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Upgrading MythTV Server to a Gigabit NIC
I have an Atom-based Foxconn R20-S4 as my home server, which is also my MythTV backend. I've been slowly upgrading my network components to Gigabit, and found a deal on a NIC from Meritline with the necessary short bracket. I'm running Ubuntu server on the box, and I had to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file to add the new interface. I switched my router's DHCP settings to use the new interface, and everything seemed to be working fine -- until our PS3 couldn't find the MythTV UPnP server. The MythTV wiki had the fix, which was to add a route to the new interface (route add -net 239.0.0.0/8 eth1).
[LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2010-04-28 20:58:10 EST


States Visited Map Upgrade
I finally upgraded the States Visited Map to use a database on the backend, so I can finally easily show a count of the states I've visited, as well as split out where Heather and I have been, or show them together, color-coded. I'm at 27 including DC... only 24 to go!
[LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2010-04-11 18:49:15 EST


Little Planet Millennium Park
I took a pan in Millennium Park in Chicago, IL during our road trip last week, and thought it might make a neat little planet picture (I had seen a tutorial somewhere a few months ago). I think it did. Now I just wish I would have taken some more pans!

Little planet made from stitched pan of Millennium Park in Chicago
[LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2008-09-04 00:30:11 EST


Lego Store at BrickLink
In order to subsidize my new Lego habit, I opened up a store on Bricklink. I had to name it, so I thought Bricktastic! (yes, with the exclamation point) was as good as any. Anywho, if you see something you like and we're friends, let me know and I'll probably cut you some kind of deal.
[LINK] [0 COMMENTS] 2008-08-07 00:57:28 EST


Lots of stuff
I don't really have a specific topic in mind, but since I actually remembered to write a post, I'll just do it...
  • I bought nothing from the last Woot-off.
  • Last year we bought a few bags of Legos from garage sales, and didn't put them together until a couple of months ago. They were actually almost-complete sets, including a Sith Infiltrator with Darth Maul minifig. I had forgotten how neat Legos can be, and the Star Wars sets are a lot of fun. (Batman sets are fun, too)
  • I picked up a fisheye lens off of Craigslist for my D70 (and D1X). It's fun.
  • Heather and I just finished six weeks of weekly ballroom dance lessons. They were pretty fun, but I don't know how much I'll remember when we're actually dancing. Oh, and no, we don't watch Dancing with the Stars.
  • I'm trying to clean up the media room. Really, I am.
  • I finally ordered a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router to hack around with. Hopefully I'll get it all set up soon and save some on some electricity costs since I won't have to have my 350MHz IPCop box powered up anymore.
  • I'm almost finished with the guitar speaker cabinet my Dad and I built. I have it stained and varnished, and the the speakers are installed. I just need to find a suitable plate to mount the jacks so I can wire it up, and then I'll probably add a grill to the front to cover up the not-quite-round holes I cut for the speakers...
  • I'm planning on seeing The Clone Wars movie in the theater... maybe the Saturday morning matinée on 8/15? Anyone want to come? Anyone?
I can't think of anything else right now, and I'm kind of tired of looking up links. So long, friends.
[LINK] [1 COMMENT] 2008-08-01 19:36:24 EST


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