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TweetDeck
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To get Tweetdeck running on 64-bit, you’ll need to get the 32-bit compatibility libraries. The easiest way to do that is to do the following:

Download the getlibs-all.deb package. (This seems to move around a bit. If the link is broken, best to search it on Google.) Install it by running: sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb

If you get a corrupted package (which I did a few times), try another download location. The one I linked to above worked for me.

Next, put these commands in a bash script: sudo getlibs -l libnss3.so.1d; sudo getlibs -l libnssutil3.so.1d; sudo getlibs -l libsmime3.so.1d; sudo getlibs -l libssl3.so.1d; sudo getlibs -l libnspr4.so.0d; sudo getlibs -l libplc4.so.0d; sudo getlibs -l libplds4.so.0d; sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so; sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so.0; sudo getlibs -l libgnome-keyring.so.0.1.1 Make it executable, then run it: chmod +x getlibs.sh; sudo sh getlibs.sh;

Update all the library links1:

sudo ldconfig

If you don’t already have Adobe AIR installed, go download the file, then execute it: chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin; sudo ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin Finally, go to the Tweetdeck site and click to install Tweetdeck.

Sources: http://blog.ddiction.com/?p=3023, , http://linux.die.net/man/8/ldconfig

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  1. ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache (for use by the run-time linker, ld.so) to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the trusted directories (/usr/lib and /lib). ldconfig checks the header and file names of the libraries it encounters when determining which versions should have their links updated. [back]

Mark Jeffrey, author The Pocket and the Pendant and The Two Travelers, is hosting an excellent new vidcast Bibliotech:

About Bibliotech: The Evolution of Digital Publishing: Authors are podcasting MP3 novels. Publishers are inserting real-time ads into ebooks. And readers are discovering and communicating directly with authors on Twitter, Goodreads and other sites. Host Mark Jeffrey (@markjeffrey) interviews authors, technologists and publishing professionals about how digital media is changing their world.

Check out the first episode below, and visit bibliotechshow.com for future episodes.

About #SOLIDARITY

If you follow the hashtag #SOLIDARITY on Twitter right now, you’ll see creative types from around the world banding together to support one another as we push our personal projects forward, one day at a time.

I started #SOLIDARITY when J.C. Hutchins was pushing hard to finish his most recent work, Personal Effects: Dark Art. He was racing against a deadline, and I said that I would seek to boost my own wordcount along with him. Before long, others joined in, and we all stood together to impose order on chaos and wring art from our muses.

This year, we’re doing it again. There’s no barrier to entry: some are tweeting their wordcount, others (like me) are tweeting linecounts on coding projects. For my part, I’m working on Podiobooks 2.0, and this support will give me the motivation to keep on track.

Won’t you join us?

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SCaLE7x

I’m attending the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE7x) this weekend,, down at the LAX Westin Hotel. I’ll be covering the event for the Command Line Podcast, and will be taking copious notes and posting pics on my Flickr account.

If you’re at the Expo and want to meet up, DM me on Twitter.

Another December, Another Fast

Traditionally, I’ve taken the month of December and gone on an infofast. I’ve shut down my instant messaging programs, turned off Twitter, and read email only sparingly.  It feels good to get off line once in a while, and I heartily recommended it.

But not this year.  This year, I’m doing something a little different. It’s probably not a big deal to most of you, but this December, I’m striving for zero frivolous spending.

What does that mean? No stopping for coffee, candy, quick snacks of any kind. No spending at all when I’m on the commute to or from work, except to fill up the car with gas.  Buying no comics, books, toys, online goodies…nothing. Zero spending on myself.

It’s a small thing, but I know that I’ve got terrible fiscal discipline.  It’s just so easy to drop by the Starbucks and grab a coffee on the way in. It all adds up, and I want to save my pennies for a rainy day.

Besides…with the economy the way it is, I might just need them. Wish me luck!