Author Archives: chris

Fiberglassing a Rocket

Posted on February 21, 2012 by chris

Back in April 2011 myself and a friend bought a Forte Rocket kit from Apogee Rockets to complete my level one and two NAR certification flight. The kit used standard cardboard tubing and through wall fins. After spending the time … Continue reading →

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Getting the Parts For My New RepRap Prusa

Posted on January 19, 2012 by chris

Here’s a list of all the parts for my Prusa Mendel RepRap where I bought them and their costs. $95Stepper Motors x 5 http://www.alltronics.com/ I got the Nema 17 2A bipolar 4 wire connection stepper motor. Any bipolar 4, 6, … Continue reading →

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Linux Starace Dark Theme Completed

Posted on December 22, 2011 by chris

Here’s a video of my finished Linux Starace Theme. If you have any comments about the setup or anything else linux leave a comment below.

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AE499

Posted on October 24, 2011 by chris

I’m in a quadrotor independent study class which will culminate into my first professional publication. More delineation later!

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Change Login Sound Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora – GNOME

Posted on August 24, 2011 by chris

If you ever feel like changing your login sound it’s a piece of cake. Go to Preferences -> Startup Applications. Look for an application called “GNOME Login Sound” and click edit. Delete the previous command and use vlc running in … Continue reading →

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How to Import a Large CSV file to MySQL

Posted on August 11, 2011 by chris

I recently had to import a large csv file into mysql. Here’s how I did it. Also be sure that you have an ssh account/access to the terminal on the computer with the sql server. 1. Create the table you … Continue reading →

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Step By Step How to get Hibernate Working for Linux (Ubuntu 11.04, Mint 11)

Posted on July 26, 2011 by chris

What Hibernation Is and Does Hibernation takes all the data in your ram and stores it on your hard drive and then powers down the computer. The data is stored in a special type of partition called a swap partition … Continue reading →

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How I got Suspend and Hibernate working in Linux (Ubuntu 11.04, Mint 11)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by chris

Suspend and hibernate have always been screwed up with Linux. Luckily if you absolutely need this feature there is hope. I got mine working after scouring google. In this tutorial I will share with you what I learned, and how … Continue reading →

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Linux is so Customizable — GL Matrix Cyan Color Screen Saver Mod

Posted on July 16, 2011 by chris

I have always liked the Matrix screen saver that is packaged with most linux distributions. However I have a blue backlight keyboard and when the green martix screensaver came on it really clashed with the keyboard. If only there was … Continue reading →

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How to set up an SSD on Linux

Posted on July 15, 2011 by chris

I recently bought an awesome new ASUS G53SW and to go along with it I purchased a 128 Gb Plextor SATA III SSD. I wanted to use the SSD for the Mint Linux OS. It seems that there are a … Continue reading →

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