Find your NTFS partition:

sudo fdisk  -l

/dev/sda1   *           1       25496   204796588+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Add to your FSTAB:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/win ntfs dmask=0222,fmask=0333 0 0

Tags: ntfs, ubuntu

My Nephew Carter won some sort of modelling contest.  I agree, he is cute, but I wonder how much mom’s popularity had to do with it?

Details here:

http://www.gigglesandcoosdeland.com/Fall%20Winter%202008%20Winners.htm

Tags: carter

Adversity sometimes comes from unexpected places.   I think when you are pushing forward on an original, unique, and novel concept, there is a tendency for those around you to question it, and in fact I believe that is a significant part of what turns novel concepts into works of art.

I’ve grown a pretty thick skin when it comes to receiving criticism, and I’ve long since learned to take criticism and turn it into new features for products.  If nobody tells you your product is bad, what motivation is there to make it better?

Today, however, I was unexpectedly taken aback.  I’ve been sharing the progress of MyDashboard.Me with a lot of friends, and they have been enthusiastic, encouraging, and of course critical. Indeed, many times came along offers to assist me, whether it be through introductions to potential investors or even complete QA passes across my prototypes.

So, today I told a friend that I thought my product idea was ready for sharing with investors, and I’d like to take him up on his offer to meet some of his V.C. friends.  Imagine my surprise when his response was that he wanted to wait to use his contacts when he needed them.  Tomorrow I’m going to drop the book “Never eat alone” by Keith Ferrazzi on his desk, and he’s moved from my “friend” to “colleague” category.  Maybe I’ll mumble something about abundance vs. scarcity mentalities.

Of course I’m going to continue my trek, and push forward, and one day I’ll thank him, because it is adversity just like that which really kicks me in the ass with the “I’ll show them!” attitude

Tags: adversity, friends, friendship, mydashboard.me, never eat alone

A couple weeks ago, I launched a service called MyDashboard.Me.  At first, it seems like just another Yet Another Social Aggregator, but I believe I have some compelling, powerful features coming that will offer a competitive edge over other social aggregators…  In fact, I was hesitant to release it in an early phase because I was afraid of it getting lost in the noise.  However, I actually am using it, and I like to follow the tenet of open-source : Release early, release often.  One catch however… It’s not open-source, but that may change.

Currently, it supports simple feed aggregation of Flickr, Last.FM, Twitter, Digg, and RSS Feeds.  It’s very basic ATM, but it works, it’s extremely stable, so if you want an easy dashboard of what your friends are up to, feel free to try it out.

Stay tuned for those features that I think could become a FriendFeed killer

Tags: digg, flickr, friend feed, friends, last.fm, lifestream, lifestreaming, social aggregator, social networking, twitter