ANDREW PENG http://andrewpeng.net Now with 100% more IPv6! http://ipv6.andrewpeng.net Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:01:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Disable the camera shutter sound in the Google Nexus S 4G http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2012/01/311444-disable-the-camera-shutter-sound-in-the-google-nexus-s-4g.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2012/01/311444-disable-the-camera-shutter-sound-in-the-google-nexus-s-4g.html#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:05:10 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1444 Just wrote up a short how-to on how to disable the camera shutter sound in the Google Nexus S 4G – this requires superuser / root but otherwise is a 5 minute procedure.

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2012/01/311444-disable-the-camera-shutter-sound-in-the-google-nexus-s-4g.html/feed 0 Nice view up there http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/11/151378-nice-view-up-there.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/11/151378-nice-view-up-there.html#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:37:23 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1378 Update: Edited the embed because the original video was removed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2ZGND1I9Q

 

When commercial space tourism becomes attainable (but not necessarily affordable), I’m going to have to see this for myself.

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/11/151378-nice-view-up-there.html/feed 0 Imperial March http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/291367-imperial-march.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/291367-imperial-march.html#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:49:10 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1367

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHJOz_y9rZE

 

I thought it was appropriate.

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/291367-imperial-march.html/feed 0 If you put an airplane on a treadmill… http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161353-if-you-put-an-airplane-on-a-treadmill.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161353-if-you-put-an-airplane-on-a-treadmill.html#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:36:42 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1353 Estimate the mass of an Airbus A320 at about 170,000lb, start the accelerometer based dyno tool on the iPod touch, and wait for takeoff!

For the record, the estimation based on a 170000lb aircraft was 28596 hp

60′: 4.71 sec@18.5 MPH

1/8 mi: 13.89 sec@ 66.5 MPH

1/4 mi: 19.40 sec@94.2 MPH

A rather poor 1/4 mile time that most modern passenger sedans can outrun but keep in mind that while Mom’s Ford will stop accelerating at around 100MPH, this Airbus will continue accelerating until well past 500MPH.

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161353-if-you-put-an-airplane-on-a-treadmill.html/feed 0 On HP Touchpad’s usefulness http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161356-on-hp-touchpads-usefulness.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161356-on-hp-touchpads-usefulness.html#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:26:08 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1356 I recently picked up an HP Touchpad at the firesale price of $150 for a 32gig model. This is by far the nerdiest thing I could do with it.

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/09/161356-on-hp-touchpads-usefulness.html/feed 0 Linux Network Interface Channel Bonding and DHCP http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/08/031345-linux-network-interface-channel-bonding-and-dhcp.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/08/031345-linux-network-interface-channel-bonding-and-dhcp.html#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:40:06 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1345 While configuring a few servers I noticed some strange behavior with mode 4 channel bonding (LACP / 802.3ad) and DHCP. You might get the following error message, no matter what you do:

Determining IP information for bond0… failed; no link present. Check cable?

The problem appears to exist in how the interface responds to link status on LACP / 802.3ad ports. The computer is trying to send DHCP packets when the interface itself isn’t ready, causing Linux to think the interface isn’t configured or has no network cable plugged in. This appears to only happen when you use mode 4 channel bonding. Mode 6 works fine. The (band-aid) solution appears to be to trick the system into thinking the interface is already configured. This enables Linux to continue sending DHCP packets until the interface is configured and negotiated successfully with 802.3ad, at which point everything works as planned. Simply insert this at the end of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 - I should note this particular example is for CentOS and RHEL so I haven’t confirmed if this workaround works for Debian based distributions.

check_link_down () { return 1; }

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/08/031345-linux-network-interface-channel-bonding-and-dhcp.html/feed 0 2^128 is a really big number http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/08/021340-2128-is-a-really-big-number.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/08/021340-2128-is-a-really-big-number.html#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:04:15 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1340

~ $ dig andrewpeng.net aaaa +short
2607:f298:1:104::a53:ecdd

~ $

What the hell is that? It’s my shiny new IPv6 address! Dreamhost makes it stupid easy to assign a IPv6 address to your account; just log into your panel, click on your domain, then just click Add IP Address and that’s it.

I also added an AAAA record for ipv6.andrewpeng.net to make sure to make the distinction for the IPv6 only subdomain, similar to ipv6.google.com and such. If you have IPv6 connectivity, go ahead and give it a try!

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pengc99@zeus:~$ sudo fsck.ext4 -fvy -C 0 /dev/mapper/MASS_STORAGE-STORAGE_LV
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

342541 inodes used (0.19%)
1892 non-contiguous files (0.6%)
178 non-contiguous directories (0.1%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 57159/9867/16
333728343 blocks used (91.11%)
0 bad blocks
57 large files

321274 regular files
21258 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
0 symbolic links (0 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
——–
342532 files
pengc99@zeus:~$

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[Source: arockalypse on Reddit / Flickr]

]]> http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/07/121305-a-legacy-concluded.html/feed 0 Be nice to your servers http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/07/011294-be-nice-to-your-servers.html http://andrewpeng.net/posts/2011/07/011294-be-nice-to-your-servers.html#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:00:16 +0000 andrew http://andrewpeng.net/?p=1294 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

Yelling at your servers can measurably negatively affect their performance. No joke. Make sure to treat your servers with respect, and keep it quiet in the datacenter!

Perhaps there is a “brown note” for disks (“rust note”?) – some harmonic that destroys their performance; although based on what we think is happening (disk heads being thrown off track), we think this has more to do with shock force than resonance. I’m sure there are disk vendor engineers out there who know all about this (Bryan links to a good reference in his blog entry).

[Source: Sun Microsystems Blog (now Oracle)]

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