Best Science and Technical Geek Podcast

Here is a quick list of the very best podcast available for the scientist and technical geek:

Real News
Channel Dvorak - All Dvorak All the Time
Technology
Buzz Out Loud
Mobile Tech Moment
Mobility Today
Science
This Week in Science
NPR: Science Friday Podcast
Science Magazine Podcast
Linux
Linux Outlaws

Installing Google Earth in Ubuntu 9.04 with fix for libcrypto.so.0.9.8 error

I recently installed Google Earth in Ubuntu 9.04 from an online guide:
$ sudo apt-get install googleearth-package
$ make-googleearth-package --force
$ sudo dpkg -i googleearth*.deb
But unfortunately I ran into this error:
$ googleearth
/usr/lib/googleearth/googleearth-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/googleearth/libssl.so.0.9.8: undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc
After some digging around I discovered some cryptic instructions to renaming libcrypto to fix the error. The following worked for me:
$ cd /usr/lib/googleearth
$ sudo cp libcrypto.so.0.9.8.removed-by-installer libcrypto.so.0.9.8

Its been awhile...

I've not posted here for some time. Lately I have been comparing Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04. I will create some content related to my setup to Ubuntu, bug fixes, etc. Expect more soon!

Esprit de l’escalier

ThursdayThirteen recently posted this fantastic list of unusual words. Reposted here for my friends to enjoy!

These words do not have direct equivalents in English. Some of them would definitely be useful for us English-speakers, what do you think?

1. Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods

2. Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time

3. Taarradhin (Arabic): a way of resolving a problem without anyone losing face (not the same as our concept of a compromise - everyone wins)

4. Litost (Czech): a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery

5. Esprit de l’escalier (French): a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs…

6. Meraki (Greek): doing something with soul, creativity, or love

7. Yoko meshi (Japanese): literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language:

8. Duende (Spanish): a climactic show of spirit in a performance or work of art, which might be fulfilled in flamenco dancing, or bull-fighting, etc.

9. Guanxi (Mandarin): in traditional Chinese society, you would build up good guanxi by giving gifts to people, taking them to dinner, or doing them a favour, but you can also use up your gianxi by asking for a favour to be repaid.

10. Pochemuchka (Russian): a person who asks a lot of questions

11. Tingo (Pascuense language of Easter Island): to borrow objects one by one from a neighbour’s house until there is nothing left

12. Radioukacz (Polish): a person who worked as a telegraphist for the resistance movements on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain

13. Selathirupavar (Tamil): a word used to define a certain type of absence without official leave in face of duty

Still trying to fix Blogger

The problem is with the wysiwyg editor and some odd interaction between java and iceweasel (the standard port of firefox on Debian.)
I have confirmed the bug in Konqueror also.
Thus far, Firefox for linux, 2.0.0.12 appears to be working.

Multnomah Falls

Classic view of the falls today.

Portland Zoo

Recent bird photograph from the zoo in Portland Oregon.

Submission to DPOTD: Konversation

My entry for Konversation was recently published in Debian Package of the Day. Enjoy!