The foreign ones really know how to put on a show.

Sublime Text 2 runs without installation, but doesn’t integrate with the system at all. You can’t even associate certain file types with it out of the box. How to install Sublime and integrate it with the system:

1. Unpack the Sublime archive
2. Move Sublime to /usr/lib:
   

   sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 2 /usr/lib/

3. To launch the editor from the terminal with the «sublime» command:
   

   sudo ln -s /usr/lib/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

4. To create a Unity launcher that shows up properly in the dock:
   

   sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

   and paste in the following:
   

   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Name=Sublime Text 2
   # Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
   # From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
   GenericName=Text Editor
   
   Exec=sublime
   Terminal=false
   Icon=/usr/lib/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
   Type=Application
   Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
   X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow
   
   [NewWindow Shortcut Group]
   Name=New Window
   Exec=sublime -n
   TargetEnvironment=Unity
   

5. If you want to set file associations so that certain file types open in Sublime:
   

   sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

   and in that file replace every gedit.desktop with sublime.desktop

After this, everything will look as if it’s native.

Original in English.

Another quick reference. I had to connect to Amazon EC2 using a public .pem key. Had to google around and ask people to figure out how to connect via SFTP and access the server’s file system right from the file manager.

To connect over ssh:

chmod 600 public_key.pem && ssh -i public_key.pem user@server

For SFTP on Ubuntu:

edit the ssh config (create it if it doesn’t exist)

nano ~/.ssh/config

and put this in:

Host AnyName
IdentityFile /path/to/public_key.pem

Done. Then in Nautilus: File → Connect to Server, choose SSH and put user@server in the Server field, then hit Connect.

On the second day of SKIF, the Danish band A Key is a Key gave us their album. When they handed it to me I was a bit lost — by size, it was a vinyl (the small format). Immediately the thought: where am I going to play vinyl? But it’s not that simple…

Inside there really was a round object — but not a vinyl record, a cardboard disc with a key in the middle. A great idea, especially given the band’s name — A Key is a Key. The key is a USB stick with the album.

This is the first album I’ve held that’s distributed on a USB drive. And there are plenty of nice touches on the drive itself.

I half-expected to just see a bunch of MP3 files and the cover. But here the album is in two formats.

Wow — not just MP3, but also WAVE! Both casual listeners and audiophiles get something nice.

Besides the album in two formats — there’s an image with thank-yous and album info. On top of that — a welcome video from the band, photos, a music video and footage from live shows.

The guys pleasantly surprised me. They tied it back to the band name with a key, designed it to look like vinyl, used a modern distribution medium in the form of a USB stick, and packed in everything they could. A blend of old-school and modern. And the USB stick isn’t even write-protected — if you don’t like the contents you can wipe it and use it for whatever. A great approach. These are things you actually enjoy having around the house — these days I try to get rid of CDs altogether.

Haven’t actually listened to the album yet. Tried to start, realised the mood wasn’t right, am waiting for the right moment to give it proper attention.

Some lovely creative work, this.

P.S. The photos of the packaging came out a bit crooked and not very pretty — my hands are extra clumsy today — but you get the idea.

Finally sorted through everything from Royal Hunt.

The crazy, awesome, cheerful Za! from Barcelona. The most memorable performance at the whole SKIF.