So I contributed the following How To to the Ubuntu Wiki for configuring the Microsoft MCE remote and receiver/blaster with the Motorola DCT700 cable box. Hopefully it saves someone time and aggravation. Thanks again to Craig Betts for the python based channel changing script. It works great. Next I tried setting up ACPI Wake following […]
I received my Hauppauge 150 tv capture card on Friday and immediately installed it in my MythTV box. No downloading of drivers were required and the card was immediately recognized by MythTV. Much easier than installing just a couple of years ago! First I tried hooking it directly from the wall to see if my […]
So much for selling 700,000 I-phones during the big opening weekend. The real numbers were around 146,000. This shortcoming affected Apple’s stock in a big way on Tuesday. The Steve Jobs reality distortion field is quite powerful.
Great picture from England:
Last week a pretty violent thunderstorm tore through the area with severe lightning, hail and wind gusts up to 75 m.p.h.. There were lots of downed trees and the power was out for about 3 hours. Plenty of houses (including mine) had minor damage with siding, gutters and over hangs breaking and becoming unhinged. Another […]
I received a email back from Markus Mönig, CEO of MainConcept regarding the open sourcing of the MainActor video editing application. They are considering releasing the program as open source software but there would be some costs in cleaning up the code. He did not mention anything in regards to patented technology or libraries. Hopefully […]
Main Actor was the only commercial consumer grade video editing application available for Linux:
Apparently Mainconcept the company that produced Main Actor is concentrating on the codec and plug-in business. The package sold for $199 and was an option for people not wanting to use the F/OSS video editing applications available. I would be curious if […]
I received an email from Novell asking if I’d like to download and try SLED 10 SP1 (Service Pack 1). Novell has been in the habit of releasing service packs as updates to major releases for some time now. SLED 10 was released with much fanfare over a year ago and garnered very positive […]