Category Archives: Entertainment
web media frontend
I have always wanted to tweak my HTPC frontend quite a lot to add extra functionality, but the entry barrier to learning a GUI language has been way too high for me. I’ve had success though, in patching MythFrontend to … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Gentoo, Multimedia, MythTV, Programming
hello from dvd archive land
Warner Bros. is doing some awesome stuff lately. They have a great back catalogue of awesome titles that they’ve acquired by buying out Hanna-Barbera. There’s popular stuff like Scooby-Doo, but also all the lesser known cartoons like Josie and the … Continue reading
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work, work, work … movies?
I don’t think I’ve ever made it any particular secret that I don’t enjoy the many jobs I’ve had. Looking back through the long years of working (20 years now, go me), there’s only been one job that I’ve enjoyed: … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, General
how to train your dragon
I saw “How to Train Your Dragon” the other week (in 2D … gah, I hate saying that), and it was pretty freaking awesome. I was really skeptical about the movie after seeing the trailers, so I went in with … Continue reading
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happy april fool's
Okay, technically it’s 30 minutes before midnight, and I should be in bed … but hey, I should be married and have five kids by now, too, so whatever. I’m not gonna post any entries this year. In fact, I … Continue reading
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return of the joker
I finally watched the Batman Beyond movie, Return of the Joker tonight. I’ve had the DVD for a good long while, but since I’ve been ripping a lot of them to my backend recently, I decided to watch it tonight … Continue reading
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ripping blu-ray discs on linux … and windows, and ps3
I’ve finally found a way to rip some of my Blu-Ray discs, kinda. I’ve had to manage a few workarounds because I’m missing a pretty common piece of hardware in the setup: a BD-ROM drive. I do have a PS3, … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Gentoo, Hardware, Multimedia
narnia 2: whatever the title is
So, I watched the second Narnia movie tonight (whatever the name is .. I thought the book went by the name the Silver Chair, but maybe that was the third one. I don’t remember. Anyway .. ), and it was … Continue reading
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pole position
Yay, cartoons! So, I happened to stumble upon this one cartoon not long ago, that I had completely forgotten about … Pole Position. I think I saw a video about it YouTube or something, I don’t remember. 80s cartoons is … Continue reading
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the princess and the frog
So, I went and saw “The Princess and the Frog” last night, mostly out of desperation to find something to do for the night. I had heard it was good, but I wasn’t expecting much … it was Disney, after … Continue reading
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