Monthly Archives: January 2009
gaming news
After rolling my eyes one more time, I finally removed yet another gaming website’s RSS feed from my reader, leaving me now only with two total to check regularly: the official Playstation blog being one, and from the always awesome … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
the empire strikes back poster
You know who has made the best movies posters evar? Star Wars. There are seriously like 12 styles for each movie (well, the originals) that just freaking rawk. I’ve been thinking about decorating my office at work, since the most … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
the motherboard of my dreams … hopefully
After much waiting and wrangling over which one to get, I have finally bought a new Mini ITX motherboard to use for my mythfrontend. I’ve been planning to get a second one for a long time, ever since I pretty … Continue reading
Filed under Computers, Hardware, Multimedia
gentoo + planet venus = one happy beandog
Oh, yah, I completely forgot about this one. Last week or so, Planet Gentoo and Gentoo Universe finally switched over from using Planet to Venus for producing the lovely RSS feeds and webpages you see now. I’ve been wanting to … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
if it ain't broke …
I have an old saying I like to use now and then, which has always seemed particularly relevant to Gentoo. “If it ain’t broke, tweak it.” Of course, now, I’m starting to develop a new motto: “I get really cranky … Continue reading
Filed under Matroska, Multimedia
universal
For some reason, I have, by far, the worst issues with any DVDs from Universal Studios when it comes to playback. I have no idea how they author their DVDs, but they obviously do it different from everyone else, since … Continue reading
Filed under Multimedia
mplayer patch: -use-dir-conf option
I just made a really small patch to MPlayer for something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. MPlayer has long supported a playback option -use-filedir-conf that will include a config file if you have it named <filename>.conf. I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under MPlayer
roku netflix player
I got a Roku Netflix player a few weeks ago, and I’ve been meaning to write a review about this thing ever since. However, the idea keeps getting pushed back, and since I don’t think I’m ever going to get … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Hardware
circuit city
Looks like Circuit City is officially going away for good. Well, poo. I really liked that store, and have been shopping there for a long, long time. Comparably, I can’t stand Best Buy. Sure it may be cleaner / nicer … Continue reading
Filed under General
comcast fail
What’s wrong with this picture? And, for the record: I cleared out my phone number (it was the only populated fields) I filled out the entire form, and nothing magically appeared I originally was using Seamonkey on Linux, but I … Continue reading
