• Home
  • contact me

wonkablog

cartoons, dragons, linux, multimedia, psychology, skateboarding, movies, mentoring, programming, and more

Skip to content
  • Home
  • contact me

gaming news

steve    January 30, 2009 January 30, 2009    No Comments on gaming news

After rolling my eyes one more time, I finally removed yet another gaming website’s RSS feed from my reader, leaving me now only with two total to check regularly: the… Read more »

Computers   

the empire strikes back poster

steve    January 28, 2009 January 28, 2009    No Comments on the empire strikes back poster

You know who has made the best movies posters evar?  Star Wars.  There are seriously like 12 styles for each movie (well, the originals) that just freaking rawk. I’ve been… Read more »

Entertainment   

the motherboard of my dreams … hopefully

steve    January 28, 2009 January 28, 2009    5 Comments on the motherboard of my dreams … hopefully

After much waiting and wrangling over which one to get, I have finally bought a new Mini ITX motherboard to use for my mythfrontend. I’ve been planning to get a… Read more »

Computers, Hardware, Multimedia   

gentoo + planet venus = one happy beandog

steve    January 26, 2009 January 26, 2009    No Comments on gentoo + planet venus = one happy beandog

Oh, yah, I completely forgot about this one. Last week or so, Planet Gentoo and Gentoo Universe finally switched over from using Planet to Venus for producing the lovely RSS… Read more »

Gentoo   

if it ain’t broke …

steve    January 25, 2009 January 25, 2009    No Comments on if it ain’t broke …

I have an old saying I like to use now and then, which has always seemed particularly relevant to Gentoo. “If it ain’t broke, tweak it.” Of course, now, I’m… Read more »

Matroska, Multimedia   

universal

steve    January 24, 2009 January 24, 2009    No Comments on universal

For some reason, I have, by far, the worst issues with any DVDs from Universal Studios when it comes to playback. I have no idea how they author their DVDs,… Read more »

Multimedia   

mplayer patch: -use-dir-conf option

steve    January 23, 2009 January 23, 2009    2 Comments on mplayer patch: -use-dir-conf option

I just made a really small patch to MPlayer for something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. MPlayer has long supported a playback option -use-filedir-conf that will include… Read more »

MPlayer   

roku netflix player

steve    January 19, 2009 January 19, 2009    1 Comment on roku netflix player

I got a Roku Netflix player a few weeks ago, and I’ve been meaning to write a review about this thing ever since. However, the idea keeps getting pushed back,… Read more »

Entertainment, Hardware   

circuit city

steve    January 16, 2009 January 16, 2009    No Comments on circuit city

Looks like Circuit City is officially going away for good. Well, poo. I really liked that store, and have been shopping there for a long, long time. Comparably, I can’t… Read more »

General   

comcast fail

steve    January 12, 2009 January 12, 2009    1 Comment on comcast fail

What’s wrong with this picture? And, for the record: I cleared out my phone number (it was the only populated fields) I filled out the entire form, and nothing magically… Read more »

Computers   

Posts pagination

« Previous 1 … 20 21 22 23 24 … 62 Next »

Subscribe

Recent Posts

  • multimedia archives: lessons learned over twenty years
  • The five stages of me ignoring the Holy Ghost
  • in search of lost treasure: tmnt 2007 film score, part two
  • Batman Beyond DVD Menus and Special Features
  • Star Wars Rebels on Blu-ray

Recent Comments

  • AnyMajorDude on bullwinkle’s how to title titles, or, sqlite in plex for fun and panic
  • steve on in search of lost treasure: tmnt 2007 film score, part two
  • DatTurtlPower888 on in search of lost treasure: tmnt 2007 film score, part two
  • Scott on The five stages of me ignoring the Holy Ghost
  • Anonymous on researching and re-encoding VC-1 blu-rays
Theme Salinger by GalussoThemes | Powered by WordPress