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...
Convergence
When I refer to convergence I am referencing the melding of two or more different technologies.
BroadbandReports.com: 25 Cents to Stream a DVD Quality Film – 80 Cents for HD, a nickel for iPod TV…
From BroadbandReports.com: 25 Cents to Stream a DVD Quality Film – 80 Cents for HD, a nickel for iPod TV…: Dave Burstein crunches the numbers behind offering video via broadband and concludes that it costs a quarter to stream a DVD quality movie, 80 cents for an HD film, or a nickel for iPod...
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
Treehugger: The ‘Frig-Enerator-Water Supply’: A Working US Army Sponsored Prototype
Treehugger has an upate to the technology that the University of Florida is working on to provide refrigeration, water, and power from one device. I previously spoke about this in the post New system provides power, water and refrigeration from one source. This new post at Treehugger has a picture of the device. Treehugger:...
New system provides power, water and refrigeration from one source
New system provides power, water and refrigeration from one source Engineers at the University of Florida have been working on a system that produces power, water, and refrigeration. The system is still in testing. The engineering researchers’ solution: a small system that ties a novel gas turbine power plant to a heat-operated refrigeration system....
Video: Day of the Long Tail
I have not spoken much about the Long Tail on this blog, but I am about to start to. The phrase was coined by Chris Anderson, the editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine. He has published a book titled The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (Hardcover). I am currently...
MythTV
I have long wanted to build myself a PVR. I thought that it would be nice to be able to control what I watch, and when I watch it. Commercial alternatives are restricting their features too much for my tastes. I wanted a system that would give me full control over everything, even if...
DSM-320 Digital Media Receiver
I purchased a D-Link DSM-320 Digital Media Receiver some time back. This product interested me as it was a video thin client of sorts. The DSM-320 utilizes Intel’s UPnP AV protocol which attempts to create a standard method for consumers to distribute media throughout their homes. Devices like these will likely play a large...