A Rookie Guide to Digital SLR Cameras
GP maintenance
Nice webpage of Great Plains maintenance info/tips.
The Atlantic drops subscriber firewall
The Atlantic website is free for all now. I was a print subscriber until recently.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London
Movies lately…
We saw Juno the other night. It was good but didn’t live up to its huge hype. Still recommend it though.
Saw No Country For Old Men a couple of weeks ago. Very good movie.
Real Estate?
How to Install Cisco VPN on Ubuntu
Get the VPN client and untar it with this command:
$ tar xzf vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.01.0640-k9.tar.gz
Go to VPN install directory:
$ cd vpnclient/
Run the install:
$ sudo ./vpn_install
Take the defaults when prompted.
Copy your vpn profiles to here: /etc/opt/cisco-vpnclient/Profiles/
Start the VPN with this command:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start
Connect to your VPN with this command:
$ sudo vpnclient connect YourVPNprofileHere
with the “YourVPNprofileHere” part being the file name of your vpn profile file without the “.pcf” extension.
To make it easier to start the VPN I created a script and added an icon for it to my launch panel in Ubuntu. Here’s the contents of the script:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#command to start vpn:
/etc/init.d/vpnclient_init start
#to run VPN:
vpnclient connect work
These links helped me immensely with figuring out the above:
Link #1
Link #2
Lazy Portfolios
To pessimistic?
Installed Ubuntu v7.10 – Gutsy Gibbon
I installed Ubuntu today onto my existing WinXP desktop. Having a second HD in your system is very handy and I doubt I’ll ever have a single HD system again. Dual boot wasn’t too difficult to setup. Here are some links I found useful during the process:
After using Ubuntu today, I think the only program I need Windows for is Quicken. That and I still need to figure out how to install the Cisco VPN client for work, but I’ll worry about that later. If anybody has any pointers on the VPN install, let me know.
