Keith Kim’s Blog

Try Google Chrome OS

Posted by Keith under Unix/Linux

Download VMWare or VirtualBox image from this site – it requires to create an account:

http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/

Or use this torrent for VMWare image:

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/5170843/chromeos-image-999.999.32309.211410-a1.vmdk.bz2.5170843.TPB.torrent

For Windows Torrent client, I use this client: http://www.utorrent.com/

The surprising science of motivation: Dan Pink on TED.com

Posted by Keith under Management

Amazing.  All managers should watch this and think about it.  What really motivates people?

http://blog.ted.com/2009/08/the_surprising.php

Ubuntu: turn off - show window contents when moving and resizing

Posted by Keith under Unix/Linux

$ gconf-editor

apps > metacity > general > reduced_resources –> check off

Google Go language - install and run

Posted by Keith under Golang

It’s too bad that it currently only supports Linux and OSX.  (I use Windows and Sparc Solaris.)  I think it’ll eventually support other platforms, but for now, it’s just Linux and OSX.

Platform

I’ve installed Ubuntu 9.10 on VMWare, assigning 40GB HDD and 1GB RAM.  Ubuntu 9.10 is much faster than previous version.

Compile and Install

First, installing Go.  Create ~/bin/ directory and add that to PATH.  Then follow the instruction on http://golang.org/doc/install.html I didn’t have any issue at all.

Code Editor

After compiling Go lang, in $GOROOT directory, there are documents, samples, and syntax highlighting files for a few editors.  I use VIM, and installed $GOROOT/misc/vim/go.vim file.  Copy this file into ~/.vim/ directory.  And edit ~/.vimrc file:

let mysyntaxfile = “/home/MY_USER/.vim/go.vim”
syntax on
set nu
set ai
set tabstop=4
set ruler
set laststatus=2
set showmode
set expandtab
let loaded_matchparen=1

(First two lines are for go lang.)

Documents, Tutorials, Sample code

In $GOROOT/doc, the documents — tutorial, document on Go memory, specification, FAQ, Go Course (day1-3) PDFs, effective go, and sample code are all there.  No need to download from the site separately.

… More on Go lang later.

Google’s Go lang vs. “Brand X” language

Posted by Keith under Golang

I just found this very interesting blog posting — comparison of Google’s Go language and this “Brand X”.

http://www.cowlark.com/2009-11-15-go/