Car repairs
I brought my 1995 200SX SE-R to the shop (Stevens Creek Nissan), because it was making a high-pitched whining noise. It turned out to be a rather expensive service, because the alternator was replaced and also a few motor mounts...
links for 2006-11-08
Linux Trace Toolkit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) is a set of tools that is designed to log program execution details from a patched Linux kernel and then perform various analyses on them, using...
Coaxing VMware Player to work on Ubuntu Edgy
I thought a simple sudo apt-get install vmware-player would do the trick. Well, it looked good for a while - it downloaded the package and its dependencies and went through the license agreement and the configuration and even...
Our TiVo Series 3 is scheduled to arrive today!
I will probably be busy this evening setting it up and then I'll have to see if I can get Comcast to give me two CableCARDs.
links for 2006-11-06
Sony V-series KDL-40V2500 40" LCD 1080p HDTV 40" LCD 1080p HDTV with 1:1 pixel mapping and no overscan, great for a HTPC (tags: HDTV LCD Sony TV Amazon)...
Installing a slide-out shelf in the entertainment center
This lets me pull the receiver out in order to make connections, though it doesn't come out quite as much as I had hoped. Definitely a huge improvement though. I bought the shelf from tvshelves.com. It was kind of a pain to...
1080p 1:1 pixel maping on the Sony KDL-40V2500
1080p 1:1 pixel maping on the Sony KDL-40V2500, originally uploaded by msabramo. I brought my PowerBook and a DVI to HDMI cable to the SonyStyle store to verify that this TV would render a 1080p computer signal over HDMI with no...