bend, drip, mythvideo
Here’s something I haven’t written about in a long time — bend, my custom written CLI PHP5 scripts to rip and encode TV shows. I actually rewrote the entire thing… Read more »
being an adult is boring
I got this unexpected windfall this week (a check from an old job that I forgot about), and honestly, one of the first things I thought about when I got… Read more »
mplayer + dvdnav + dvdread svn ebuilds
I updated the mplayer and dvdnav ebuilds in my small overlay, and added one for dvdread now, which has been split into a separate package. I haven’t had time in… Read more »
quick and dirty opendns howto for gentoo (using openrc)
If, like me, you don’t trust your ISP’s nameservers to be patched and working correctly (or for them to sell you out to advertisers by redirecting broken links or whatever),… Read more »
postgres and mysql comparison paper
I’ve been job hunting, and while my dream job would be somewhere that uses PostgreSQL, I am having an extremely hard time finding anyone that uses it. So, I think… Read more »
the dark knight
Well, I finally saw Batman last night. I’ll get right to it — I didn’t like it. It just wasn’t anywhere near what I was hoping for at all. It’s… Read more »
finally rebuilding
I’ve put this off for a long time, but I’m finally rebuilding my desktop from scratch. Actually, my one at work, too. Today is a state holiday here in Utah,… Read more »
what i’m watching, part two
Boy I haven’t had time to write about movies lately. In fact, tonight I finally went out to go skating, but it started raining when I got there, so I… Read more »
mplayer and transcode fixes
Since things are finally starting to settle down (hey, I’ve had Internet for a week now, cool), I’ve started getting back to poking at stuff, slowly. Today I cleaned up… Read more »
novelty overload
I’m still dealing with, what I call, novelty overload — so much new stuff to setup and play with that my head is spinning wildly with the possibilities and I’m… Read more »