Bryce Kerley

Here’s how to run the Riak distributed database on a Samsung Chromebook.

1. Follow the Developer Mode instructions to enable developer mode.
2. Follow the Crouton instructions to get a Debian-like chroot. I used sudo sh -e ./crouton -t xfce to get something graphical but not huge like Gnome.
3. sudo apt-get install erlang git build-essential to get the dependencies.
4. Download the Riak source.
5. tar zxf riak-<TAB>
6. cd riak-<TAB>
7. make
8. make rel
9. cd rel/riak
10. ./bin/riak start

That’ll get Riak running locally. I literally just did this, so I have no idea how to get it visible to the world; that might come later.

Google’s “Hangouts” feature change this week broke it for Domain/Apps/Business accounts. Get your Google domain administrator to do this to get it back:

1. Go to http://google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN.EXAMPLE (make the appropriate substitution).
2. Log in.
3. Click the “Settings” tab.
4. In the left column, click” Talk” under the “Services” header.
5. Click the “Enable the new Hangouts” radio button in the “Hangouts” section.
   
6. Tick the “I have read and acknolwedge” check box.
7. Click the “Continue” button.

It would be nice if Google emailed domain administrators when new features become available and require administrators to configure them.

These thoughts are things that occurred to me during my travels home from Scottish Ruby Conference. They haven’t been checked for accuracy.

• So I noticed that Weird Twitter really picks up at about midnight in California. Is that when the Burger Kings that weird twitter work at all close?
• It sucks when you get on a plane after running your out-of-shape ass and a bunch of luggage through Heathrow and can’t get water right away.
• It doesn’t suck when airline and airport staff have procedures to get you to your flight even when your inbound connection is delayed an hour.
• In Time tries really really hard to be preachy but it’s still a watchable action movie.
• Curry shrimp is not my first choice for airplane food. It was tasty though.
• It’s weird as hell how much you miss your cat after a week.
• Shoulda set up ACE editor when I had an internet connection. Can’t build it without having pre-downloaded a bunch of stuff ‘cause it doesn’t look like I can just cat some files together by hand.
• The Rockwell Collins in-flight moving map could stand to be as good as the iPhone’s map interface from 2007. A higher resolution and the ability to show both
• this movie about bikes is cool
• well it was until main character skidded over a set of skid marks obviously from a previous take
• Sipping single-malt whisky while crossing the Atlantic is almost as cool as sipping it while hanging out with @tef and @ryanstenhouse.
• I wonder if my luggage is on board? The agents at LHR said it wasn’t, but who knows?
• Wine and cheese. Yes.
• Does Daniel Craig’s James Bond live in a world where no James Bond movies exist? Or where previous James Bonds didn’t exist? I bet he’d really like some kind of suitcase helicopter during the intro to Skyfall but those don’t exist in our world and obviously don’t exist in his.
• “This is 40” has one of the funnier pre-title-sequence openings I’ve seen this flight.
• This really could be “Thoughts from 40,000 feet” because I just noticed that on the Rockwell Collins in-flight moving map on the big screen for the cabin.
• Just “got” a joke about gout.
• Nothing like a well-timed fart joke.
• When did Judd Apatow become a good director? I’m thinking “Pineapple Express.”
• How the hell did this become such a romantic movie?
• Never mind.

LessConf 2013, the last LessConf event, was a few weeks ago. This is a few short things I’ve learned; more details in a future post.

• Everyone at the conference is cool. Don’t just talk to people you know. Talk to everybody.
• Is somebody standing alone and looking bored? Talk to them immediately!
• If you’re getting up from a table to get something for yourself, you’re getting stuff for the rest of the table too.
• Have cards. Have stickers. Using smartphones to move contact info around is still awful.
• Don’t be afraid to pop your shirt off.