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1. Download the Android SDK. You'll also need to launch the manager ("android" in the tools folder) and download the platform-tools package, which contains adb.
2. I don't know if it's necessary or not, but this page has some instructions on restarting the adb server to be able to use it as a regular user. Note that the commands should action be "./adb kill-server" and "./adb start-server"
3. This post has some instructions on pushing and running the psneuter exploit. I grabbed psneuter out of the SuperOneClick package. Note that the instructions for remounting the filesystem differ from the Optimus-specific instructions I found, so I only link this page for the psneuter instruction.
4. The most comprehensive post I found specific to the LG Optimus V was here. It's basically a copy of a post from AndroidCentral, but you don't have to register to use the links. There's also a zip file attached to this page containing the "su" and "busybox" files you'll need to push. Use steps four and five from this post.

Using these instructions, you should be able to successfully get permanent root access to your Optimus V in Ubuntu Linux.

(Note that there's always a change you'll brick your phone by doing something stupid, so using any of the instructions posted or linked to in this post are completely at your own risk.)]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=146#comments 2011-06-12 15:54:09 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=145 Scene Magazine came out with their annual issue of best things to do in town, I clipped out some of the ones I wanted to try. I didn't get to many last year, and I'm tired of having a bundle of newspaper clippings paperclipped together in my drawer, so I decided to post them here and cross them out when I'm do them.

• Melt Bar & Grilled
• Tommys
• The Vegiterranean
• Shticks Vegetarian Kitchen
• Flaming Ice Cube
• Happy Dog
• Mitchell's (Ice Cream Parlor)
• West Side Market
• Crocker Park
• The Towpath Trail
• Terminal Tower Observation Deck
• Backstage Tours of Playhouse Square

]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=145#comments 2011-02-19 20:46:38 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=144 Twidge could grab my list of followed people, select a number of random names, and then tweet out the result. I came up with this (all one line):

twidge lsfollowing | shuf -n 6 | while read line; do echo -n " @$line"; done | cat <(echo -n "Random #FF:") /dev/stdin | twidge update

It could use some improvements, but it should do what I need it to. I threw it into a batch file and pointed crontab at it to run it automatically each Friday morning.]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=144#comments 2010-10-16 16:20:21 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=143 Foxconn R20-S4 as my home server, which is also my MythTV backend. I've been slowly upgrading my network components to Gigabit, and found a deal on a NIC from Meritline with the necessary short bracket. I'm running Ubuntu server on the box, and I had to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file to add the new interface. I switched my router's DHCP settings to use the new interface, and everything seemed to be working fine -- until our PS3 couldn't find the MythTV UPnP server. The MythTV wiki had the fix, which was to add a route to the new interface (route add -net 239.0.0.0/8 eth1).]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=143#comments 2010-04-28 20:58:10 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=142 States Visited Map to use a database on the backend, so I can finally easily show a count of the states I've visited, as well as split out where Heather and I have been, or show them together, color-coded. I'm at 27 including DC... only 24 to go!]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=142#comments 2010-04-11 18:49:15 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=141
]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=141#comments 2008-09-04 00:30:11 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=140 Bricklink. I had to name it, so I thought Bricktastic! (yes, with the exclamation point) was as good as any. Anywho, if you see something you like and we're friends, let me know and I'll probably cut you some kind of deal.]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=140#comments 2008-08-07 00:57:28 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=139

• I bought nothing from the last Woot-off.
• Last year we bought a few bags of Legos from garage sales, and didn't put them together until a couple of months ago. They were actually almost-complete sets, including a Sith Infiltrator with Darth Maul minifig. I had forgotten how neat Legos can be, and the Star Wars sets are a lot of fun. (Batman sets are fun, too)
• I picked up a fisheye lens off of Craigslist for my D70 (and D1X). It's fun.
  
• Heather and I just finished six weeks of weekly ballroom dance lessons. They were pretty fun, but I don't know how much I'll remember when we're actually dancing. Oh, and no, we don't watch Dancing with the Stars.
• I'm trying to clean up the media room. Really, I am.
• I finally ordered a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router to hack around with. Hopefully I'll get it all set up soon and save some on some electricity costs since I won't have to have my 350MHz IPCop box powered up anymore.
• I'm almost finished with the guitar speaker cabinet my Dad and I built. I have it stained and varnished, and the the speakers are installed. I just need to find a suitable plate to mount the jacks so I can wire it up, and then I'll probably add a grill to the front to cover up the not-quite-round holes I cut for the speakers...
• I'm planning on seeing The Clone Wars movie in the theater... maybe the Saturday morning matinée on 8/15? Anyone want to come? Anyone?

I can't think of anything else right now, and I'm kind of tired of looking up links. So long, friends.]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=139#comments 2008-08-01 19:36:24 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=138
I had a DVD of a previous version of Ubuntu, but the install booted to a blank screen due to video driver issues. Happily, the latest version booted with no problem. I had to connect to the network using the ethernet port because the wireless didn't work off the bat, but as soon as I ran an update it started working. Ubuntu also alerted me that there was a proprietary video card driver available for my ATI X1400, and I just had to click to install it. Sound drivers and the front panel buttons were automatically detected.

So far, I've had a great experience with the install and use of Hardy Heron, and hopefully I'll get a good year or so of use out of it.]]> http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=138#comments 2008-07-02 00:55:24 EST http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=137 http://www.djmjr.com/post.php?post=137#comments 2008-06-28 18:57:36 EST