Ubuntu 11.10 with RAID not booting after installing mdadm? read on…

Well after monkeying about with a busted 11.10 installation (call it a learning curve with Linux); I decided to reinstall the OS from fresh. I have 4x2TB drives utilising Ubuntu’s FakeRAID (software RAID), along with a 500Gb OS drive (the target for my refresh).

TL;DR – solution to this problem is at bottom of this post;

Pistols at the ready…

Brilliant…

Pragmatic Responsive Web Design

Following on from my last post; i’ve been doing some spleunking into ‘responsive design’ – the latest buzz term circling the web design / development camp. I’ve stumbled across a rather insightful slideshare presentation from Brian and Stephanie Rieger; they worked on browser.nokia.com at Breaking Development conference. For that project, they invented a new way to combine client side information with device detection. It’s a really interesting approach and certainly worth assimilating!

Foundation: Rapid prototyping framework

First off; I know it’s been a looong time since I last posted an update; suffice to say i’ve had a lot of things on in my life that have kept me preoccupied… but enough of my whining; i’m here to talk about a promising new framework I stumbled across called Foundation; its from the guys at Zurb who made the lovely CSS3 buttons that I utilise a lot (with my own modifications of course! will be blogging the changes shortly).

Teaser Trailer – Transformers: The Dark of the Moon

Here’s the teaser trailer for the new Transformers movie : Dark of the Moon

Now i’m going to go out on a limb here; but I think that Transformer on the ship is Alpha Trion…?

been a while…

I’ve been not updating this blog (at all if i’m honest!)… this is primarily due to me shifting jobs and getting reoriented to their processes and systems. Now i’m back on the ball you’ll see frequent updates…

Bomski

Samsung Galaxy S – FTW!

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Sat on my couch messing with my new Samsung Galaxy S… I have to say i’m blown away by it… So simple to use, very intuitive…

F1 2010 – OMFG!

Am sat on my couch, and my jaw is literally on the floor… Just seen a promo vid forĀ  Codemaster’s f1 2010 and i cannot believe just how realistic this game has got.

Dead Space 2 – rubber pants required*

My girlfriend will be testament to this; i’m a sissy… I’ve been mustering up the courage to complete Dead Space on the PS3 for a while, but i can only play it in sporadic bursts (a. because i’m traumatised far too easily and b). 5.1 and Dead Space easily scares the crap outta me!). As i’m nearing the end of my psychosis from this game, joy-of-joys – there’s Dead Space 2!

Orange Wednesday Recommendation: Salt

Sorry for not posting last week; my life got turned upside-down briefly! I’m back with this weeks Orange Wednesday recommendation: Salt…