http://armyofevilrobots.com/sites/armyofevilrobots.com/files/Pd-0.42.5-e... *download url corrected. Sorry.

Works great on my system, you may need to run LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so pdextended in order to get it to use some cameras.

Arduino base keyboard design continues apace. More details coming soon....

I recently went to the local freegeek and picked up an old Model M 1391401 for a STEAL. Part way through my USB upgrade, I found that not all great deals are created equal. While the condition of the plastic and electronics seemed pristine, there was a full cup of coffee poured into the bottom of the keyboard and congealed. I am assuming this happened about 20 years ago or so, and I would later discover that the mess had crystallized into a horrific and conductive smear on the bottom trace on the key membrane.

Now, on a lesser keyboard, I would have tossed it in the garbage and started over with a new one. This keyboard however, was a model M. It deserved better.

KeyboarDuino is an arduino with a full usb/hid stack on it.

Details after the break...

Yog Sothoth Blackberry Porter
O.G. 1.065
10 lbs Pale Malt
6 oz Crystal Malt
12 oz Black Patent Malt
14 AAU Magnum (I used 1.25oz magnum hops)
32 fl oz. of concentrated organic blackberry juice (to primary).
Pacman Yeast (Replace with any decent Ale yeast).

Extrapolated from Dan's Strathcona Porter recipe, this one adds a face-full of blackberry juice to create something like the Cannery Blackberry Porter.

Just brewed a BIG Imperial IPA. OG 1.095. Should be VERY Tasty.

There is so much food value in it that the yeasties are having a little party.

Just kegged my new top secret* xmas ale/barleywine. It is a very strong (approx 9%) dark ale, very thick, and very tasty, with orangepeel, cinammon, chai spice, and golden syrup. Nom.

After my pale ale turned out so well, I decided to make a batch of tasty tasty stout. Dan's brewing supplies had a very "Guinness-y" recipe, which I wanted to make, so I got all the ingredients there for an all grain batch. Never having tried all grain before, this was a bit of an adventure.

Much like the partial mash that I made last time for the Strathcona Pale Ale, this turned out to be a piece of cake as well. I did my best to remember my mindset from high school organic chem labs, and methodically followed the instructions, and everything seems to have worked out OK.

I have attached my brew log for the curious.

Why does debian/ubuntu package Ganglia from 2004 in their newest operating systems? I am not kidding, RHEL 4.x has newer packages at this point. This is a pretty stunning indictment of their ancient and dysfunctional ganglia packages. If you were wondering why your monitored debian servers never show up on your RHEL ganglia nodes, well, now you know why. 2.x and 3.x are not compatible with each other.

UPDATE: I created new i386 packages since there were missing plugins.

Anyhow, here are some packages (Ubuntu Jaunty only, no warranty, stated or implied, may be infected with the SchweinFlu, etc):