Johan Guldmyr Articles


  • 2011-10-19
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Script To Check For an Update on a Web Page

Hey! This is used for me on my Linux workstation to get a notification if there is a new spotify release whenever I open a new terminal.. It would be applicable for other (probably also simple) pages that aren't updated frequently. Reason: http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify …

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

Time for another 'do-release-upgrade'! This took away dwm-tools and suckless-tools (amonger other stuff). This means that META+p does not work anymore. So you cannot start any apps. Just install them again with 'sudo apt-get install dwm' and you're good to go. Don't even need to restart anything. Found this …

BCFP 16G Beta - I passed!

In a moment of frustration/impatience I posted on 'Brocade Certified' that it was still 3 weeks until the results are posted. Good boss of training Joe Cannata replied that I could e-mail him and get the results before. I did, and I passed! Most excellent and kind of them …

  • 2011-10-14
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How-To : Update Spotify on RHEL6 x64 native client

See the post for how to install spotify on a Linux Client (RHEL 6 x64 in my case). This post is for how to upgrade. 2012-02-01: Updated, added --nodeps to the rpm upgrade. 2013-01-08: This has been confirmed to work with spotify-0.8.8, updated typo in symlink part. Why …

Install Scientific Linux 6 in VMWare Workstation

Time for some more Linux testing. The reason for this is because I think I will go ahead and try to study for the RHCSA - Red Hat Certified System Administrator. Work might send me to a course in December, probably wise to play around with it before this. So here …

Book Review - Stonewielder by Ian C. Esslemont

This is the third book in the Malazan world. The previous ones by Ian are Night of Knives and The Return of the Crimson Guard. Beware, this post will/may contain spoilers. I'm now roughly 41% through the book (reading it on my Kindle) and I must say that the …

NHL12

Got this for ps3 from verkkokauppa.com when it was released (yay, shipping from Åland = no taxes = lots cheaper games). Great if you live in Finland :) Anyway, the game is pretty awesome (I haven't played it since NHL '94) but there are quite a lot of bugs that cause the …

  • 2011-09-26
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Windows 8 Developer Preview + VMWare Workstation

VMWare Workstation 8 is required (doesn't work in 7). The x64 version (without developer tools) installs just fine on my Win7 x64 Core i7 machine with virtualization enabled in BIOS. Just disable the easy install bullcrap (you may have to remove the floppy drive). Boots fine and logs on, can …

Science-Fiction Books

Been reading a bit, is nice to get to read something other than fibre channel :) 1.) The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison If you like Douglas Adams this should work for you too. It's quite old books (first one is from '61) but the language does not feel archaic …

BCFP 16G : Post-Exam

OK, did the exam. Took 2.5 hours. It felt like I was plowing through them pretty fast but after some 80-questions the speed dropped significantly and I started to have trouble focusing. Short unfocus/try to think about something else , stand up a bit helped. This test wasn't as …