I have a Dell D620 laptop - whose sound died immediately after installing Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
After much difficulty here was the fix: sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
Then go Applications > Sound & Video > GNOME ALSA Mixer , and turn the sound back on - WHEW!
So if you have intel HDA onboard audio (snd_hda_intel) that died on upgrade - try it out!
Sometimes someone asks you to build something for them, and you discover that it's a bit more challenging of a problem than you thought. So, you feel, that your work really just needs to go out and be free among all the code floating around the internet.
Plus, after finishing this code, I'm not even too embarrassed about how it turned out. So, if you want to see the kind of thing I can create - click over to Sample Crossword Generator in Javascript and take a look.
Yes, I realize this *ISN'T* a playable crossword - BUT, programatically - all the hard work is done, you just need to add your own word list, set the little numbers, and put in your clues. The array on the bottom gives you an idea of where things should go.
There, Internet, don't say I haven't done anything for you in a while. 
- Mike
Onix-Files.Com is finally alive. You can test convert an onix file to CSV, and see the first 10 files output as raw data or in CSV format. You can then purchase the resulting file via Google Checkout.
Thank you so much to all the folks who sent me test ONIX feeds to convert, and to everyone for their general patience as I created the site. If you have ANY problems at all, please contact me immediately and I will take care.
I've had so much demand, its been difficult to keep the site development moving while getting everything done. Again, THANK YOU for your patience and your patronage.
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 tar xfvj broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 sudo b43-fwcutter --unsupported -w /lib/firmware broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod/wl_apsta_mimo.o
# wireless b43
