Lets say you need to setup 5, 10, or maybe 1000s of gumstix with the same root fs. None of the stock images have what you need and many have many items you don’t need. You could of course, start with one of the minimal images (say gumstix-minimal-image) and then, once it is installed, use ipkg to install all the packages you need and in a final step pull the image back out of flash (I’m not sure how you would do that, or if the gumstix would even allow it. You could do it using one of the boot from SD/MMC/CF images, and then take the tree and turn it into a JFFS2 images once it was setup). Of course, when you need to update the image, you have to repeat the process of starting from a stock binary, installing everything (hope you kept good notes and that nothing changed) and pulling the image.

We found Stevie hiding under my AC unit on Monday, Nov. 3rd, 2008. He was paralyzed with fear. He was shaking and his eyes were dilated. He is de-clawed so we hoped his owner was nearby and he had just gotten outside by accident. After a visit to the vet to check for a chip (no luck) we walked around knocking on doors with no luck. We called all the local vets and shelters as well as posted on various internet lost pet systems. We even have stupid signs in front of my house.

Can’t pass a bill the first time? No problem. Nothing makes congressmen forget their principles like riders. Add an unrelated solar energy subsidy here (Sounds like something we should do in an energy bill.) a unrelated tax break there (I’m all for lower taxes, but doesn’t that belong in a tax bill?) and viola, most congress men and woman are completely blinded by the unrelated treats to notice that the bill they are passing tramples many if not all of their core beliefs (or at least what they claim are their core beliefs while campaigning).

The house of representatives have voted against the massive banker well-fair package. I’m proud to say that my representative, Democrat Nick Lampson, along with many many Texas Democrats and Republicans voted against this in accordance with their constituents wishes. If you are happy or mad, let them know! Thank your representative if they voted in accordance with your wishes. Tell them you are disappointed if they voted against your wishes.

Some in congress think we are just to dumb to understand. We need papa congress to protect us from ourselves. Does anyone else think that is fundamentally un-American? Does that make anyone else furious. 99.5% of people contacting both houses of congress are screaming not to do this bailout, yet congress is going to vote to give all the money to the bankers.