Comments for James Emmrich

Comment on Potato Chips made Awesomer: Homemade by Matt Emmerton

Matt Emmerton — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:05:02 +0000

Awesomer? Sounds like it needs a $0.25 mocha shot.

We tried this a while ago and while they are good, they need a better cooking method.

Comment on Tethering with the iPhone 3Gs on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 by James

James — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:27:32 +0000

Simon, in the network manager, you will see something like this:
Available:
23:AF:45:BE:12:FA PANU

All you have to do is disconnect from any WiFi network. Make sure bluetooth is on in the iphone and on your laptop. Then click on the PANU connection in the network manager. Make sure that it is your computer initiating the bluetooth connection to the iphone.

If you are connected to a wifi connection it will always (at least for now) fail to connect.

It should spin for a couple seconds and connect.

I used blueman as a debug program to find a better error message, and then after a successful connection, removed it as the stock bluetooth application works well. Do you have any errors? Maybe your ip settings need to be updated? You will want to use a dynamic ip address for the connection.

Let us know if this helps

Comment on Tethering with the iPhone 3Gs on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 by simon

simon — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:15:58 +0000

I don’t know why, but I still can’t get it to use the tethered connection for internet access.

I have paired, trusted and connected, enabled tethering and told blueman to use the device as a network access point and even though it says success and connects, and the iphone says it’s tethered, it still does not have a net connection.

Is something meant to appear in Network Connections? Because no new connections appear there. (I would expect them to)

Anything else I can do?

Comment on Urban Exploration by Tom

Tom — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:33:54 +0000

Hey James, I just read your post and it’s nice to find a kindred spirit! When I started reading about the urban exploration scene (even though I’ve inexplicably loved derelict things and places since I was a kid), I never actually knew until a few years ago there was an active community out there!! Had a look at some of the links, especially loved the old missile silos and the Lost Vegas one – truly bizarre stuff! Also watched a documentary about the Paris Catacombs recently, and the people who know the tunnels, the hidden entrances and the way through. Can’t remember what they’re referred to as, but they’re definitely not official! If you do take up this hobby, watch out for asbestos and the like, then try not to get caught!

Comment on First things I do on a clean Linux install by chris

chris — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:55:33 +0000

At the risk of seeming limp wristed you really should try ubuntu tweak http://ubuntu-tweak.com and / or the quickstart script http://www.quickstart.freeforums.org/quickstart-download-pics-t2.html