Integrated Peripherals

it is bike time of the year;

noticed that now the same manual tire pump I have has been "upgraded" to now include a pressure gauge.

This is very useful, even for the kids' bikes, and even baby carriages;

progress!

Hyperbolic Crocheting

Crocheting and Hyperbolic Geometry

Found this link, and just as my daughter is learning to crochet...

Wii - mail + gmail

the "+" is the key....

FYI:
you can send email from a Wii that is internet enabled.

email looks like: w{16 digits}@wii.com

you have to authorize external email addresses using the interface on the Wii ...

here's the "+"

gMail has the alias feature:

"your.username+any.alias@gmail.com"

so you can "authorize" your single gmail account as multiple addresses on the Wii;

and so will appear as distinct addressbook entries.

I've chosen my.username+wii.name@gmail.com

Why would you want to do this?

the "envelopes" on the Wii have the name of the sender; so a single gmail account (parent) can send emails to specific users (kids).

Panoramas on Linux

Hugin

looks like there is a windows version also;
I'm using the default one from the fedora repos.

Plants vs Zombies on Wine

Plants vs. Zombies works on wine.

Plants vs. Zombies trial

Dinosaur Train on the XO

MythTV -> vlc -> XO - vlc


installed vlc on the XO-1

and now can stream full screen, MythTV recorded programs to the XO-1

Of course the first to try was Dinosaur Train.

need to hack MythWeb so I can start the stream with a click...

MythDora

just came across: http://mythdora.com

so if I blow up my current fedora+mythtv system, I can be back and running REALLY fast ;)