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- jh
Migrating hosting with 10 years worth of stuff. Going to Google Apps for mail instead.
I'll post some notes here about the experience. With 10 years accumulated, it's probably going to be at least somewhat painful.
- jh
Google Apps now defaults to the Premier Edition (pay). It took some digging to find the link for the Standard edition. Link is here http://www.google.com/apps...
- jh
Some background: I'm migrating from a Linux host running qmail and procmail along with hosted DNS to this. I'm reverting to GoDaddy for DNS services.
- jh
Quick googling does not seem to show anything that helps convert procmail to gmail filters. Suggestions/links/code welcome.
- jh
I can totally see why someone would do that though. Running your own mail setup is a royal PITA. I have a bunch of clients on GAFYD and it just works. For syncing email, I'd give this a try: http://freshmeat.net/project... - never tried it though. My last move was Maildir to Maildir so I rsynced them from A to B.
- till
As for filters, I don't think Google's approach works for the client though. E.g. the filters added on the webmail only apply there, not to email you pick up via POP3/IMAP through another MUA.
- till
The host I am migrating off of was run by a friend (thankfully since I hate qmail). I have been reading mail on that host using pine/alpine and for the most part it works. All my mail on that machine is kept in the strange MIX format that no one else uses except maybe MRC. At some point, I'll probably figure a migration path for that but I'm just storing it locally for now. Too much to deal with right now =)
- jh
Gmail filters work fine for filtering to the right labels/folders. It is just a pain to have to recreate the procmail rules since it *is* 10 years of cruft.
- jh
The interesting part is going to be trying to get Apps connected to the Pre.
- jh
What would also be useful is the ability to create/modify filters from within an email. I.e. add the from address to this filter from now on...
- jh
Setting up a catch-add address http://www.google.com/support...
- jh
Use groups for email aliases http://www.google.com/support...
- jh
Use shred to delete files. Especially, if you do not know how the drive/data is going to be disposed. find . -type f -print | xargs shred -u -v FTW.
- jh
On the upside, Apps seems to be capturing more spam (not all though). 587 pieces so far in just one day!
- jh
Kinkakuji:
The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku, is a three-story... - http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post...
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Kinkakuji: The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku, is a three-story building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex. The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf. The pavilion functions as a shariden, housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha’s Ashes). The top floor is built in traditional Chinese cha’an style, also known as zenshu-butsuden-zukuri; and the middle floor in the style of warrior aristocrats, or buke-zukuri. The ground floor is rendered in shinden-zukuri style, reminiscent of the residential style of the Heian imperial aristocracy. The building is often linked or contrasted with Ginkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion Temple), and Shōkoku-ji, which are also located in Kyoto. The Golden Pavilion is set in a magnificent Japanese strolling garden (kaiyū-shiki). The pond in front of it is called Kyōko-chi (Mirror Pond). There are many islands and stones on the pond that represent the Buddhist creation story.[citation needed] From Wikipedia Filed as:...
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If this looks familiar, then you should keep looking : Flickr Fav: This is the Astoria-Megler Bridge in Astoria. The night we drove down to deliver my show for hanging at Lightbox, we of course stuck around for dusk. When I was a “young” photographer I was taught that the magic hours at the beginning and end of the day were everything. To wait for that light and worship it, to not bother with any other light but magic hour light. Now they are often distant thoughts, not because I don’t still enjoy a great sunrise or sunset (definitely more sunsets than sunrises mind you), but because I have learned to pay more attention to all the other hours of the day. I joked once with a photographer friend that I was going to put together a book all of photography I have done during the middle of the day under harsh light. I may, I may not, I have a lot of other ideas on the same burner. But I think twilight and dusk have settled in as my favorite light. It is soothing, meditative, and reliable....
- jh
I can't fix the double posting till Tumblr decides to tell me what RSS elements they are extracting.
- jh
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Explorations inside the Palm Pre.
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First of all, some useful resources. http://predev.wikidot.com/ has a lot of useful information including how to get root on your Pre.
- jh
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Let's take a look at the CPU. cat /proc/cpuinfo shows that it's an ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v71) with 498.07 BogoMIPS. http://gist.github.com/131075
- jh
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ifconfig shows bsl0, lo and ppp0 interfaces (EVDO, no wifi) http://gist.github.com/131074
- jh
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Current open connections http://gist.github.com/131082 Looks like some daemons running including a location daemon.
- jh
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TCP congestion control is set to cubic (should hybla or something else be used instead?). However, this is the default for recent versions of the Linux kernel. http://74.125.155.132/search...
- jh
Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- jh
RFC1072 http://tools.ietf.org/html...
- jh
However, only cubic and reno are available by default on the Pre. net.ipv4.tcp_available_congestion_control = cubic reno
- jh
Some additional reading: TCP Congestion Control over 3G Communication Systems: an Experimental Evaluation of New Reno, BIC and Westwood+ http://74.125.155.132/search...
- jh
Note the fairly small TCP buffer size.
- jh
Effects of Handover on TCP Congestion Control Algorithms Over Mobile WiMAX http://74.125.155.132/search...
- jh
iptables output http://gist.github.com/133106
- jh
df -ha output http://gist.github.com/133120 Looks like LVM is used for volume mgmt.
- jh
netstat -ntp output http://gist.github.com/133122 Looks like there is a SSL connection to a server in North Carolina. There is also an XMPP connection to the same subnet block.
- jh
/var/log/messages appears to log most if not all power events. This should be useful in tracking down apps that are misbehaving wrt power.
- jh
Looks like the XMPP server connection is automatically maintained, not quite sure what is being transferred since I do not have messaging setup (other than SMS).
- jh
If you have Flightview installed, it looks like it tries to launch itself every 15 minutes even if it is not an open card. See http://gist.github.com/133127 This obviously could lead to battery drain.
- jh
I'm deleting Flightview until this is fixed or an option to disable is provided.
- jh
Max reported temperature is 46C and min is 21C. Multi day graphs http://bit.ly/iOMHF http://bit.ly/3DgFP http://bit.ly/11wZUY http://bit.ly/18Qy9v http://bit.ly/GDcyW http://bit.ly/pXzEJ
- jh
Max observed charge is 1149.550049mAh which is pretty close to the stated max of 1150mAh. Can anyone with a Seidio battery report what they see?
- jh
As reported, Google Calendar and Contacts sync in the background. This seems to happen every 15 minutes (after the 1.0.3 update).
- jh
Prior to 1.0.3, the sync happened every 2 hours. Personally, I'm fine with the sync happening every 2 hours if it saves battery life.
- jh
Suspend does not seem to work that well as IdleCheck often reports activity. But this could be because I am logged in via novaterm. Looking at older logs do indicate SLEEP periods.
- jh
I think that I just figured out one of the reasons behind the loose slider. More when I get home. Updated with link. http://bit.ly/vrJc1
- jh
Shutdown messages http://gist.github.com/133453
- jh
Startup messages http://gist.github.com/133455
- jh
Looks like initial time is set to 1/1/2000.
- jh
Looking at the number of messages logged as part of startup, it's no wonder the startup time is lengthy.
- jh
The Pre uses the KXSD9 accelerometer http://bit.ly/P6zU8
- jh
Was going to look into hacking a character counter for the Messaging app but the code is pretty messy. This might be more work than I expected.
- jh
It looks like the counter code is already there but for some reason Palm decided not show a visible counter. /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.messaging/app/utilities/CharacterCounter.js
- jh
Tried to trick the Jawbone into playing music from Pandora using this method (http://bit.ly/VF48c) but it did not work.
- jh
No dice with a mp3 on the Music player either.
- jh
After more Googling, it looks like the Jawbone (orig) does not support A2DP. The previous link was about trying to use the headset profile to stream music. Too bad really, it would have been nice to be able to listen to music occasionally on the Jawbone (mono and all).
- jh
Not currently syncing music with iTunes. I was able to create a music/ folder via USB and the music player found it automatically.
- jh
Here is a list of default installed packages via ipkg as well as some annotations http://randomfoo.net/sandbox...
- jh
LOL. Palm's program for flashing is called Trenchcoat.
- jh
A surprising number of programs are installed out of the box.
- jh
jemalloc is installed although I have not looked to see what uses it.
- jh
The iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre have surprisingly similar specs. http://www.rapidrepair.com/guides...
- jh
I wonder what upgrades/apps are going to be possible given the similarity. Video recording app for the Pre?
- jh
Per Rapid Repair, the Pre uses an OMAP3430 - 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX 530 GPU + 430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)
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From the Wikipedia entry for OMAP3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... "The OMAP3 is broken into 3 distinct groups: the OMAP34x, the OMAP35x, and the OMAP36x. OMAP34x and OMAP36x are distributed directly to large handset (such as cell phone) manufacturers. OMAP35x is a variant of OMAP34x intended for catalog distribution channels. The OMAP36x is a 45nm version of...
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- jh
Interestingly, there are faster versions of the 34x up to 1GHz (3640 on 45nm process instead of 65nm).
- jh
OMAP4 parts have been announced (from Wikipedia) that use the dual code ARM Cortex A9.
- jh
Earlier versions of the PowerVR GPU was used in the Sega Dreamcast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- jh
The SGX530 is capable of 14 MPolys/s so it'll be interesting to see what games are produced for the Pre. The iPhone 3GS specs state that they use a PowerVR SGX too although the specific model is not clear.
- jh
Here's a link to a tech demo of what is theoretically possible with the SGX. http://www.iphonealley.com/things-...
- jh
mjg's notes on the Pre http://www.advogato.org/person...
- jh
Added the ipkg feed via the predev wiki http://predev.wikidot.com/adding-... Enabled ssh by installing dropbear. Set ssh to be niced to 5 (ssh is not a priority process)
- jh
Added .ssh/authorized_keys to Pre. It's better than using passwords... Will edit wiki to reflect this at some point.
- jh
Leaving ssh only accessible via wifi.
- jh
Turning off developer mode (recommended) since a) ssh is installed and b) developer mode leaves all ports open.
- jh
After going through the process of adding the optware feed, /opt shows 8.2MB used.
- jh
Next, enable the showing the call duration by following the instructions here http://predev.wikidot.com/hidden-...
- jh
Turn on cpu scaling. WARNING: this may damage your Pre. YMMV. http://friendfeed.com/jauderh...
- jh
Issuing the reboot command at the command line seems to work as expected.
- jh
Make it easier to enable dev mode http://predev.wikidot.com/unhide-...
- jh
Was just digging around inside the Pre and noticed that the naming convention for the Pandora app is off. It says com.palm.pandora which implies that it's a Palm developed app...
- jh
I do not like the minuscule button in the top left. Someone has mentioned using a gesture to flip the card over to set preferences. That would be brilliant.
- jh
Erk. It seems that turning on CPU scaling makes the Pre a lot more aggressive about powering down (makes sense). However, this includes powering down the wifi which means ssh sessions will just hang... YMMV.
- jh
Was yours free?
- Kevin Hatton
Wow that's what i call geeking out!
- Kevin Hatton
No, my Pre was not free. I have a whole other thread here. http://bit.ly/iIWnP
- jh
Alrighty, taking a closer look at Bluetooth now.
- jh
There's BluetoothMonitor, PmBtStart, PmBtStack and PmBtEngine. It does not look like bluez is being used.
- jh
straced PmBtStack while powering up a BT keyboard with no effect so it looks like a) the supported profiles are hardcoded in (or I have not been able to find where they are) and b) hacking additional profile support in may not be possible.
- jh
There looks like there is a Bluetooth sniffer at /usr/bin/palmsniffer which turns out to be a shell script.
- jh
Bluetooth output appears to be bound to a port which then you can telnet to. Port number seems to be hardcoded to 16888.
- jh
telnet to port 16888 will start the log and telnet to port 16889 will stop the log. Ends up generating a binary file. Running strings on it does show my BT headset connecting...
- jh
FWIW, also bought some usb cables and car charger from monoprice.com. Cheapest option that I could find. 2 cables and 1 charger for less than $10.
- jh
Set the brightness to 0 instead of 10. It's not much but another way to save some battery life. http://predev.wikidot.com/brightn...
- jh
Back to Bluetooth, running hexdump and strings on the output did not show anything too interesting. Unfortunately, I do not have the BT keyboard with me any longer. Maybe I should try the Wiimote.
- jh
A list of Bluetooth profiles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- jh
Once again, current supported Bluetooth profiles by the Pre (as of 1.0.3): PAN, A2DP, HFP/HSP, PBAP, AVRCP. Let Palm know if you want different profiles such as HID, OPP and SPP.
- jh
Crossing fingers and updating fairly heavily hacked system to 1.0.4.
- jh
It is possible to use scp to copy files across wifi to the Pre. However, this drops the file by default into /var/home/<user> instead of the larger /media/internal partition.
- jh
Out of curiosity, I tried playing the HaveFun.mp4 while watching top. It seems to consume about 12% CPU on average (cpu scaling turned on) so there's plenty of horsepower left.
- jh
Open Card Information: Orange + Sym + i. You will see information about the open card, including how many images the app is using, how many DOM nodes, Render nodes, and Render layers it's calling. Potentially useful to web developers learning how to program for the webOS. (From precentral.net)
- jh
Are tcpdump and hcidump available on the Pre, out of interest?
- Tyson Key
From what I can see, tcpdump and bluez-hcidump are available from the Optware ipkg feed (i.e. not installed by default but available). Note that the BT stack does not appear to be Bluez.
- jh
Hmm, has anyone ran NMAP against a Pre whilst it's associated with a Wi-Fi LAN?
- Tyson Key
I'll be surprised if anyone manages to gets parts of the OpenMoko userland/UI layer working on it, just for the sake of it...
- Tyson Key
From my other thread (http://bit.ly/iIWnP), nmap over wifi shows only port 113 closed. This is pre-rooting and hacking. I now have ssh open over wifi.
- jh
I would not be surprised if parts of OpenMoko work at some point especially given people already getting NES and PSX up and running on the Pre already. It is not inconceivable that some enterprising chap with the right libs and wrappers could potentially get iPhone apps on the Pre given the similarity between the hardware of the phones.
- jh
Coyote Point:
Taken with the Pre. Filed as: 20090626_181358_0009 - http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post...
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Coyote Point: Taken with the Pre. Filed as: 20090626_181358_0009
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Social networks: Primates on Facebook - http://www.economist.com/science...
"Thus an average man—one with 120 friends—generally responds to the postings of only seven of those friends by leaving comments on the posting individual’s photos, status messages or “wall”. An average woman is slightly more sociable, responding to ten. When it comes to two-way communication such as e-mails or chats, the average man interacts with only four people and the average woman with six. Among those Facebook users with 500 friends, these numbers are somewhat higher, but not hugely so. Men leave comments for 17 friends, women for 26. Men communicate with ten, women with 16."
- jh
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It's back to the old idea of a MonkeySphere!
- Eric Florenzano
Links for 2009-07-01 [del.icio.us] - http://tumblelog.jauderho.com/post...
Links for 2009-07-01 [del.icio.us]: A Guide to Caching and Compression for High Performance Web Applications
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Know Who’s Calling: Tactile Design - http://www.azarask.in/blog...
"I keep my phone in my pocket. This has the (un)fortunate side effect of putting the entire internet in my pants. When I get a call, I have to do a little dance to slip the phone out of my pocket and in to my hand. I’m one of those people who thinks its rude to answer the phone in the middle of a conversation. It’s worse when it’s during dinner. It’s even border-line rude to just check the phone to see whose calling before slipping it away. I want to know whose calling before I go pocket diving."
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Now that the @Palm #Pre is out, what are the must have apps that you would like to see?
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I, for one, want eReader.
- jh
Video and Voice Recording would make me quite happy.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Tried shortcovers today. It's slow and buggy but dealing with it for now by reading the free book of the week. The last page of every chapter is not displayed for some reason.
- jh
Video and Voice recording +1. I need Yahoo IM for work. FriendFeed client, basic flashlight app, and something that just records and can export your GPS location.
- Ken Sheppardson
Video Recording. Qik/Ustream streaming. Facebook added for IM. Google Voice client.
- Rodfather
A Pre that works. :( So sad. :(
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Voice recording, expense tracker, project/time tracker, separate contact file for my work contacts not in my gmail, fb, or other personal sources. The ability to upload photos to twitter via tweed.
- Chuck
A proper streaming audio player for podcasts, video recording, and Google Voice app.
- EricG
@EricG--right about that audio player. Hate not being able to ff or reverse.
- Chuck
I'm not sure if fastfwd/rewind works when streaming through the browser. Holding down the fwd/rew buttons on the music player does work though.
- Rodfather
You're right. A single tap moves to the next file, holding down the buttons does ff or rew. I just figured it out. Thanks. I'd still like a sliding bar though.
- Chuck
Google Latitude support, Remember the Milk, Friendfeed client, Skype, better contact management, visual voicemail
- jcunwired
I just got one yesterday. Definitely in need of apps. RTM, FF, Google Voice app (with GizmoProject), KeePass would be great. I actually like the contact management. If you remember to query rather than browse, it's great. More IM support, where is MSN/Live? Finally a couple of innovative games, please!
- Antonio Yon
Antonio, I like contact management too, its very intuitive and requires almost no work. My only complaint is that once synced with Facebook you have no control - all contacts must remain on the Pre. Considering 75% of my Facebook contacts will never be contacted I would prefer to remove them.
- jcunwired
I use RoboForm, which supports Palm OS. I would add this to my list for WebOS.
- jcunwired
I also want a photo editing app.
- jh
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