Monthly Archives: December 2008

another mythfrontend

I’ve been poking on and off at the idea of getting a second frontend for MythTV.  I already have my Mini-ITX all setup in my living room, but since I also have a TV in my bedroom as well, I’d … Continue reading

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mplayer-resume-1.6

I just finished updating and pushing mplayer-resume-1.6 into the tree.  I’ve actually been sitting on the update for a long time, just never got around to releasing it. There has only been a small change — the script will check … Continue reading

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planet admin stuff

I’m working on cleaning up some planet stuff again, and for Planet Larry I made a small policy shift — if your feed is spitting out partial feeds, I’m not gonna accept it anymore.  Currently it only affected like two … Continue reading

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netflix on tivo

Last week (or so), Tivo finally enabled the long-awaited update that owners of newer Tivo boxes could watch movies using Netflix’s streaming service. I bought an HD Tivo a while back, and was curious to try it out. I have … Continue reading

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nephi.org cleanup, lds-scriptures 3.0_rc1

Alright, well, I cleaned up as much as I think I can get to for one day, and already it’s looking much better. I updated the homepage to display the little Christmas painting by Rembrandt that I think is just … Continue reading

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nephi.org: way behind

This is a public flogging since I’m so behind. I’m moving nephi.org today to another host, and I’m going through the pages making sure the links and backend are working and what not … and my goodness, I realize how … Continue reading

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adventures in drm: ps3 movie rentals

Believe it or not, it’s not my intention to cover nothing but movies on my blog. I have decided recently that I don’t cover a broad enough course of subjects (I felt it was way too much about computers and … Continue reading

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third annual netflix rental round-up

I’m really tired right now, and my coherency is fading in and out, so of course its a perfect time to write a blog post! Time for the third year of my Netflix review.  I’m going to do things a … Continue reading

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fairmont park at night

One thing I hate about it being so cold, is I can’t go skating regularly any more. Not that it’s *that* cold (still hovering around 50 degrees at night), it’s that I can’t stand the cold, so I can’t go … Continue reading

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mplayer, dvdnav support

Oh yah, I remembered what the other thing was on MPlayer — dvdnav support is back in.  Duh.  How could I miss that one? The use flag is masked, so you’ll have to unmask it to use it, but if … Continue reading

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