Monthly Archives: June 2006
another update
I only worked on ‘bend’ a little bit today. The main new feature is that ripping works 100% now, and I’ve cleaned up a lot of old bugs. Encoding is the last thing left, and then I can finish up … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Computers
big changes
I’m a little tired. I ended up working on bend all day today (check out the huge changelog, I just checked it in). I got a lot of good stuff done though, and learned lots too. I’ve done a rewrite … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Computers
cleaning up old code
I’m working on my ‘bend’ script tonight, cleaning up some old code that’s been irking me. Ugh. This is one of those projects that it would have gone a lot smoother if I had put all my pseudo code on … Continue reading
Filed under bend / dvd2mkv, Computers
death to sql server (part 3)
It’s been a good while that I’ve ranted and raved against MS SQL Server. I’ve actually found a few bugs since then, I just haven’t documented them. My beef this time around is that SQL Server 2000 doesn’t have a … Continue reading
Filed under Databases
tv and dvds
I have been on an insane shopping spree lately, and buying up a lot of TV shows on DVD. Normally I buy maybe one or two a month, so it’s pretty extreme that I bought thirteen in one week. Well, … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment
the legend of why was this ever so popular
Boy, and I thought I had a lot of free time working on strange projects. Well, I still do, but this is equally cool — someone has created a timeline of all the Legends of Zelda projects. It’s actually an … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Entertainment
swiss family robinson
Sometimes I turn on my TV just to have some background noise going on. This morning I settled on the Hallmark Channel. They were running some kind of show about some people on deserted islands that was kind of boring. … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
gentoo multimedia faq
I’ll just quote what I said from my homepage: I see a lot of the same questions constantly come up on the Gentoo Forums and on #gentoo about how to do some stuff with multimedia, ranging from basic to advanced … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Gentoo, Multimedia
kde++
There are some things I don’t want to be doing at 11:13 at night when I’m tired and cranky and just want something to work. Calculating cron jobs is one of them. Once again, KDE comes to the rescue. Now, … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
tv tuners
I haven’t been able to sleep tonight, and one thing that’s been keeping me up tonight is that the AV on my myth recordings tonight are mysteriously out of sync. I’m not the one to blame this time, though, I … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Freevo, Multimedia
