Monthly Archives: April 2007

Emily on the phone

Posted on 30 April 2007 by a1291762

Emily is pretty good at having conversations on the phone now. She got confused today because Bree picked her up instead of me. Bree put her on the phone and she asked where I was and seemed relieved to hear … Continue reading →

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Playing in the park

Posted on 30 April 2007 by a1291762

I took the kids to the park on the weekend. On Saturday we started out in the field near the house. We threw the ball around for a bit then we walked down a path we found. It went along … Continue reading →

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Jesus says hi

Posted on 30 April 2007 by a1291762

Heh. I just got SPAM from Jesus, though I suspect he’s forged his headers because I would have expected him to be using something like jesus@heaven.com instead of some made-up or non-English name at ccamacho.com (looks like some idiot with … Continue reading →

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MythTV finaly works

Posted on 25 April 2007 by a1291762

Hooray! I finally got it to work. It all started a short while ago. Although I was trying to get the most recent version of KnoppMyth going, the GPL bit me and despite much struggling, I was unable to get … Continue reading →

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When the GPL bites

Posted on 21 April 2007 by a1291762

Bugger. The lack of API/binary compatibility combined with a lack of support for old hardware in ATI’s proprietary driver means that I’m stuck. I have 2 options. 1) I can go back to an older version of KnoppMyth that the … Continue reading →

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MythTV progress

Posted on 19 April 2007 by a1291762

I’m currently sitting on my couch using my Myth box. It’s hooked up to the TV and thanks to a USB extension cable I had lying around, they keyboard reaches over here. I’m not typing this on the Myth box … Continue reading →

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Buy a Mac, they just work!

Posted on 19 April 2007 by a1291762

So I’ve got an iMac that’s been sitting around for a few years now. It’s pretty much destined to be a kids computer. I’m posting this from it, connected wirelessly from the garage. It took me less than 5 minutes … Continue reading →

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Counting the days until my MythTV box is done

Posted on 18 April 2007 by a1291762

It’s official. I’m building a MythTV box. I snapped up a bargain price on a TV capture card (on eBay) so I now have (or will, once the card arrives) all the parts I need. I doubt it’ll be hard … Continue reading →

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VMWare Boot Camp

Posted on 17 April 2007 by a1291762

I finally bit the bullet, ignored the unsettling warning dialog and booted my Boot Camp partition on VMWare today. So far, all seems well. I did notice that VMWare is emulating the RTC in “local time” which of course breaks … Continue reading →

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A spot of gardening

Posted on 14 April 2007 by a1291762

Jordan turned up today. He was up to help us get rid of some plants. We had these big green plants (not sure what they’re called) with really evil roots. They were so big Bree didn’t realise they were in … Continue reading →

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