Monthly Archives: May 2009
binary codecs
I’ve got an idea I’ve started playing around with, to cleanup the mess that is the binary codecs in Gentoo. Right now, the whole situation is confusing. I always get mixed up on what the status is, and if it’s … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo
planet feeds
I’m actually starting to like it when any planet problems pop up, because I’ve been systematically weeding them out one by one. The frequency of one user “spamming” the feed has been going down quite a bit. I think I … Continue reading
Filed under Gentoo, Planet Larry
new monitor on the way
Well, I bought a new monitor yesterday on New Egg. And I feel a little bit poorer today. I did some more research, and actually ended up with a ViewSonic instead of a Samsung, for one very important reason: the … Continue reading
r.i.p., little dell
My monitor died on me this weekend. I was sitting at the computer using it when it started flickering horribly. I decided to turn it off before it felt like it should blow up in my face, and as I … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
psa: utah renaissance fest
If there’s one thing I love more than … well, much almost anything … it’s an olde classic Renaissance Faire! I totally forgot about it til just now, and this is the last weekend for the one in Utah, so … Continue reading
workplace culture
I just read this awesome post about corporate culture about Zappos, and I was just blown away by how awesome it is. The company focuses on culture first, and by doing so, cultivates a great environment where everyone wants to … Continue reading
lds-scriptures-3.0 data dumps (well, some)
The next version of the lds-scriptures project release is taking forever. The main reason (aside from me always putting it off) is that it will most likely be the last release since it fulfills all my original goals, and so … Continue reading
Filed under Computers
star trek on blu-ray
All the original Star Trek movies (1 through 6) came out on Blu-Ray today in one large collector’s set. Normally I’d be really excited about something like this, but I’m pretty meh about the whole thing, and am gonna pass … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment
upgrading myth, part two
I’ve almost finished the upgrade process for MythTV. Last night I ported all my patches towards 0.21 and so far everything is working great. This time I took it a step further and modified the code so it would look … Continue reading
