My cousin’s very interesting fork and spoon clock. Just aimed the camera at the clock and snapped a photo. Adjusted the exposure compensation of the image to blow out the wall and added a vignette to frame the clock. The end result is a monotone styled photo that focuses solely on the clock.

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A little obsessed with configuring Linux on my Eee PC of late. Figured out what went wrong the other day and tried the entire install process again. Arch Linux is a little time consuming to setup (well, definitely not as time consuming as Gentoo, but I’ve not even bothered to try that distro) but what you get is a desktop with the bare necessities. Only problem was that I had to troubleshoot all the way through the boot process, which I guess the end result was that it made me more familiar with the process and the location of key files for configuration.

After a little more persistence, I’ve managed to get a GUI up and running on the Arch install. LXDE is fast but ugly. Heh, the Arch install is still tethered to a LAN cable at least until I figure out how to get the wireless working.

So I’m typing this on the Ubuntu installation on my Eee PC. The great thing with being able to install an operating system on removable media, you just pop in the SD Card with the installation you want and you get an instant operating system.

Ubuntu and Arch Linux could not be more different. Ubuntu has become more mainstream, and it’s a matter of just getting the installation media, loading it up and following the prompts until you get a working desktop. It took about 30 minutes on my slow SD card to install so I reckon a desktop would take a lot less time. Arch Linux on the other hand, even with the installation media you need to muck around with that a bit, and then you are greeted with the old text based installation menus, with choices that is Greek to most people. Installation also takes about 30 minutes, but you need to hand hold the computer to pick the choices to configure the system you want, and anyone not familiar with partitions/packages etc will not want to bother trying it. Even with the menu selections, you still need to do some manual editing of the configuration files, unlike the seamless auto configuration that Ubuntu performs for you. Finally after all the hair pulling, you are greeted with a command prompt when you finally manage to get the system installed and booted.

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I’m just fascinated with how these things work, and I’m sure I can spend my time doing other stuff but it’s the process of discovery that keeps me interested. Heh, I wish I could apply that to some of the other things I do in life which does take more priority.

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Heh, getting conditioned back to running. Perhaps the body has experienced it before, so it’s taking less time to adapt to running again. Did my round through the park yesterday and didn’t find it too difficult. Didn’t push myself too hard as well, but it wasn’t like a few years ago when my body would struggle to just run 3km. I could probably do 5 or 6 without too much trouble. Pacing myself better and will go for a run again tomorrow.

Melbourne weather is fantastic. 42 degrees on Monday, 7 degrees last night, and I even heard hailstones just before I went to bed. Note the large variance between temperatures. Heh, not checking the weather report but hope I get to run tomorrow.