July Update
The last few weeks of July and early August brings the eisteddfod to Albury-Wodonga. I've noticed that my contemporaries has slowly faded away from the competition (everyone getting older or I just don't want to grow up?). I still enjoy playing because it's probably the only time in the year where I get to perform what I've been working on. I'm going to enjoy listening to the others in the Chopin Piano comp though. The age bracket for the section I'm in is 14 years and over, I think there are about 4-5 other competitors. So anyway, apart from the practise and my nervous wait for next week, I'm also entered in the Wagga eisteddfod. I haven't been there in a while so it will be great to here what other talent and hardworking musicians are out there in country NSW.
July also brought my 1 year work anniversary. The place is awesome and I've good people. I even managed to score an invite to the social club function last week. Meeting colleagues outside the workplace is always fun and gives you a chance to interact in a different environment. So anyway, I leave you with a few photos of the evening and my eisteddfod pieces (along with youtube links to my favourite performances).
Bach BWV 848
Chopin Trois Nouvelle Etude No.1 in F minor
Gershwin Prelude 1
Khachaturian Toccata
Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C # minor
Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 5
Social Function
I love Paddies!
I guess we were tired?
June Update
Time does fly quick. I'll be at my current job for a year at the end of this month. I can still remember my old stamping ground very fondly. I do still keep in contact with some of my ex colleagues, it's good to see how time changes things. Probably the highlight of this month was the MIA Open Tennis at Griffith, NSW. Brandon Vescio, from Albury, took out the open mens title after a 5 year break from the game! From the grapevine, he played a lot of juniors in the generation that Bernard Tomic played in. The Area News has a little article on his achievement.
Andy won his first round in the opens but losing to Kyrgios in the next round 6-2, 6-2. I had an interesting 1st round. I won the first 6-1 (great I thought!), the next set was a series of service breaks until I eventually surrendered my serve to give the set 6-4. The final set, I was up 3-0...I couldn't keep focus and play as strong as I did in the first. Too many errors and I lost the 3rd 6-4. Well I guess that sets back my goal in getting any AR points this year (or ever!).
Final draws at 92computing.
May Update
Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there. I'd thought I would post something normal because the last few ones have been a bit techy. This is a bit overdue but I finally graduated with my AMus.A in Piano late March. I kept putting it off every year and even had a break from the piano while I was at uni. I'm so relieved that I got it. Thanks to my auntie and family for all the support. The ceremony was fairly formal and even showcased a few candidates' performances. My favourites - Chopin Op. 10 No. 2 and Chopin Op. 10 No. 4.
Adjust Mythbuntu screen resolution
This one bugged me a lot. I have a full hd tv and I was staring at an awesome 640x480 distro of Ubuntu. Let's get on with it shall we?
Log in as root:
su - root
Stop gdm:
/etc/init.d/gdm stop
Create xorg.conf file:
xorg -configure
(this generates /root/xorg.conf.new, move to /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
Generate "modeline" to insert into /etc/X11/xorg.conf under monitor section.
cvt 1920 1080 60
arguments: width height refresh
example output:
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
Restart gdm:
/etc/init.d/gdm start
The new screen resolution should now be under display settings. Follow the steps again to add more screen resolutions.
SSH/VNC into your iPhone using USB
For Windows users only:
Download iTunnel.
- This only works on jailbroken iPhones
- iTunes must be installed
- Use the package manager Cydia on your iPhone to download:
- OpenSSH
- Veency
- Make sure you have TightVNC viewer installed on your PC
- Install an SSH client such as PuTTY
- Unzip iTunnel
- To SSH:
- Run RunSSH.cmd
- Open up your SSH client and connect to 127.0.0.1 or localhost on port 22
- To VNC:
- Run RunVNC.cmd
- Open up TightVNC viewer and connect to 127.0.0.1 or localhost on port 5900
Setup Mythbuntu SMTP email delivery
Wouldn't it be nice if the Mythbuntu distribution could email you output from the cronjobs? Below is a short guide to allow your Mythbuntu distribution to send emails:
Open terminal session and "su - root"
apt-get install mailutils
this installs exim4
Run:
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
Keep these settings or adjust to suit yourself:
* This machine is an: Internet Site
* Keep machine name
* Listen on default IP (localhost)
* Relay for none
* DNS queries minimal - answer no
* maildir format in homedir
* split config - answer no
Test your email is working by issuing the command:
echo | mail email@domain.com
Check your spam box as well if it didn't arrive in your inbox.
Control-D in terminal to log out as a root and back to normal user
Run:
crontab -e
Add this to the first line:
MAILTO="youremail@domain.com"
Any output from cron will now be emailed to you.
A tip from Agassi’s dad
I've started reading Open and I'm enjoying it. I'm usually not that into books or fiction for that matter. My brother received it as a present for his 18th and he suggested that I read it. Agassi's dad was a nutter from what I've discovered so far. There's one thing that I am keeping in mind for future reference - If your opponent has a weapon, say a huge forehand, keep hitting it there until it becomes the most hated shot in his repertoire. Sounds simple huh? It's all a psychological mind game out there 