Brian Bromberg Solo

Enjoy!

Victor Wooten - DMB concert (live)

Victor Wooten solo bass @ Live DMB Concert.

Sync Google Calendar with your Gnome Desktop

This is pretty exciting for me. I just realized that I could sync my Ubuntu Gnome Desktop Calendar with my Google Calendar account. And also the great thing about it is that it is really easy to do.

First open your web google calendar account. On the left pane, under "My Calendar" and your email address, click 'Settings'. Then you will see the setting page. Click again your email address to get more detailed settings. On the bottom of this page you will see "Private Address". Copy the private ICAL url.
Once you have done that, open terminal and enter the following command:
$ /usr/lib/evolution-webcal/evolution-webcal YOUR_PRIVATE_ICAL_URL

Set the appropriate configuration if necessary, and you are done.

Now, to see the result, click on the Date Time info on the toolbar (above), and you should see the dates which you have activities (appointments) are marked bold. You should also see 'Appointments' list.

Enjoy managing your time and day with Google Calendar and Gnome Desktop.

Autostart Vino and Configure Local Connection Only

Continuing my previous post about vnc over ssh, here is a way to limit the connection to local only.

If you are using gnome, you can configure it via gconf-editor. Go to the following key: /desktop/gnome/remote_access/network_interface and set 'lo' as the value. This way, vino server will only listen to local (loopback) interface only.

Now, if you would like to have vino server ready on each time you logged in, you need to configure it from, System -> Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings, and enable Remote Desktop.

Remember to configure Remote Desktop itself, from System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop Preferences and allow other users to view your dekstop.

Install Windows XP from usb flash

I just finished installing windows xp on HP Mini 110 netbook. Since it does not have any optical drive, like any other netbook in general, I had to install it from usb flash.

Before you proceed you need to have and prepare the following files and apps:

• windows xp installation (cd or iso)


• usb flash (1 to 2GB)


• wintoflash


• sata windows xp driver if needed, for example sata driver (from HP)


• nlite, if need to have sata driver ready during installation


• winrar, to extract sata driver


• If you have windows xp installation in iso format, you need to be able to mount it. One way to do it is by using daemon tools lite

A little bit more information about wintoflash, it needs .net framework to run. If you do not want to install .net framework, there are several portable wintoflash with .net framework built-in, just search and use it.


Scenario #1: Without SATA driver

• Simply, load the windows xp installation cd, or mount the iso file.


• Then, use wintoflash to create windows xp installation usb flash.


• All you need to do in wintoflash is to choose the source drive (windows xp installation cd/iso) and choose the usb drive.


• Restart your computer and boot from usb drive.


• Choose text for 1st time boot, and GUI for 2nd and 3rd.

Scenario #2: With SATA driver

• Insert windows installation cd or mount iso (using daemon tools lite)


• Extract sata driver files using winrar


• Run nlite, proceed until there is an option about driver integration


• Choose insert and multiple drivers folder options, select all extracted sata driver files


• Nlite will prepare windows installation files with sata driver in the target directory. Done with nlite.


• Plug usb flash


• Run wintoflash, choose the appropriate source installation folder from previous step, and the target drive (usb). Done with wintoflash


• Restart computer and boot from usb flash.


• Choose text for 1st time boot, and GUI for 2nd and 3rd.

noVNC: HTML5 VNC Client

I have been playing around with Chromium OS (Google Chrome OS). The only thing I can do with it is pretty much just browsing. So, I had to find a way to remote my desktop computer somehow. Mostly, I use VNC for remote desktop.
So, I have to be able to perform remote desktop via web browser (Chromium) using VNC protocol. Fortunately, there is noVNC, which requires python (for websocket) and flash. Excellent, those things are already available with my default Chromium OS.

Here is how I did it:

1. Download noVNC from here.

2. Extract that file:
$ tar zxvf kanaka-noVNC-xxx.tar.gz

3. Change to the directory created in step #2.

4. Now, you have to move *.html files and includes directory in the same locations as web.py (in util directory).

5. Run the websocket proxy with the proper arguments, in my case:
$ python wsproxy.py -f 5901 desktop_pc_ip:5900
# 5901 is the port that I will use for the web vnc client.
# 5900 is the VNC Server port running in the target computer.

6. Run the web server:
$ python web.py 8080 # 8080 is the web server port

7. Go to the (Chromium) browser and enter the following in the url:
"localhost:8080/vnc.html"

8. After the web vnc client appears in the browser, enter the following data:
host: 127.0.0.1
port: 5901 # check with the local port in step #5
password:
then click "connect" button, and everything should work fine.

Now, I can do some other stuff other than just browsing, with my Chromium OS.