Monthly Archives: September 2007

my desktop screenshot

I was trying to think of something to write, and posting a screenshot of my desktop seemed like a fun idea.  Here it is. And yes, I’m still running XFCE 4.2.  I like it.  Plus, I’m a really slow adopter … Continue reading

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lds-scriptures v3.0 rc1

It’s been a long time on my plate, and I’ve finally gotten around to it again, in my recent desire to finish up projects I’ve started a long time ago. This time, the LDS Scriptures exports are almost complete. I’m … Continue reading

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ast dew tour

I got to go to the AST Dew Tour today here in Salt Lake City. I’ve never been to one of these things, and had no idea what to expect. It was a lot of fun, ended up spending almost … Continue reading

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book of mormon adventures

In wanting to clean up alan-one a bit, I took a look this morning at my Nephite pages, which I haven’t done in a very long time. About half the pages on the Book of Mormon Adventures section were completely … Continue reading

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whoops

Generally speaking, people don’t post entries about when they screwed up.  I don’t like to either, but it bears an explanation. First of all, if you’ve noticed my website going up and down lately the past week or so, it’s … Continue reading

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the star trek test

Note: I actually wrote this a few weeks ago (July 9th), but since I mentioned the Star Trek test in my last post, this is where I first wrote about it, and I thought this post was live. I can’t … Continue reading

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pimp my mythtv

I’ve been having a lot of fun with my mythbox lately. I’ve learned some really cool stuff about Myth, MPlayer, LVM2 and multimedia in general that is really helping to polish my setup. Add to that the fact that I’ve … Continue reading

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poorly authored dvds: chapters

In ripping my mass library of DVDs, I run into all kinds of problems I never would have expected. I’ve been mentally keeping notes about them, and how to workaround them, but I should probably document the findings and process … Continue reading

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popeye

One thing I like about Netflix, is that since I can have a huge queue of movies, I get to add all these ones I’d like to see someday. Well, today Popeye was next in line. I haven’t seen this … Continue reading

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you nerds

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