hardware and open drivers
Considering my last post, I should probably clarify something. I actually go very far out of my way to find hardware that works with open source drivers before I buy… Read more »
Author Archives: steve
purism isn’t practical
I just thought I’d weigh in on my opinion on the recent slashdot troll of whether or not proprietary drivers should be let into Linux. The title of my post… Read more »
database first impressions
I’ve spent almost all day trying to get these free versions of large databases working. Well, that, and watching a good amount of Justice League. So far, I’ve yet to… Read more »
planetarium visit
Me and my good friend Scott went to the Clark Planetarium last night. It was really cool. That homeboy knows more about astronomy than I ever imagined, and he gave… Read more »
more lds-scriptures releases coming soon (hopefully)
I’m sure I’m going to get into trouble by announcing something I *plan* on releasing, because then I might never get around to it … but oh well, I felt… Read more »
a good ssh tutorial
I always have a hard time finding good tutorials on basic stuff (like X11 forwarding, in this case), but I found this one, and just had to pass it along:… Read more »
one big happy
I love comics, and One Big Happy has always been one of my favorites. Here’s another classic. 🙂
general conference cddb project
As part of the Mormon Documentation Project, I just uploaded the first release of a new project of mine, CDDB files for the General Conference session discs. Available here: http://mdp.nephi.org/cddb/… Read more »
in praise of good dvd authoring
Warner Brothers has always, in my book, put out the best DVDs of the major studios. I’m not talking about movies, but the technology. They backed the format when it… Read more »
mplayerplug-in mp3 config tweak
The version 3 branch of mplayerplug-in went stable recently in portage, and one of the things it does is handle a lot more MIME types, it seems. I have my… Read more »