The following was taken from here . No need to add or edit anything as it works exactly as described.

I found myself complaining about the slow speed of Amarok. Everything would lag, from playing a song to adding a song to the playlist. Then i remembered when I was setting up Amarok that it let me chose a database, and said the faster ones required extra set up. Of course, I chose the no set up required but slow speed option (SQLlite).

Now, I wanted to switch. And boy am I glad. Everything works as fast as it should.

    sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

now this (replace PASSWORD with your password)

    mysqladmin -u root password PASSWORD

then this

    mysql -p -u root
    CREATE DATABASE amarok;
    USE mysql;
    GRANT ALL ON amarok.* TO amarok@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD_CHANGE_ME';
    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    quit

In Amarok, go to settings> configure Amarok
Click Collection

Select MySQL.

Use the following settings:

    Hostname: 127.0.0.1
    Database: amarok
    Port: 3306
    Username: amarok
    Password: Your Password

You’re done! Enjoy the speediness!

Given the number of miles I put on my car over the last year and the current shitty situation on oil, which is likely to get much worse, I have decided to evaluate options for reducing my fuel costs. I wouldn’t mind having a hybrid right now but I’ll never recoup the investment into my VW. Besides, I think better things are to come when they start selling PHEV’s in America. That’s assuming the distribution grid can support it which I would bet money is NOT the case. I think most people fail to realize that the energy still comes from somewhere… and it’s not truly displacing fossil fuels. Anyways, back to the point of this blurb… I need a cheap solution. On my way to work yesterday I got an idea as I SAT on I-5 and watched a dude on a GSX split the lane and zoom on by. Bikes! Bikes, get great gas mileage! Indeed a GSX gets something like 45 MPG. So, I started to run some calculations as to what it would require in gas prices and displaced miles (miles not driven in the VW and on the bike instead). Below are the results:

The yellow line illustrates the miles required to negate the price of the motorcycle (ammortized over 5 years), and the additional cost of insurance. The red line illustrates the miles required to negate only the additional cost of insurance. Examining the yellow data set, I can break even on the purchase and operation costs if I displace approximately 16k miles (at the current 4.25$/gal gas prices). The red data set shows it will require only 5k miles (again at current prices) to break even. Every mile I drive over and above that 5k I ‘make’ 20 cents (current prices). Of the 26,000 miles I put on my VW last year, 20,800 of those miles were between home and work. Let’s say that I can displace 80% of that (maybe 1 out of 5 drives I need to haul something or it’s raining or ???). That’s $2482 in my pocket!

Now, can I do this without killing myself? I don’t know… gotta think about this. I might take a motorcycle skills class and re-think after passing (or failing).

We (The Chiefs) won our championship game by the score of 6-4 tonight. Glad I found this team. They are a good bunch of guys. Reminds me of my Phoenix team. I shouldn’t have kneeled… I look shorter than I truly am. AND what’s with the helmet… I look like I have a 10 inch forehead.