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movies on demand

steve    January 18, 2008 January 18, 2008    1 Comment on movies on demand

Continuing in my slow re-examination of playing with Comcast’s DVR offerings, something else is coming back to me — I really like their On Demand selection. In fact, it’s actually… Read more »

Entertainment   

lack, amount and willingness of transparency

steve    January 17, 2008 January 17, 2008    8 Comments on lack, amount and willingness of transparency

There’s one other issue that seems to be a problem that users are talking about on the forums, and that’s a lack of transparency. I guess the belief is that… Read more »

Gentoo   

communication issues

steve    January 16, 2008 January 16, 2008    20 Comments on communication issues

I really don’t like commenting on things going on in that relate to Gentoo internally, and I won’t, but I think I will touch upon one subject that I see… Read more »

Gentoo   

mplayer-resume-1.5

steve    January 12, 2008 January 12, 2008    No Comments on mplayer-resume-1.5

A bug in MythVideo inspired me to work on fixing mplayer-resume tonight, so that it can properly handle movies with filenames.  I don’t know why I didn’t think about this… Read more »

bend / dvd2mkv, Entertainment, Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia, MythTV   

comcast cable tv upgrade, part two

steve    January 12, 2008 January 12, 2008    2 Comments on comcast cable tv upgrade, part two

Comcast came out on Friday morning and installed my upgraded cable connection. Strictly speaking, I have no idea which tier I’m actually on right now. I know it’s at least… Read more »

Computers, Entertainment, Hardware, Multimedia, MythTV   

new monitor

steve    January 9, 2008 January 9, 2008    2 Comments on new monitor

I got a new monitor at work today. It’s a Samsung 226BW, and it is very nice. I actually like the widescreen monitors. The great thing about them is you… Read more »

Computers, Hardware   

comcast cable tv upgrade

steve    January 9, 2008 January 9, 2008    3 Comments on comcast cable tv upgrade

So, I finally made an impulsive move and called up Comcast to get an expanded cable TV package. I got an ad in the mail yesterday (addressed specifically to me,… Read more »

Multimedia   

region-free dvd drives

steve    January 1, 2008 January 1, 2008    1 Comment on region-free dvd drives

Following up on an earlier post about region-free dvd players, I happened to have a stroke of luck — I found a DVD-RW drive that is region free. I happened… Read more »

Hardware, Multimedia   

switching aspect ratio on the fly

steve    January 1, 2008 January 1, 2008    No Comments on switching aspect ratio on the fly

I was tinkering with my MPlayer configuration for LIRC tonight to figure out a small OSD annoyance, when I found this interesting thing that I always thought would be nice. … Read more »

MPlayer   

george winston in concert

steve    December 28, 2007 December 28, 2007    No Comments on george winston in concert

My best Christmas gift this year (aside from my Frosted Flakes pajamas) was that my older sister took me to go see George Winston in concert while I was visiting… Read more »

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