Monthly Archives: May 2006
utah open source planet has changed my life
Utah Open Source Planet has changed my life. Before my blog got pulled into the local community feed, I was only getting 3 unique visitors a day, with zero comments. Now, I’m getting 300 unique visitors a month with zero … Continue reading
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almost back to normal
People who don’t know me well wonder why I have issues with such seeminly simple setups, like running a mythtv server. People who do know me well wish they’d never gotten to that point. The answer is quite simple, really … Continue reading
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avidemuxxin'
Man, I’m stoked. I spent all weekend repairing my MythTV box (which, btw, I have a lot of issues with the project as a whole … but that’s another post), and I finally got it to where I want it … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Multimedia, MythTV, Transcode
fortune-mod-scriptures: gentoo ebuilds ready for testing!
Okay, these are my first ebuilds that I’m really serious about (apologies to those sitting in b.g.o that never got accepted), so I’m hoping someone will help me out and test these for me. They should be okay, but if … Continue reading
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mythtv woes
I have a bad habit of breaking things on a regular basis. Only at home though. At work, I’m actually uber-conservative .. it’s just too bad some of that common sense won’t translate to my setups at home. The main … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Multimedia, MythTV
the physics of superman
Wired Magazine has a pretty interesting interview with the director of the new Superman movie coming out. The last question is classic — it just shows me this guy knows what he’s doing, and why X-Men and X-Men 2 didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment
fortune-mod-mormon: debian packages
My friend and LDS OSS cohort Charles Fry has done me a huge favor and packaged fortune-mod-mormon for Debian. I don’t have any Debian-based distro installed anywhere on my boxes, and even if I did I don’t think I could … Continue reading
malcolm in the middle
There are only a few things in this world worth living for these days, trudging on mindlessly day by day, with no end in sight. TV is one of the big ones. Unfortunately, it’s not one of those things that … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
yet another new computer
What do you do when you have five computers? Buy another one, of course! Actually, I was only using two of them (desktop and server), and I wanted to get a gaming box because I really despise dual-booting. There was … Continue reading
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third time's the charm
Well, I finally got my little router back online. I finally tried just reflashing it with the stock Linksys firmware, and it worked. I was a little hesitant to try that, since if it didn’t work, I’d probably have lost … Continue reading
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