Earlier I wrote an Applescript that goes online to TV.com and finds the episode titles for TV show video files. While that seemed to work properly, TV.com changed their format and my Applescript went kaput. Since I really wanted to have this process automated, I wrote a bash script to do the same thing with [...]
Bash script to add TV episode names
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments
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How to: Compile and run Mediatomb as a daemon with Ubuntu 9.04
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Since getting my PS3, then setting up my Ubuntu file server, I’ve really enjoyed watching movies on my TV. To get the media from computer to Playstation requires the use of software that employs the UPnP protocol, in the form of a DLNA server.
If there are too many acronyms in there, just remember the [...]
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Operating system look: Snow Leopard
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
It’s now been close to three weeks since Snow Leopard arrived in stores, and the Internet has now had a chance to go through the entire system and find the good, the bad and the barely changed. I’ve been using it since that time too, and like some of the subtle changes. Since Engadget, Gizmodo [...]
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Gear test: Sennheiser PX100 headphones
September 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Using a computer, and especially an iPod with music means having a set of headphones that sound good, pack well, and don’t break the bank.
For the last year or so I’ve been rocking a set of Sennheiser PX100 foldable headphones and I believe they satisfy all the above criteria.
The Sound
The most important aspect [...]
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Snow Leopard arrives (this Friday)
August 27th, 2009 · No Comments
The time has come for a new Macintosh operating system. Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard as the cool kids call it, will arrive in stores this coming Friday and bring a host of new features with it. The name of the OS differs very little from 10.5, which was just Leopard, and that [...]
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