If your LN32A450 ever reports an HDMI calibration failure, here are the steps to fix it when hooked up to a computer via an HDMI port:

• Download an 8×8 checkerboard patter, such as this one.
• Make sure your computer’s resolution is set to 1360×768; its native resolution.
• View the image in full screen (so that only it’s being displayed on screen and nothing else).
• Recalibrate.

The TV should now report a successful calibration.

Note: There are no guarantees, I am not responsible for any damage, and the warranty of your TV is taken into your own hands when performing this ritual.

In my last post, I wrote about how I had to write a guide to using a piece of software for a class. Well, I had to do another one, but this time it was individually rather than in a group.

So, I wrote a guide on how to do some basic tasks in emacs.

Let me know of any mistakes/improvements that you can think of in the comments!

P.S. I’m pretty fond of the mock terminal that I made with CSS.

Justin and I recently wrote a guide to installing Subversion for a class that we’re taking. It’s a pretty simple process and we’ve tested it twice now, but if you try it and something it unclear/doesn’t work, let us know.

I just noticed that my version of Firefox 3.0.8 running in Ubuntu 8.10 had en_AU as it’s default spell checking dictionary. Is this true for anyone else?

The only reason I noticed this was because Firefox was marking words such as “organization” and “enrollment” as being spelled wrong.

If anyone wants to look at their current setting, open about:config and search for the key “spellchecker.dictionary”.