I was getting "debugsources.list: No such file or directory" errors. Turns out I was moving the BUILD dir to the BUILDROOT. Copy, don't move. Once I changed mv to cp in %install it all worked.
-Paul

Got this error while a script was building an RPM:

RPM build errors:
Unable to open temp file.
error: Unable to open temp file.

Turns out the permissions of /var/tmp were wrong. I did a 'chmod 777 /var/tmp' and 'chmod +t /var/tmp' to fix it. You can check what rpm's tmp dir is by running 'rpm --eval %_tmppath'.
-Paul

1) No MD5/SHA224-512
2) No indexing of varchars
3) It's slooooow to access via freetds+pymssql

Most of the talks were boring. I did enjoy Ian Clark's presentation on predicting people's behavior. :(

top - 11:21:07 up 7 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.06, 0.05
Tasks: 2 total, 1 running, 1 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.3%id, 0.7%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 2059732k total, 291200k used, 1768532k free, 21668k buffers
Swap: 4194296k total, 0k used, 4194296k free, 136964k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
3351 root 16 0 66044 1612 1276 S 0 0.1 0:00.03 bash
3386 root 15 0 12584 1020 828 R 0 0.0 0:00.02 top

I'm not sure if I love the fact that I, as root, can't do anything. But not being able to run .bash_profile when I log in is a *bit* annoying. Plus I cant reboot or anything else without changing contexts.
-Paul

My Chumby now displays random images off of 4chan's /b/. I ended up using a pre-made image displaying widget and then writing my own spider/parser/XML output engine on www.lulzlunch.com. Anyone can use it by enabling the PhotoFrame widget with the URL set to "http://www.lulzlunch.com/images/b". It now auto updates about once every 12 hours. An automatic resize is in place. I should have a chance to test it on Wednesday.
-Paul

Update: It's been working great for a while. You can even view random images from your browser. There are instructions at http://www.lulzlunch.com/index.py/chumbyinstructions

I need an ascii art picture of a chicken breast. Its for http://www.h0tbreasts.com.
-Paul

I need a picture of John for www.johnisabottommaster.com
-Paul

Ah, the newest techie thing I've learned:

Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome

Defiantly worth reading. If only for the brilliant Disney reference.
-Paul

- Writing software for an amateur radio balloon
- Making a VIM vs Emacs joke and then being drawn in to the resulting discussion. This all took place on a MUD
- Researching routing protocols for use on a network of wifi routers using ham radio power levels. The goal being to create a very fast, redundant, emergency communication network.
- Participating in Defcon CTF quals.
- Instigating an argument about who is better in World Of Warcraft: Chuck Norris, Jack Bower, or Ven Diesel.

I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of.
-Paul