Miami
I normally try to post here at least a couple of times a week. Lately I just haven’t had the opportunity to post – with good reason: I’m on vacation in Miami and simply haven’t had the chance to connect very much to the Internet. We’ve been blessed with mostly good weather most of our [...]
Video intro by Inkscape
This is the first attempt at a basic video introduction created mostly using the free and open source Inkscape vector graphics tool. Technorati Tags: gimp, inkscape, intro video
Simplest way to copy DVDs in Linux
In my quest to find the fastest way in Linux to get my DVDs on to my XBMC system I stumbled upon a great way to get all the DVD features and great quality – all very simply. The dd command is often used to back up entire drives, or partitions to a file or [...]
Linux games that work with the Microsoft SideWinder Joystick
On April 12th I posted some general information about the Microsoft Sidewinder joystick. As I mention in the post the Sidewinder is really a flight simulator joystick, it’s not meant to replace a gamepad, but it does work with several Linux games. I thought I’d take the time to mention a few Linux games it [...]
CompuLab Trim-slice for XBMC?
Phoronix has a 9 page write-up on what on sight appears to be a sweet little machine for XBMC, the CompuLab Trim-slice. The Trim-slice has a dual-core processor, 2 HDMI ports, one which can do DVI through the HDMI to DVI adapter, and at least one of the 2 can also do audio over [...]
