Monthly Archives: November 2007
the perfect mini-itx multimedia motherboard
I’ve been having trouble sleeping the past couple of nights, and last night was no different. I woke up at about 3 a.m. and couldn’t fall back asleep, so I decided to do some research for my ultimate mythfrontend box … Continue reading
good skating session
The weather today has been absolutely amazing, considering it’s November, and since I was at home all day (problems going on with work), I managed to hit up the skate park for a good three hour session. It was a … Continue reading
Filed under Skateboarding
matroska + vobsub + subtitles … finally!
Oh, man, this is something I’ve been struggling to wrap my brain around for a good while, and I finally got it figured out. I’ve always wanted to be able to add subtitles to my matroska videos … no real … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Matroska, Multimedia
region-free dvd players
I’ve picked up my quest again to find a DVD player that is region-free. This is about the fourth or fifth time I’ve looked around, this being my most serious attempt. I’ve been doing my research quite a bit on … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Hardware, Multimedia
"it came from dvdnav!"
Okay, so that might not be the best thriller movie title ever … but so what. Buh. A while back, MPlayer developers forked libdvdnav, and recently had their first release. It’s already in portage, but package.masked. Emerge it and try … Continue reading
bad habits
I’ve been getting into a bad habit with my posts lately that I really don’t like .. I’ll post half-detailed posts about how to do something, and then months later when I look at my posts as reference, I completely … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
embedded gentoo linux: the basics
Since working with building an embedded Linux image with Gentoo, I have been learning stuff at such an incredible rate of speed that it’s hard for me to keep up the pace. I’m going to try to document some of … Continue reading
creating and booting off a usb-zip formatted drive
So, I’ve got to work with a motherboard with an older BIOS that doesn’t support booting off the newer, simpler USB-HDD option. However, there is one option available still in the boot menu: USB-ZIP. The problem is, you can’t just … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
