I got my inspiration for this project from reading the following posts on Adam Retter’s blog: In need of Open Storage Choosing Software and Hardware for my DIY NAS Building my DIY NAS I particularly liked that he made every attempt to make the NAS energy efficient. The hardware he chose made sense, so...
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Happily impressed with Myth 0.20
I’m not going to spend too much time on this post. Maybe in the near future. I just spent a lot of time trying to analyze the National Surveillance Act of 2006. I am impressed so far. After switching MythTV over to using OpenGL I am greeted with a nice fade-in and fade-out on...
MythTV 0.20 has been released!
This release has one feature that I have been longing for, an internal UPnP server. I have been using uShare, the MythRename.pl script, and a a few cron jobs to pipe the PVR content to my D-Link DSM-320. Thread on the progress of the MythTV 0.20 Ebuild
Old News – Computerworld.com: Offshore outsourcing cited in Florida data leak
This is old news. The only reason that I am posting it is because it has to do with the contractor who is handling the improperly programmed People First Employment Portal. Offshore outsourcing cited in Florida data leak Employees who worked for the state during the 18-month period between Jan. 1, 2003, and June...
Vixenk.net: Why Should I Use Free Software as Opposed to Pirating Non-free Software
I had come to the conclusion that pirating software was not at all in my best interests quite some time ago. I just found Vixenk.net‘s post Why Should I Use Free Software as Opposed to Pirating Non-free Software. The author lays down the argument against pirating software far more eloquently than I could have....
Email to state – PeopleFirst@dms.myflorida.com
I followed the the advice of a user of digg, Sillywampa, on Digg’s entry about my earlier post on Florida’s People First Job Portal and emailled PeopleFirst@dms.myflorida.com about this issue. Here is what I wrote:
IVTV DMA error fix? Patch from Author
Hans Verkuil, the developer behind ivtv, thinks that he may have found the source of the DMA problems that some have been experiencing. From the mailing list:
State of Florida job portal shuts out alternative browsers
Update: I wrote a post about an email I sent to the State of Florida and the response I received. This was suggested by Sillywampa on Digg. Thanks Sillywampa for the email address. The State of Florida’s People First job portal is still running an outdated script that locks out users of alternative browsers...
NewsForge: Stallman, Torvalds, Moglen share views on DRM and GPLv3
The GPLv3 license is in the works. One of the provisions is to restrict software from using DRM. This, argues Linus Torvalds, is not the job of a license. He is against these new provisions. The article below goes on to defend the license. I have been deeply against DRM for some time. Linus...
Slashdot: Intel Open Sources Graphics Drivers
Many graphics drivers in linux are currently reverse-engineered. A lot of them only support 2d. Intel has open-sourced their graphics drivers for the 965 Express chipset family. Bravo, Intel. This will allow for computers with those graphics cards to take full advantage of the hardware. Slashdot | Intel Open Sources Graphics Drivers: “Intel’s Keith...