Monthly Archives: March 2009

which rss reader do you use?

So, I’m going to try and take a poll here, what program do you use to read RSS / Atom / news feeds? I would have an *actual* poll, but I honestly don’t even know what’s out there, much less … Continue reading

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initial wii review

So, I bought a Wii this weekend, mostly because after playing with it a lot at Jason’s house, I was immediately hooked. So far I’m really loving the whole experience, but it’s not completely perfect. I’ve only been playing with … Continue reading

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end of a very long, very fun week

What a week this has been.  Jason’s wife was out of town, so we hung out the entire time doing all kinds of crazy stuff.  It’s Saturday night and I’m absolutely exhausted by all the stuff we managed to cram … Continue reading

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wordpress, meh.

I realize that people blogging about their blogging software is about as exciting as hearing about someone changing their socks, but I’m gonna blather a bit. I upgraded my WordPress just yesterday, and I was partly thinking of ditching it … Continue reading

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gpnl.org

I don’t know why I didn’t do this like … years ago.  I hate typing in long domains, so this fixes one issue.  Now if I could only think of a domain name for the packages website.  I haven’t even … Continue reading

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happy birthday, beanie

It’s not my birthday just yet (not until Friday), but that didn’t stop me from doing some early shopping for presents. This weekend, I went out and bought a new receiver for my setup at home. I got a new … Continue reading

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gpnl redesign, part three

Still poking at GPNL a bit, and I’m getting there.  I’m almost to the point where I can rip out the old code and use it as a drop-in replacement for the packages site as well.  Just one more thing … Continue reading

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media-tv cleanup, part two

On Sunday I decided to revisit an old project of mine, ripping some VHS video tapes that aren’t on DVD. Since I was still rebuilding my box, I decided to install MythTV 0.21. I have to say that, with the … Continue reading

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gpnl redesign, part two

Work on the revised GPNL is coming along quite nicely. One thing I am particularly proud about this round of revisions is that I’m finally removing support for all third party tools completely. Hallelujah. This was always a major crutch, … Continue reading

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