Ok I’m a total Python newbie. I need to install flexget to use with my new transmission setup, it’s a python based app and comes as an .egg file. Seems the best way to install these is with something call easy_install. pkg search -l easy_install Shows easy_install is part of the python setup tools package. So just go ahead and install that. pfexec pkg install pkg:/library/python-2/setuptools-26 Then use easy_install to install the flexget along with all it’s dependencies. ...

Test post from the office

I recently aquired an X2200 with no optical drive, and having had a few questions from people about USB media for OpenSolaris , where my standard answer was to download the USB image, I decided it was time I should eat my own dog food as they say and take this USB stuff out for a test drive. What you will need: A USB key. I used an el cheap 1GB stick I had lying about.An OpenSolaris USB image I used build 127 from genunix. Of course you can role your own from the iso. Some way of getting the USB image on to the USB stick. For me this would be my existing OpenSolaris desktop machine.A x86 machine capable of booting from a USB device. I my case this was a SUN a dual CPU quad core X2200Assuming you have the USB stick and downloaded the image I won’t bore you with the details on why you can’t just copy the image to the stick. Just know you can’t. ...

A recent post of the The Age travel blog sparked more comments than you usually see on such mainstream media. It’s about the JAFA’s Hmm those innocuous hard red shelled sweets/lollies/candies with the chocolate orange center, biscuit cake, or strange alien from some SciFi show I here you say. No not really it’s the Just another Fcking Aussie it’s the catchy little tag apparently now befalling the traveling Australian. I would consider my self a seasoned traveler having had the experience of traveling extensively throughout South East, Europe and the USA at times thanks to some of my former employers. In more recent days I have just returned from living and working in Europe for a few years. Yes Europe not London not England yes the continent mainland EU. ...

Second attempt as to record some thoughts down. Lets kick if off. Not into big Media then check out Bum Rush The Charts the podcasting and indie media attempt to influence the Music charts. Worth a look plus Black Lab has some pretty good stuff. Speaking of podcasting… can’t actually recall the last time I listened to mainstream radio..

Ok on my high horse. What is with Australia POST these days? It took over 3 months since arriving into the new home before mail started to arrive. Even now we still have problems having multiple envelopes being opened as well. Two official complaints lodge with Aust Post.. why two you ask … because customer service lost the first one!! Nothing resolved to my satisfaction to date and never will be since there is not other choice. One last thing, I had to chase up customer service as they never once returned my call. ...