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Koha Live CD Release 4
Mar 2nd
This release adds the much-requested Zebra support and updates Koha to 3.0.5. You don’t need to configure anything, as I have pre-configured zebra daemons to start automatically and added the crontab for indexing, which will be there as soon as the Live CD starts up. You do need to select to use Zebra when you go through the web-installer wizard, as well as selecting “Marc21″ when asked.
Please visit the project page for more detail and download link to SourceForge. This release will no longer be available on BitTorrent.
Hopefully I’ll get another long holiday to update to either 3.0.6 or 3.2 when they’re released.
How to Configure Email on Nokia E-series
Dec 21st
Reviews for the new E72 are coming up around the net, and quite a few are stating that they could not add any email address to Nokia Messaging app. I believe the old instructions I had with the new 3.0 firmware of E71 should still apply so try it and see if it works: More >
Exporting Contacts from Nokia N-Gage
Dec 18th
Most people aren’t going to have this problem but if you’re one of the poor sods, this will save you the trouble. I was recently asked to help with this and spent quite some time wrestling with it.
The Nokia N-Gage does not have built-in SyncML so it cannot sync with Nokia PC Suite without the original driver CD. If the CD has been lost, this is the only way you can get your 300+ contacts off your ancient N-Gage phone. More >
HOME Project
Nov 18th
HOME is a 90-minute documentary about climate change by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The main message is that humanity has less than a decade to change our ways of living. Unlike Inconvenient Truth, it’s a bit light on data, focusing instead on gathering attention and emotional impact. Nevertheless, it’s a really great piece on where humanity is going. The documentary is free on youtube.
Even if you don’t really warm up to the idea of climate change, this film is loaded with magnificent landscapes from all over the world so it won’t be a waste of time even if you don’t believe in anything. Some of the scenes look so surreal that I can’t help but wonder if they’re CG, but they’re all real.
As for myself, I agree that our current ways are unsustainable, but giving up meat to eat grain or rolling back the economy to the stone age isn’t the answer. Not that the film explicitly suggests that and it’s also light in the suggestions department, but the overall tone seems to imply it. I think switching to non-fossil energy (such as nuclear or geothermal) and population control are the real ways for humanity to go forward. That, and we go to space as soon as possible.
By the way, if you fall asleep while watching this, don’t worry it’s normal. Just wake up and resume watching from where you left off. :-)
