howto install openoffice on oracle linux 6

howto install openoffice 3.4 on centos 6, red hat 6 and oracle enterprise linux 6

• download openoffice 3.4 rpm tgz from http://www.openoffice.org/download/
• untar
• cd en-US/RPMS
• yum –nogpgcheck localinstall *.rpm
• yum –nogpgcheck localinstall desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.4-redhat-menus-3.4-9590.noarch.rpm

enjoy however this will not work for oracle enterprise linux 5 you’ll need to use ooo 3.3 instead

• http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html?download/OOo_3.3.0

howto switch an acer ac700 to use the chromebook beta channel

howto switch an acer ac700 to use the chromebook chrome beta channel

• get a 4GB usb stick (that does NOT publish any pseudo usb cd roms)
• create a usb restore drive chrome://imageburner (see support.google.com/chromeos/1080595)
• factory reset from usb drive in RIGHT hand side usb socket (see How-to-use-the-Recovery-Mode-button)
• login/register
• run chrome
• click wrench | about the chrome os
• click more info
• chose BETA channel
• QUICKLY exit chrome before initial system update completes
• reboot chromebook
• login
• click wrench | about the chrome os
• auto update to chromium beta channel should now start

see also howto switch an acer ac700 chromebook into developer mode

• chromium.org/chromium-os/poking-around-your-chrome-os-device
• chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-for-chrome-os-devices/acer-ac700-chromebook

howto boot from usb with a bios that doesnt boot from usb

try the floppy plopkexec

• http://www.plop.at/en/plopkexec.html

or cd iso plop

• http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html

howto create a chromium os vm

You can either try the official way that uses ubuntu and kvm

• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/how-tos-and-troubleshooting/running-chromeos-image-under-virtual-machines

or try creating a bootable USB drive with chromium os x86-generic

• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide
• http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/quick-start-guide

and then trying to boot the USB drive from vmware player using plop

• http://www.howtogeek.com/97923/how-to-boot-a-vmware-virtual-machine-from-a-usb-drive/

when is a browser not a browser ?

when its google chorme !

not only is google chrome the gui for an os (google chromium) google chrome “browser” also acts as a print server and you will need the google chrome “browser” installed but not necessarily open on a windoz pc if you want to print to a non eprint printer from a google chrome book !

google chrome books sends non eprint jobs to the google chrome browser/server running on your windoz pc so you’ll also need to leave your pc turned on and logged in if you want to be able to print from your chromebook !

• google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebooks.html#video
• pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/chromebook-1460-commercial.html
• pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-ac700-chromebook-12127315-pdt.html
• support.google.com/cloudprint

Around the world in a timelapse

London – The Shard

• https://vimeo.com/45330963
• https://vimeo.com/45309702
• https://vimeo.com/45290879

Istanbul

• https://vimeo.com/43676249
• https://vimeo.com/6246000
• https://vimeo.com/25924530
• https://vimeo.com/44407854

New York

• https://vimeo.com/6193526

SONY Amazing Spidey 3D

The Amazing Spider-Man 3D 2012  from SONY Pictures is simply the best film i’ve seen in 10 years and the best 3D film i’ve seen ever ! (however to be fair i’ve not seen very many in that time)

Loved:

• the SONY unbranding of the Pentax SLR camera
• the SONY product placement of SONY VAIO notebooks
• the SONY product placement of SONY XPERIA android mobiles
• the screenplay
• the 3D effects
• New York
• the comedy

Not sure about:

• one corny line from auntie at the end
• Gwen being 17 – according to IMDB Emma Stone is already 24

Go see it ! And go see it again if you didn’t see it in 3D the first time ! Then go see it in IMAX 3D !