I’ve thrown caution to the wind and going to spearhead an effort to get some great capistrano docs out there. Just in time to get ready for v2!

So far Jamis and topfunky are on board.

I present to you… Capify Wiki

(I’m pretty sure that these directions will also work for older versions of ubuntu.)

You need to install a program on your Treo 650 that will let it become a USB modem like:
Treo USBModem or PdaNet
If anyone knows of any free / open source software for the palm that will do the same thing let me know!

/etc/chatscripts/USBModem:

TIMEOUT 5
ABORT '\nBUSY\r'
ABORT '\nERROR\r'
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r'
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r'
ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\rRINGING\r'
'' \rATZ
TIMEOUT 12
OK ATD#777
TIMEOUT 22
CONNECT ""


/etc/ppp/peers/USBDialup:

noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/USBDialup"
defaultroute
usepeerdns
/dev/ttyACM0 115200
local
novj


You may notice that when you turn on the usbmodem software on the Treo and plug it in you may see something like this in dmesg:

[110049.340000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
[110049.508000] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[110049.512000] cdc_acm 3-1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device


That’s where you find out what tty port the USB modem will be communicating on: /dev/ttyACM0. And that’s the port used in /etc/ppp/peers/USBDialup.

The rest is easy…

pon USBDialup

And you’re gold! You can then tail -f /var/log/messages to ensure it’s connecting alright.

Two cool guys that I know have just started a new online store for developer swag: CodeSmack

Check it out!

Thanks Railscasts!

<% flash.each do |key, msg| %>
<%= content_tag :div, msg, :id => “flash_#{key}” %>
<% end %>


Ubuntu’s super-awesome new version is out. Help the world and grab the torrent here.

I’ve updated my lds.org greasemonkey script to link to both google and yahoo maps. Find it here: Spicy Ward Web File

UPDATE: It’s new home is here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8357