Monthly Archives: May 2006
still no linksys love
I’ve spent all afternoon on my little linksys half-brick, trying to get it up and running. I have had a little success, which I posted here in the OpenWRT forums, but I’m still stuck. The basic story is that I … Continue reading
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whoops, you're a brick.
I made a really stupid mistake last night, and accidentally ended up bricking my new Linksys router that I just bought only a month ago. OpenWRT is nice and all, but I wanted to do a bit more with my … Continue reading
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planet coolness
Just when you thought it was impossible for me to get even more involved with Gentoo, I was setup today as a staffer. I’m going to help maintain Planet Gentoo and Gentoo Universe under the kind tutelage of Daniel. I … Continue reading
raiding it up, baby!
My mythbox / server has been acting more sluggish than usual yesterday, and so this week I finally took it apart a little bit to see what the problem was. I haven’t really touched this thing for a long time, … Continue reading
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amd64 and 32 bit codecs with mplayerplug-in-bin
Getting anything 32 bit to work embedded (or at all, in some cases) on a 64 bit machine is quite the fun adventure, sometimes. MPlayer is one reason that I put off switching to athlon64 for so long. I didn’t … Continue reading
that good movie buzz
I just saw one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen — The Escape Artist. I’ve never seen a story quite like that before, it was amazing. And the acting was absolutely superb. That kid just stole the show, he … Continue reading
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movies, movies, movies!
I setup my DVD collection page again so I can remember which ones I don’t have yet. Feel free to comment on my taste in movies (or lack, thereof). Or if are tastes are simliar, add me to your Netflix … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment, General
cups rocks
Yet another praise post. I decided to make myself a little more miserable tonight (sometimes being single and lonely just doesn’t cut it), so I figured I’d try my hand at setting up remote printing with CUPS. Up until now, … Continue reading
what did I ever do without views?!
There are some things in life that, once you get used to them … there’s just no going back. Things like underwear, Malt-O-Meal, Neverwinter Nights, and views. At work we use databases much, much more than I ever have anywhere … Continue reading
Filed under Databases