- Image storage capacity: Holds up to 10,000 iPod-viewable photos
- Battery: Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
- Battery life: Music playback time: Up to 36 hours when fully charged; Video playback time: Up to 6 hours when fully charged
- Battery charge time: Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80percent of battery capacity); Full-charge time: about 4 hours
- Wireless standard: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Internet browser: Safari for iPhone
- Headphones: Earphones
- Headphones Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Headphones Impedance: 32 ohms
- Input: Dock connector
- Output: 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
- Mac system requirements: Mac computer with USB 2.0 port; Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later; iTunes 8 or later
- Windows system requirements: PC with USB 2.0 port; Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3; iTunes 8 or later
- Operating temperature: 32 degrees to 95 degrees F (0 degrees to 35 degrees C)
- Nonoperating temperature: -4 degrees to 113 degrees F (-20 degrees to 45 degrees C)
- Relative humidity: 5percent to 95percent noncondensing
- Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
- What’s in the box: iPod touch 8 GB, Earphones, USB 2.0 cable, Dock adapter, Polishing cloth, Quick Start guide
Home Cook’s Advice
If you have an over-abundance of one particular ingredient and you would like to quickly find good, reliable recipes using that ingredient, google for farm and trade organizations that represent the ingredient’s producers. Their websites will most likely have many recipes that show off the item’s diversity.
For example, if you want sweet potato recipes, look at the recipe page for the Luisiana Sweet Potato Commission; for cherries, check out the Northwest Cherries Commission.
What is an Application Lifecycle Automation Server and how does it differ from a Build Management Server?
The basic difference between a Build Management Server (BMS) and an Application Lifecycle Automation Server (ALA) is that the BMS is focused strictly on the build process while the ALA coordinates the build process, build promotions, and deployments, and thus weaves together all stages of the Application Lifecycle from development to release and into maintenance.
What to ask during a job interview?
So you landed an interview and are asking yourself – what next?
- Do some research.
- Read the job description and requirements carefully.
- Check their the web site for clues on what their environment looks like.
- Check LinkedIn and Glassdoor sites for any info related to the company.
- Armed with all this knowledge prepare these or similar questions:
- What exactly would my day-to-day responsibilities be?
It is essential that you clearly understand your role and the tasks that you would be expected to undertake. It is easy to make assumptions and get the wrong impression of what the work would be so it is vital for both sides that there is clarity in what is expected of you. If the interviewer cannot give a clear answer then this is a worrying sign, so politely follow up with more questions. Some people even ask to see exactly where they will sit. - What are the opportunities for training and career advancement?
It will help you to understand where the job might lead and what skills you might acquire. It also signals that you are ambitious and thinking ahead. - What is the biggest challenge facing the organization today?
This sort of question takes the interview away from the detail and towards strategic issues. It allows to you see and discuss the bigger picture. It proves that you are interested in more than just the 9 to 5 aspects of the job. It can lead to interesting discussions that can show you in a good light – especially if you have done some intelligent preparation. If appropriate you can follow up this question with some questions about the objectives of the department and the manager who is interviewing you. - What are the criteria that you are looking for in the successful candidate for this position?
The more that you can discover about what they want and how they will make the decision the better placed you are to influence that decision. - How do you feel that I measure up to your requirements for this position?
This follows on naturally from the previous questions. It may seem a little pushy but it is a perfectly fair thing to ask. In sales parlance this is a ‘trial close’. If they say that you are a good fit then you can ask whether there is any reason you might not be offered the job. If they say that you are lacking in some key skill or attribute then you can move into objection handling mode and point out some relevant experience or a countervailing strength. - Would you like to hear what I could do to really help your organisation?
If you want the job then this is a great question to ask at the end of the interview. Most interviewers will reply, ‘Yes.’ Drawing on what you have learnt in the conversation, you can give a short sales pitch on why you fit the criteria and why your strengths and ideas will siginficantly assist the boss to meet their objectives. Make it short, direct and clear with the emphasis on the benefits for them of having you in the team. At the end ask something like, ‘how does that sound?’
Don’t take a passive role at the interview. If you are a proactive candidate who asks the sorts of questions given above then you will be seen as more dynamic and you will significantly increase your chances of being offered the job.