Kennedy Projects

Mount your Motorola Droid in Linux

Rob — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:45:08 +0000

If you’re a Linux user and not real sure about how it’s going to go when you plug your Droid into your Linux box, here are some steps to take. It’s going to go smoothly, you’ll see… soon you’ll be able to sync your Droid in Linux, copy mp3s to your Droid in Linux, etc…

First, plug in your Droid to your computer with the included USB cable. The following is what your Linux system will spit out in /var/log/messages:

Next, on your Droid’s screen (upper/left corner – where email notifications are) you’ll see a USB icon. Pull down the menu and it’ll ask if you want to connect to your PC to share files.. click ok.. then click ‘mount’. The following is what your /var/log/messages will spit out when you do this…

On your desktop, you’ll see an icon noting that your Droid is indeed mounted..

If you double click that icon, it’ll show the contents on your Droid (well… the contents on the SD card inside your Droid)..

As you can see – it’s REAL easy. I just started AndroidAssault.com but i’m not sure what all we’re going to talk about there… I’d say if you’re reading this article, you should go there and sign up anyway. Check out the Linux section on there too…

Also, check out TodaysLinux.com – a Linux forum I just started

Rob

Google Chrome OS – in VirtualBox on Fedora Linux

Rob — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:27:36 +0000

So Chrome OS was debuted by Google on Thursday (11/19/09).. shortly after that there were source code downloads popping up on the Internet… released by Google so that people could play with it a bit.

I downloaded the VMWare/Virtualbox archive last night and gave it a shot. Once you start the virtual machine it almost immediately asks you for a login and password to continue. This is of course your Google account user/pass. Once I entered it, it was almost just like running a chrome browser – but with a tab on the left with links to items like google docs, webmail (gmail/hotmail/etc..), a calculator and other goodies.

It was a little sketchy – crashy.. it crashed on me a couple times and you could tell something just wasn’t right with it yet – but here are the pictures to prove it can be done!

KennedyPets.com

Rob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:29:41 +0000

Our pets live as part of our family. We created this site as a way to show off and remember them. It will ‘showcase’ pets we’ve had in the past as well as current pets. Check it out @ KennedyPets.com!

MysticAkira.com

Rob — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:08:46 +0000

MysticAkira.com

Mystic Akira Coldstream was the best dog anyone would have ever wanted. She was born June 26th, 1996 and died October 16th, 2009.

Bobbi and I adopted her from a breeder here in PA back in 1996. She was great with all three kids, her pal Jinx (our German Shephard), and even let our 3 cats run around unharmed.

RIP Mystic. We miss you.

How to start and run a successful Internet community site

Rob — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:15:53 +0000

I’ve started, run, and eventually sold Internet community sites. I never intended to sell them, but as they got more popular they were more difficult to find the time to run unless I took them over as my full-time job.

The longest running site we had was PWCToday.com. It is a PWC/Jetski community website that we (my wife and I) started in June of 2000. Five years later we found that we had to make a choice of either me quitting my regular job or selling the site. It had grown so large that it needed more time than we had hobby-wise to put into it.

It was and still is the most popular jetski website on the Internet! That’s a great sign from a website – meaning that you could depend on it for daily income and replace your current job with something that you’re excited about! We took the low road and sold it to a company that was in the industry. I was itching to try my hand at other things after seeing how well we did with that one!

Since I can’t seem to get it to format right, i’ve uploaded the PDF file for this article – it’s pretty long…

howto_start_community.pdf

Lots of domain names for sale..

Rob — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:24:26 +0000

Ok – here are a ton of different domain names for sale.. email me offers..

BucksCountyTrader.com
BucksLife.net
Glockifieds.com
iGlock.net
PayWestbrook.com
PhanBoard.com
PlanForTheWorst.com
RHELForum.com
SubGlock.com
SuckyVacuums.com
TodaysLinux.com
ToyotaScionOnline.com
Venza.org
VenzaAccessories.com
VenzaLounge.com
VenzaNation.com
VenzaTalk.com

Some IT skills see pay hikes during downturn

Rob — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:56:45 +0000

“Research released this week by Foote Partners shows that some skills continue to pay well, despite the recession. The research firm’s data showed that pay for 60 skills and certifications declined in the first quarter, yet another 46 skills and certifications experience increases in pay during the same time period.”

Link: Networkworld.com

BCLUG now on LinkedIn

Rob — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:45:48 +0000

Just created a LinkedIn group for BCLUG (Bucks County Linux User Group). Please join if you’re in the Bucks area and are interested in Linux!

Link: BCLUG on LinkedIn

Red Hat Drives Desktop Cost Savings for Europcar

Rob — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:47:12 +0000

“Since migrating from Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop, Europcar has benefited from flexibility, cost savings, increased ROI, and scalability for its internal desktop deployment.”

More @ RedHat.com

Gen4 Nano works great with Linux

Rob — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:38:38 +0000

By using the FirewireGuid line in the iPod’s SysInfo file (see the 160gb ipod article) the just-released 4th gen nano (MB735LL/A – pink 4th gen nano) syncs fine with Linux.

I used Amarok with my existing files.. was able to mount the ipod (Fedora 9 saw and mounted ipod when I plugged in), and Amarok picked it right up. I transfered an album over to it and umounted it.. and am now listening to it from the ipod

Good times.