Book Review #15

The Reluctant Entrepreneur
Michael Masterson

"Turning Dreams into Profits"

Ha! Right. If I have a nickel every time I hear that sales pitch...

Except in this case, he's right. One advice after another, and they're all good. I probably won't be able to follow them all, but I can imagine tripling my productivity if I can only follow half. The book pulls no punches. It's not exactly step-by-step to success, but it does follow a definite path toward success. Along the way, you are guided to question not only your commitment, but also those around you.

Some wise words are sprinkled in here and there, and I appreciate them. The truth is, after reading this book, I never want to put it down. Hard cover edition is notoriously expensive. I don't care. This one is a keeper!

Not everybody can be an entrepreneur, and if you don't want to be one, this book won't make you one, even if you follow all the steps. But if you truly want to be a successful entrepreneur, this book gives you a great head start.

Raspberry Pi Journal #41

Portable Webcam Network cron @reboot

Okay. Last time we messed around with webcam, we messed around with motion daemon as a service. Well, I found out an easier way to do it. So, the first thing we want to do is to disable the motion service. This, of course, after spending a whole day setting it up. Siiiiiiiiigh.

1. Go to /etc/default
2. Open up motion file
3. change the line start_motion_daemon=yes to start_motion_daemon=no
4. Go to /etc/motion
5. set motion not to run as daemon in motion.conf (daemon off)
6. set process_id_file as undefined
7. Goto to home directory
8. run crontab -e
9. Add the line @reboot motion &

And that's it. Just one little @reboot word in the right place. It runs the program at boot (and reboot) time. That's all there is to it. For bonus, it runs as the proper user, so file permission isn't a problem. Make sure that it runs in the background (enable daemon) on motion.conf. Tada!!! Done! 10 minutes!