Transformers: Dark of the moon

Ok, so I went to see it last night and I must say it impressed me. Michael Bay certainly knows how to choreograph a beautiful orgy of destruction.

So what if the plot is a bit thin? Action packed escapism.

Hmmm?

Watch this space. Not for anything that's coming but to enjoy the spaciness of it.

Installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex from a USB stick

I had struggled several times to install Ubuntu from a USB thumb drive using both versions of their installation CD iso. Mostly unsuccessfully I should add. Also when I did get it to work was with the "alternate CD" which does not provide a live CD environment.

All these problems were solved with UNetbootin. Its a very handy utility. From their homepage:

"UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install, only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely."

You can select which Linux distro you want from a list and it can download the required installation files automatically, or you can select an ISO of the distro you want to install. Get the lastest Ubuntu ISO here.




It takes only a few minutes and you have a bootable USB drive which can be used just like an installation CD. Check your BIOS options if you have problems booting from your USB drive.

Installation should be faster than using a CD since USB drives are faster to read.

NOTE: At one point in the installation apt complains about not finding a CD. Just click OK and it continues.

UPDATE: I'm going to try out UNetBootin to create a usb installer for FreeBSD 7.

Time Flies

Whoa! I just realized that it's been more than a year since I started this blog. And look at the state that its in :(

Anti Piracy

It seems even in a country like South Africa they are trying to stop p2p.

The RISA are trying to take down 3 South African p2p sites.