Monthly Archives: January 2009
pydf — enhanced disk free status
I just thought I’d throw out a quick Gentoo / Linux tip … use pydf to display your disk free space in a much nicer display. It’s already in portage if you just want to emerge it. Here’s a snapshot … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
media-tv cleanup
I woke up early this morning (3:30) and started going through Gentoo bugs. I got a lot of crap in the media-tv category either bumped, poked or fixed, but there’s still some stuff to do. Just a heads up that … Continue reading
mplayer, real support, part two
I just put a new mplayer snapshot (mplayer-1.0_rc2_p28288.ebuild) in the portage tree. This one, adds support for RV30 native playback. RV40 was added in the previous one. Thanks, Kostya. For some samples, see: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/real/VC-RV30/ http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/real/VC-RV40/ Have fun watching those old … Continue reading
one resolution
Note: I had a real hard time phrasing this post properly .. some pictures would probably help clarify. I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions, since I’m big on making resolutions all the time. But, when I’m gone for a … Continue reading
Filed under General
skating in winter
For some reason or another, skateboarding has been on my mind a lot more recently, and I’m really starting to get bummed since I can’t go out and do anything. I imagine it has to do that things are stepping … Continue reading
Filed under Skateboarding
lcd tvs
I was really bored the other night, so I went over to RC Willey (a rare experience) to look around. I of course ended up in electronics pretty quickly, looking at the TVs. They had a lot on sale there, … Continue reading
Filed under Hardware
another mythfrontend, part two
I managed to solve my little sound card problem from the other day with my new frontend. Well, actually, I solved the problem of which box to use and what hardware to get at the same time. I just asked … Continue reading
the day the earth stood still
I went and caught The Day the Earth Stood Still in theaters while I was on Christmas vacation. I really wasn’t expecting that much — the acting looked horrible, but the special effects looked awesome. I liked it, though. I’d … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
new year's predictions
I thought it might be kind of fun to see what kind of predictions I can set for myself for the upcoming year. I’m a creature of habit, so this shouldn’t be too hard for most of them. I’ll finally … Continue reading
