eBooks for Christmas ?

For them offline days of Christmas - Packt publishing is having a sale:

http://bit.ly/1jdCr2W #Packt$5 #ebookbonanza.

Java EE 7 Developer Handbook review

I especially enjoyed reading the book because of it having very balanced views on several topics. There are references and digressions to tools and practices not necessarily encompassed in EE7, but none the less important in a real-world project. As other reviewers state - this book is not for those seeking an introduction to EE, but rather those who are mostly familiar with the conecepts, and want to to update or brush up their skills. However, I also decided to skip a few sections that i deemed too basic and I recon most experienced prorgammers will.

So in total, I think this is a book worth reading.

PANSTARRS etc

Bilde tatt mot NV litt vest for Gaustadtoppen 30.03.13 ca kl 22. Øverst til høyre er Andromeda-galaksen, under der en kometen PANSTARRS.

Bildet er tatt med et Canon 60D og 50mm f/1.4 objektiv uten guiding.

VirtualBox magic

Running a local (on hard drive) installation of Debian Linux through VirtualBox on local Windows, using vmdk raw access .. surreal !

VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk
 -filename C:\temp\sda3.vmdk -rawdisk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 -partitions 3

Canon EOS Utility and Windows 7 Enterprise N

I have spent several hours trying to get my new laptop talking to my Canon EOS 60D, to use remote shooting and image transfer wia the EOS Utility.

A lot of threads on various forums suggests several fixes, but none of them applied to my problem.

In my case, the issue was related to my "Enterprise N" version of Windows 7. This version does not include a PTP driver, which has to be installed separately. Canon does not mention this on their support site, instead claiming that the driver is bundled with Windows 7.

To fix this, I had to install "Windows Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N and for Windows 7 KN".

That solved my problem.

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968211

M42 test drive

M42 (Orion Nebula) - and M43 (De Mairan's Nebula)

HTC Sensation keeps crashing

Recently, my Sensation has begun rebooting at random.

It might be correlated with the ICS upgrade, but not a direct consequence. It also crashes more often on less-than-full battery, and never when charging.

I just got a new battery, and now the phone is as stable as ever.

Hence - it seems to be a power drain issue. Mystery solved :)