, a fancy photo sharing thing.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
LogJam Test
Well, my wife started a blog based on her weight-loss surgery, so I figured I should get back into my blog too.
For some reason, I think using a blog client is better than just logging into the web site and posting. GnomeBlog worked, and now I’m going to try out LogJam. A quick “yum install logjam” on Fedora got me here to this post.
Regarding the media center. I’ve certainly not made much progress. I did put a 250 GB SATA drive and a SATA DVD+/-RW drive into my Antec Minuet 350, along with a USB card reader, and “mounted” it vertically next to the 30-inch HDTV in our bedroom. It’s got a socket 939 Athlon 64 3000+ and 512 MB of RAM, and it is half-height. I could add a couple of tuners and a remote and upgrade the RAM and I should be set.
I tried the ClarkConnect home server idea I had, and totally failed. I couldn’t get my machines to log in to configure the server. I was doing 10 other things at the same time, so I probably missed something trivial. However, the Airlink 101 625 Wireless N router passed the “download a bunch of torrents and not die” test. So, I guess it can stay. I wish it were gigabit, but I suppose this will do, since I didn’t spend any money on this one. I do need to get it tidy and mounted under my desk though, while my kids are away with my wife’s dad and his girlfriend.
Oh, and since I’m just randomly posting... I think I’m going to stick with LiveJournal and upgrade to a Paid account. There’s been some recent controversial stuff with the sale and the elimination of the “Basic” account. I just have to decide where I’m going to host my pictures...
For some reason, I think using a blog client is better than just logging into the web site and posting. GnomeBlog worked, and now I’m going to try out LogJam. A quick “yum install logjam” on Fedora got me here to this post.
Regarding the media center. I’ve certainly not made much progress. I did put a 250 GB SATA drive and a SATA DVD+/-RW drive into my Antec Minuet 350, along with a USB card reader, and “mounted” it vertically next to the 30-inch HDTV in our bedroom. It’s got a socket 939 Athlon 64 3000+ and 512 MB of RAM, and it is half-height. I could add a couple of tuners and a remote and upgrade the RAM and I should be set.
I tried the ClarkConnect home server idea I had, and totally failed. I couldn’t get my machines to log in to configure the server. I was doing 10 other things at the same time, so I probably missed something trivial. However, the Airlink 101 625 Wireless N router passed the “download a bunch of torrents and not die” test. So, I guess it can stay. I wish it were gigabit, but I suppose this will do, since I didn’t spend any money on this one. I do need to get it tidy and mounted under my desk though, while my kids are away with my wife’s dad and his girlfriend.
Oh, and since I’m just randomly posting... I think I’m going to stick with LiveJournal and upgrade to a Paid account. There’s been some recent controversial stuff with the sale and the elimination of the “Basic” account. I just have to decide where I’m going to host my pictures...
Saturday, March 8, 2008
And we're back in 5...4...3...2...1
It has been quite some time since my last post. I sincerely doubt I have a legion of dedicated readers, but I'll apologize to anyone who was wondering what happened.
LiveJournal has been sold to another group, but my site is still here, so I guess I'll keep using it. I haven't decided if I'll go back to WordPress or if I'll even bother keeping up this little journal. Perhaps, I will at least find it therapeutic. Work and life have been way too busy for me to keep up, and I'm making some changes with both.
The media center... I finally picked up an Antec Minuet 350 and I got a FoxConn mATX motherboard with 4 SATA ports and DVI out. I'm going to find some half-height or USB HDTV tuners and a remote and get started on that. Analog TV expires in less than a year, I got to get on this. I'll probably just go with Vista and use the Media Center Keyboard and use a remote that works with it. I can't seem to get my heart into the whole Linux freedom bit with my TV. We've been so happy with a TiVo, which isn't "Free" as in freedom, but does use Linux. I dunno, there might be home for me yet.
Right now, I need to get some tuners, and an OEM 3-pack of Vista or something, and some video cards for my PC. Time to sell more old stuff!
LiveJournal has been sold to another group, but my site is still here, so I guess I'll keep using it. I haven't decided if I'll go back to WordPress or if I'll even bother keeping up this little journal. Perhaps, I will at least find it therapeutic. Work and life have been way too busy for me to keep up, and I'm making some changes with both.
The media center... I finally picked up an Antec Minuet 350 and I got a FoxConn mATX motherboard with 4 SATA ports and DVI out. I'm going to find some half-height or USB HDTV tuners and a remote and get started on that. Analog TV expires in less than a year, I got to get on this. I'll probably just go with Vista and use the Media Center Keyboard and use a remote that works with it. I can't seem to get my heart into the whole Linux freedom bit with my TV. We've been so happy with a TiVo, which isn't "Free" as in freedom, but does use Linux. I dunno, there might be home for me yet.
Right now, I need to get some tuners, and an OEM 3-pack of Vista or something, and some video cards for my PC. Time to sell more old stuff!
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