In an earlier post, I gave you the the data needed to diagnose a hard drive failure and several symptoms of the failure. In this post, we’ll go over my observations and fixes.
First problem
I mentioned that partitions 6 and 7 were complaining of errors. Naturally, the way to fix these is to [...]

I got a call today from a new client, M. Four years or so ago, M’s company bought a Linux-based file server from a local company that is now defunct. Some time ago, the mirrored drive went bad and the system kept running as Linux systems are wont to do. Unfortunately, the [...]

I’ve got my first Android application written! It’s a lame little todo list, but it’s MY lame little todo list! And the best part is, I was able to backport it to userspace version mc3 and my lame little app is running on the Nokia n810!
Yes! It’s ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now to get maps and [...]

This holiday weekend, I’m spending my time just hacking Google’s Android. I’m writing a location-based todo list (yes, a unique idea, I know). The purpose of the exercise is to learn how to write Android code in Eclipse.
So far, it is a fun experience. I’m only one day into a three-day personal hackathon [...]