Monthly Archives: February 2008
mplayer + dvdnav support … kinda
If you’re looking for mplayer + dvdnav support, there’s two ways to get it right now. Depending on how much support you want is going to change which ebuilds you’ll have to use right now, though. If you just want … Continue reading
sword modules in portage
I have finally gotten around to something I’ve been wanting to do for a while: cleanup the modules for Sword, the text-reading software applications. I thought that the easiest way to handle the modules from here on out would be … Continue reading
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gpnl updates
I haven’t written anything about the Gentoo Packages That Need Lovin’ (GPNL) project in a long time, but I thought I’d bump an update. There’s no major releases on the horizon, but I’ve been working on revamping the entire backend … Continue reading
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what i'm watching
This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, but never got around to it. Usually when I write comments on a film, it’s because I think I have a full post that I can write about … Continue reading
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tmnt memories
I caught a review of the last 45 minutes of TMNT 2 on Shamoozal today (a truly horrible movie, I couldn’t agree more), and it got me thinking about the whole TMNT thing way back in the day. There were … Continue reading
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mplayer snapshot bump
I normally don’t post info about version bumps, but since the last MPlayer one was a while ago, and since I’ve been way too busy lately to work on anything Gentoo related, I thought I’d make mention of this one. … Continue reading
new friend
I went to see my friend Scott yesterday, and he gave me a new little friend. It’s pretty cool, and rare, from what I understand. We should get some stuffed cows for Gentoo.
netflix and blu-ray
I find it kind of interesting that Netflix chose Blu-Ray as its high-definition DVD format to back. I guess the “format wars” are almost over. I, personally, always figured that the two would learn to live side by side, since, … Continue reading
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