Android: Great for Tech-savvy people, not so great for your grandma...

Here's the Lifehacker review of the G1, which is coming out soon!
http://lifehacker.com/5064117/a-hands+on-first-look-at-google-android

I'm actually quite impressed. Developing for Android is a breeze, and the G1 actually looks already quite polished. I like it. Plus, T-Mobile is the only service these days that isn't AT&T or Verizon, which are Internet Fascists, who I refuse to support.

Linux Wireless made easy

For years I struggled with Linux wireless. Now, I struggle no longer.

Following these steps will get almost any wireless card working on Ubuntu. It does NOT require a working internet connection.

1. Insert your ubuntu cd. In it, navigate to pool:main:n:ndiswrapper.

2. Install ndiswrapper-common, and ndiswrapper-utils.

3. Go back up to pool/main/n, and go to ndisgtk.

4. Install ndisgtk.

5. run:
sudo aptitude remove b43-fwcutter

6. Insert your wireless card's CDrom. Go to the drivers section. You should see a bunch of sys files, and an .inf file.

7. Copy these somewhere in your home directory.

8. Go to System:Administration:Windows Wireless Drivers. Select the .inf file you copied, and install the driver. It should successfully install.

9. Run:
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/wirelessfix.sh

and in that file put:
#!/bin/bash

modprobe -r b44
modprobe -r b43
modprobe -r b43legacy
modprobe -r ssb
modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe ndiswrapper
modprobe b44

Save it, and run:
cd /etc/init.d/ && sudo chmod 755 wirelessfix.sh

Finally, execute:
sudo update-rc.d wirelessfix.sh defaults


Reboot, and you'll have working wireless.