Install Player/Stage in Ubuntu 9.10

Download software

• Download Player 3.0.1
• Download Stage 3.2.2
• Run sudo aptitude install gnome-core-devel build-essential
• Run sudo apt-get install gsl-bin libgsl0-dev cmake libfltk1.1-dev libglu1-mesa-dev

Install Player

• unzip player
• inside player directory mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make
• sudo make install

Install Stage

• unzip stage
• inside stage directory mkdir build
• cd build
• cmake ..
• make
• sudo make install

Export directories

• edit your ~/.bashrc file by adding the following lines

1. export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/share/player/bin"
2. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
3. export STAGEPATH=/usr/local/lib
4. export PLAYERPATH=/usr/local/lib

• run "source ~/.bashrc" to reload the shell

Test

• run "stage simple.world" from command line

of Immigration to America

So, I'm teaching a family history class at church and have been doing some of my own family history work. it is really really cool and interesting. I've been researching a family (my grampa's grampa's dad and mom, William and Jensine Nielsen) that came from Denmark on the "Monarch of the Sea" arriving in New York on June 3, 1864. They came with their two boys and baby girl (Jorgen C, Iver, and Ane) they crossed the planes in the Issac A. Canfield company in 1864. Unfortunately on the trail baby Ane Sophie died. It has been interesting and educational to consider the circumstances and sacrifices of those earlier pioneers, my guess is that these two were the first ones on this line to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ, become converted, and make the transition to America. I am grateful to them!

Family History is so cool, now I just have to figure out how to find marriage info in Denmark!

Ah, the freedom of self employment

Boy does it feel good to know that every time you work a little extra, it comes back to you. Its a lot of work getting this thing off the ground but we have some really good folks that we are working with. I left the lab with my good friend and colleague David Bruemmer. Our company is 5D Robotics, Inc. We create software that makes robots more useful.

Right now we are in process of writing a bunch of proposals, it has been educational, I see where we should take more of a leadership for the next round and I see better how the whole process goes.

Late nights, early mornings, work throughout most of the day, what a joy it is! I haven't felt this alive since...yesterday!

...as a side note, no one said its not work, its just work worth doing!

BYU Beats Oklahoma!

GO BYU!!!!

We beat Oklahoma 14-13!!!!! Thank you ESPN-360!

YEAH!!!

Let me see if I understand

We're going to pass a Health Care Plan

written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it,

passed by a Congres that has not read it but exempts themselves from it,

signed by a president that also has not read it and who smokes,

with funding administered by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes,

and financed by a country that's nearly broke.

Sounds like a great plan...

tech stuff

So this is a week of firsts,

I became an owner of my first company.
I bought my first cell phone.
I bought my first computer.

I wonder what next week will bring!

LDS scriptures on blackberry

A gagillion articles on this, but after much time, I finally found a free link to the LDS scriptures

Step 1: install mobipocket ( m.mobipocket.com)
Step 2: install scriptures (http://ldspocket.com/freeebook/LDSScriptBB.zip)


This website also provides information: http://addtofaith.com/p/blackberry-scriptures/