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Some needed installation

Putty on host

SSH access from host

Need a way to transfer files from host to guest

sudo apt-get upgrade in guest

headless server

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It works

I’ve installed Ubuntu Server 10.4.1 LTS 32 bit on VBox.  I couldn’t get it to work before since it doesn’t allow me to use bridge networking since I don’t have LAN setup with me.  There’s no other choice as of the moment but to use NAT (Network Address Translation) so that services in the guest OS will be accessed by the host OS.

Now, there’s this handy little thing in the latest VBox 4 release called Port Forwarding.  I’ve configured it to forward port 8080 from host, to the guest at 80.  Accessed it, and the response was: It Works! (Apache HTTPD usual response)

Cheers!

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Music is my other life

On the other side of things (musical), heres what I still have to do:

  • Download remaining parts of Ableton
  • Experiment and play with it using my M-Audio midi keyboard

 

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Most parts done

I’ve installed most parts of it done. (for the desktop that is)

What I still have to do:

  • Install and make the server working
  • Test it so that a web-server inside VBox should be accessed outside the chain, in the guest OS
  • If this is done, install the following:
    • Nexus Maven repository
    • PostgreSQL database
    • Adempiere Server
    • Apache Web server
    • Team City build server (or Hudson)
  • Make a backup of this installation so that when I screwed up later on, I can immediately put it up.

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Installing Ubuntu on my server

In anticipation of a server for business purposes, I downloaded Ubuntu Desktop and Server 64 bit.  The desktop edition for general operating system overall (for my sanity as well as entertainment – see I cant live without hearing music.); the ubuntu server is purposely to be run under a VirtualBox chain.  Servers will be divided on to two parts, one is for dev-server (I am hosting Adempiere open source) and another two is for the real app-server clusters and load balancing.

Now after burning the 2 edition CD’s, I installed the desktop to no avail.  So I downloaded the 32 bit version and alas it installed.  This means that I cannot install the 64 bit version of the Ubuntu Server, but I have to download another 32 bit version of the server. Life sucks.  My processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo which I am sure it supports EM64T.  Well, if it doesnt, the Ubuntu Desktop 64 bit wouldn’t run a bit up to the “Install Ubuntu” graphical desktop part; however somewhere along the way, it almost always produces “Installation Crashed” for reasons I don’t know.

Now, I have installed desktop edition 32 bit. List that I still have to download and contain myself for now.

  • Download the Ubuntu Server 32 bit also.
  • Install VirtualBox
  • Install Java
  • Install Tomcat
  • and since I am a developer, it would do me a great deal of favor if I installed IntelliJ IDEA also.

While browsing along with the Entertainment section of Ubuntu, I found a great deal of free and fun softwares. Shit, open source really rocks!!! =)

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Desktop (client) specs computer hardware

Here’s my mini-server specs: http://gerardlee.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/server-specs-computer-hardware/

For desktop client use:

  • Ordinary PC capable of Java applications
  • Cash drawer
  • POS-like structure
  • Barcode Scanner
  • Barcode Printer
  • Dot-Matrix receipt printer
  • Laser jet or Photo printer with CISS capability.

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Server specs computer hardware

Here’s the desktop specs: http://gerardlee.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/desktop-client-specs-computer-hardware/

For buying:
Casing:
Orient Transformer with 600W Yellow/Red/Gray        1,550.00

Processor:
AMD Athlon II X3 400 3.0Ghz                            3,250.00

Motherboard:
Emaxx AMD880HD3-Pro                                    2,700.00

Memory:
4GB DDR3 1333 Emaxx (2-yr wty)                        2,100.00        8 GB
4GB DDR3 1333 Geil Single (2-yr wty)                2,350.00

HDD: (for data storage)
500GB Seagate 7200RPM 16MB (2-yr wty)                1,950.00
500GB Transcend Storejet with Anti-shock            3,650.00

Graphics: (for monitor)
Palit GF 9800GT 512MB 256Bit DDR3 Green Edition        3,600.00

Mouse:
A4Tech G7-630-5 2.4G Wireless Optical                  690.00

WiFi: (for internet access)
TP-Link TL-WN821N USB WiFi Adapter                    1,150.00        2 pcs

UPS: (for power outages; no server should be down)
1200VA Powergarde UPS with AVR                        3,400.00        1

Optical Drive: (for data backup and server installation)
Liteon ETAU108-32 8X External DVD-RW                2,150.00        1

Total:                                                31,240.00

Network cabling:
UTP Cable (per box)                                    1,250.00        1 box
RJ 45 Connector                                            3.00        20 pcs

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Idea and Brainstorming notebook

Friends, Romans and Countrymen.  A lot of my friends ask me how do I generate fucking great out of this world ideas that is manifest-able maybe 1-5 years from conception.  The answer is simple.  I am just too bright and brilliant.  Nah, seriously, I use the Yeah! notebook bought from National Bookstore.  Helps me be creative.  I find it great for journal entry, to-do list, and idea and brainstorming notes.  Don’t forget also to glue your post it notes in there in any angle & color you like. =)  BTW, I use the pilot 0.3 gel pen for finer grain writing.

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Gold in the junk

So excited right now as this goes with the saying that if you’re persistent enough, you will find gold in the junk.  But apparently all persistent and hardworking alchemist didn’t find a way to convert anything into gold, but instead derived the elements found in the Mendeleev Table of Elements.  This is what happened to me, I just realized it.  While I did not get what I want (a brand new sport bike with 650cc caliber), I did literally found an old vintage 1963 model of Harley Davidson cruiser motorbike (stripped off its brand) which is mine for the taking. =)

Its a junk that I found in our warehouse and its not working.  Its really old, old enough that I’ve seen it since I was in high school.  More than 10 years just sitting in the dust to rot.  I do not expect that much but I found that its metal hardly corroded – just a lil bit.  It has no batteries, no gauges and speedometer, stripped of back brakes, battery charger, and lastly – side mirrors.

  • I did bought a Motolite battery for motorcycles
  • 10 liter Shell Premium gasoline
  • Brake replacement at the back
  • Some repair for the keys and ignition

Boom! It just works.

But I’m not yet done with it.

  • Change oil
  • Metal polisher
  • Side mirrors
  • Helmet
  • Saddlebags like in the pics.
  • Repaint.  I like the shiny deep blue paint here: By the way, it is just as like in the picture, only the color has paler blue.
  • Lastly, practice riding this.

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A month battle against myself

Its been a month now and I’m doing great. =) Apparently as time flies by and my mind shifted with other subjects like what really matters most and your business – not on your own self (other self perhaps? or even external self i.e. God). Craving (psychological and physical cravings – psychological being the most potent of the two – physical can just trigger the psychological part) is just a matter of focusing through others and seeing others as your self-image. How do you see yourself? From now? which lets you shift your mind-gravity into what really matters aside from feeding your soul with pleasure.

So the multi-million dollar question is: How did I combat it effectively to this date and hopefully tomorrow or the years to come?

the Answer would be to:

  1. Realize that you are fucked up, you mis-managed your time and you do not care anymore about yourself and have no self-respect, and *nothing* you can do about it. It just persist – even if you wanted not to.
  2. Instill to yourself that no one can help you aside from yourself and God – and some good friends that really hopes you well.
  3. Make a determination not to quit but to lessen it until its gone.
  4. Just forget about it! Shift your focus from your *self* to others like business, God, friends, etc.
  5. Have some support network of good friends.
  6. Have a really good determination to be apathetic about it. So what? You can just have coffee and boom, youre just as productive if not even more.  Afterall, you are just as fucked up as you are now – so why not just have a coffee break and be productive in what really matters.
  7. Surround yourself with hobbies (not vices) you cant live without. Participate in extreme sports. Water sports proved to be more of a challenge and hard to master at first.
  8. Well, thing is, just forget about it. It just have to be recreational, so why are you submitting yourself through it like it is some sort of god who empowers you? If you cant control it in 5 straight days without, have a will to just KILL & SHOOT yourself – seriously.
  9. It really helps to have a support friends that will empower you to think other subjects even when they are gone. I’m an IT person and technology generally amazes me – even with cool ideas.  And since I am a software engineer, implementing those ideas are more appealing.  My friends generally guided me to just forget about the cravings, and think things as to implementing those suggested ideas.
  10. By saying forget about it, you are not forgetting it, instead you are just craving.
  11. In summary, my most effective escape is: “Shift your focus; Be others centered; Deliver value to community.”

Shift your focus triggers your mind to think shift and readying for some changes.

Other centered means focusing on stuffs that generally matter – like people, community, business, sports, etc. Not yourself in isolation.  Having goals that is other centered like being with God, making a business, helping people, excelling in extreme sports, learning mixed-martial-arts, making an application for android phones, etc.

Delivering value means manifesting or implementing your other-centered goals.  This will in the process, regain your personal trust and respect as well as self-forgiveness.

 

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