cloud-init slowness

Noticed my ubuntu box have very slow startup time, and it is cloud-init.

edit /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg, and change [...] to [ None ], fixed for me :)

icse014a usb problems

Recently I started getting interested in automation.  So for a small project I want to try out, bought icse014a 8 relay control via USB.  It arrived today and can't get it to work, device shows status 10 (with a yellow question mark).

After some search found this page: http://leftbraintinkering.blogspot.com/2013/05/usb-to-serial-prolific-2303-device.html  .  The guy was doing the same with some other device and  found windows 8 no longer support the driver.  So some smart guy wrote something to fix it https://www.sendspace.com/file/5m5afw

Now it is working and I can control the device, thanks guys!