I want to watch MPEGs on my TV. So I took an old computer, added a recent videocard and tried using Linux/MythTV. Sure, I got it working more or less, but the interface was just too slow ..
After that I downloaded an 'evaluation' copy of Microsoft Windows XP media …
Posted on za 18 maart 2006 in desktop • Tagged with apple, debian
I've had my iBook for almost a year now and it does what it should do all the time. But the way windows and menus are handled do not stop to annoy me. Not that their way of doing things is inferior to Windows or KDE, but it is so …
do it yourself apparently.
Two of my domains are down, because the registrars systems seem to think they expired. It's not true, of course. And a quick creditcard payment did not help either. People visiting the affected webpages are presented with a nice default search page. Great :-(
Posted on wo 01 maart 2006 in hardware • Tagged with hardware
This morning, while I was still in bed, the power to my TV set etc. went up and down a couple of times. And sure, the home server was rebooted as well when I later checked it. So tomorrow I will be sure to buy a second hand UPS.
Posted on ma 27 februari 2006 in hardware • Tagged with blog
Thanks to a link on digg.com I was able to watch the whole first season (6 episodes) of IT Crowd. Maybe not the best sitcom in existance, but a lot better than most of them.
I'm currently trying to move about 10 GB of data from my home to …