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in praise of good dvd authoring

steve    April 3, 2006 April 3, 2006    1 Comment on 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 »

Entertainment, Multimedia   

mplayerplug-in mp3 config tweak

steve    April 1, 2006 April 1, 2006    No Comments on 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 »

Gentoo, MPlayer, Multimedia   

all this and a dongle, too!

steve    March 31, 2006 March 31, 2006    2 Comments on all this and a dongle, too!

I finally got my usb wireless nic working in Gentoo. The solution? Emerge the stable packages with a good kernel. It’s always the situation you try last that works. Even… Read more »

Linux   

a week of wireless

steve    March 30, 2006 March 30, 2006    2 Comments on a week of wireless

I’ve been playing a lot with wireless this week.  I remembered we had a D-Link USB wireless thing at work, so I plugged it in my desktop and played around… Read more »

Linux   

another ipod convert

steve    March 22, 2006 March 22, 2006    No Comments on another ipod convert

That’s right, I’ve joined the masses. I bought an ipod nano (4gb) the other day, and I gotta say, I’m hooked. The thing that I actually like the most about… Read more »

Hardware, Multimedia   

my new discount amd64 box

steve    March 21, 2006 March 21, 2006    No Comments on my new discount amd64 box

I just placed the order on newegg.com. Not a bad deal, methinks. For $250 I got a decent amd64 chip, a slightly older asus mobo, and a gig of ram…. Read more »

Computers   

another game, another lost weekend

steve    February 5, 2006 February 5, 2006    No Comments on another game, another lost weekend

I spent most of last weekend playing one of my favorite computer games: Knights of the Old Republic II. Turning to the dark side is a hobby of mine. It’s… Read more »

Games   

TV overscans and CD soundtracks

steve    January 23, 2006 January 23, 2006    No Comments on TV overscans and CD soundtracks

What do overscans and soundtracks have to do with each other? Not a thing, really. But, they are two good things that happened to me on Sunday. The first one… Read more »

Multimedia, MythTV   

gotta love gentoo

steve    January 20, 2006 January 20, 2006    No Comments on gotta love gentoo

I was listening to some music I was streaming from my box at home to here at work as I setup some stuff, and while I was compiling an upgrade… Read more »

Gentoo   

ghosts in the machine

steve    January 18, 2006 January 18, 2006    No Comments on ghosts in the machine

I was talking to my friend tonight about my random problems with the database at work. There are just random things that happen to it, that we cannot figure out… Read more »

Computers   

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