A couple of days ago, I discovered that the single 2,5" IDE disk containing the root file system of my home server had an error. I don't like errors on a device which is not duplicated. So I went out and bought a new (SSD) drive.

Instead of reinstalling Ubuntu, and thus remove all the config and tweaks I've made during the last couple of years, I decided to simply move the file system to the new disk.

After upgrading osx to 10.6, it turned out that JVM 1.5 wasn't available anymore. This lead to GWT refusing to run in hosted mode, which I btw. think Google ought to fix.

As with most technical/computerrelated problems, the solution was found on the web:

http://wiki.oneswarm.org/index.php/OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard

Works like a charm; now I can get back to work..

After adding a repository to /etc/apt/sources.list I got the following error on update:

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 30B02BFA99E5A6E7
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems


To fix this, the missing public key must be imported into apt, which can be done the following way:

Switch to root:

sudo su -


Get the gpg public key from a key server:

For a while, I've been looking for a web-based project management tool to help med keep track of ideas, documents, releases a.s.o. for the projects I'm working on. I prefer to host such tools myself, as I like to keep my files under my control. So I found redmine, which (unlike other web applications I've tried) is running on ruby on rails. Googling a bit made me confident that installing this on my Ubuntu 8.10 server wouldn't be a problem. I was nearly correct..

I started out following the official guide (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/gettingstarted.html), with a couple of additions:

The projectCreator script doesn't create a folder for the project. At least not when creating an eclipse project.
The default libstdc++ on Ubuntu Hardy is 6, while the gwt specifically requires 5. sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 fixed that.

A while ago I bought three fit-pc's (yes, three) with the intention of using them as servers for various purposes in our house. I quickly set up one as firewall/gateway, as I prefer a simple linux/iptables based firewall setup instead of a closed SOHO router (from any vendor). Anyway - the fit-pc comes with Ubuntu Gutsy (7.10) Desktop preinstalled, so I quickly decided to wipe in and reinstall with Ubuntu Server. Unfortunately I never managed to get it to boot from usb - cd or flash.

I onsdags var jeg til FOSS konference i Aalborg.
Der var nogle gode indlæg, bl.a vedr. FOSS licenser og kodekvalitet. Desuden var det rart at se at det danske erhvervsliv også var repræsenteret af folk med slips, og ikke kun os t-shirt-klædte hackere/kodere. Kald mig gammeldags, men jeg har en stadig en illusion om at dem med slips får lov til at tage de største (strategiske) beslutninger i erhvervslivet, så derfor er de interessante for FOSS verdenen.

Min ældste lillebror er en del af et efterhånden temmeligt kendt band, nemlig Veto.

Men han har åbenbart også tid til andet:

http://www.mymusic.dk/redaktion/artikel.asp?id=2889.

Veto skal iøvrigt snart spille i Ridehuset i Århus

Som selvstændig konsulent møder man ofte holdningen at "viden forsvinder" fra kunden, når man forlader en virksomhed ved kontraktophør.
Jeg vil dog påstå - sat lidt på spidsen - at med hensyn til at sikre viden og adgang til denne, er det mest fornuftige at lade virksomhedens projektopgaver (eller dele heraf) løse af selvstændige konsulenter.

For a long time (years) I've been hosting my websites at home. But after I've swapped my day job for a position as my own boss (read: freelance consulting) my needs for at server for development and testing has been more obvious. Thus I'm moving this site and other public sites to a hosting provider (because it's cheaper than buying more iron and more public ip's. And it gives me more uptime).
This site is now hosted at Gigahost, who has great subscription plan: One price, unlimited domains for web and mail, and IMAP access for mail.