trying out MythArchive

may want to view some of my myth videos on a different system;

so trying out DVD creation

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythArchive

Opera oddness on windows;

now, the DSi uses a mini Opera browser, and I can access gmail and blogger there; and on Linux, also no problem.

but recent versions on windows seem not to like the google authentication.

hmmmm.

Now looking at some of the new features of Opera 10.10, and the peer to peer file sharing looks interesting;

is Opera also getting into the game of "my browser is an OS", but instead, (showing my JEE background)

more like "my browser is an AppServer" ?

dsi blogging

entry from a dsi, using the opera browser.

single column mode works well.

do need to be careful not to hit enter too soon.

Plastic Dino + camera + tuxpaint

 

how cool is that?

(+ picasa + blogger for me;)

iMac G3 still alive; update to Fedora 12?

Haven't mentioned the old G3 in a while;

keeps on running edubuntu with the replacement 6Gig HD...

Is off the net right now, but keeps on running Tuxpaint and playing music.

(borrowed the cable for another system)

Now is a chess opponent too.

does seem to take up a lot of space on the shelf these days;

Interesting historical note: it does NOT have a fan, so it is still one of the quietest systems in the house.

Guess we'll keep it for a little while longer.

olpc XO-1 + mythTV

playing mythTV recorded shows; with a bit of transcoding;

initial files play full screen, but no sound; needed to re-encode with different audio codec, and then drop the frame rate to make playable.

but they are quite playable!

1 hr of David Suzuki: Nature of Things, easily fits on a 2G usb key.

now wondering if I could use the olpc directly for the mythTV box...

Kids browsers working on Linux?!

much to my surprise

kidoz and kidzui both work on my Fedora 10 box!

My guess is due to their mac versions also working on linux:

firefox plugins, and adobe AIR both run...

neat!

not sure if I'd actually use either of these, they seem a bit cluttered.

#in one more try

put LinkedIn tag at the front...

Blogger -> Twitter -> LinkedIn

does this work ? #in

Get Infobright Community Edition (ICE) at SourceForge.net

Link is here

that's my day job ;)

Olympic Torch Relay Map

looking at the map to see when it arrives here...

Fedora 12 in one week

Running main system on Fedora 10, thinking about going to 12:



seem to be skipping the odd ones...

Reassuring/Disconcerting service

new power adapter for DSL modem arrived.
Was the old one dangerous, or are they just being nice?


Should I move my modem to a metal/stone shelf unit, away from all flammable materials?

bad Karma on older laptop?

I too had some difficulties upgrading my ubuntu to 9.10

on an older laptop wubi install;

did kill the install; Kernel panic on restart....

on the fresh install, also didn't quite get the screen setup correctly.

Fortunately wubi installs all go into a big disk file, so I have a copy of that on an external drive, with all my config settings.

Then did a fresh, clean install, and copied back my data.

One thing I found not working the way it used to was the microsoft VPN;

the commandline works, but the gui didn't work out of box, like it did last time.