http://www.morcant.net/blog Nothing ever becomes real until it is experienced. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:37:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So after my Sharp Bluray player died, i've decided to break down and just get a PS3. I already have a HTPC, so it took a bit to rationalize getting one, but I've finally decided. It's suppose to arrive tomorrow: http://bit.ly/13UxpU Aside from Folding@Home and Bluray playback, what is there to do ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/61 So I went out with some friends Friday night, and who do I run into? Tito Ortiz AND my 7th grade biology teacher. The world is too small, and Yakima is even smaller. http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/59 Test post to check linkedin.com and morcant.net goodness. http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/57 Yay! http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/53 So about a week ago, my dishwasher decided that it was no longer going to drain. This was a minor inconvience at the time, as it still washed dishes... it just didn't drain. It turns out that you can only do a few loads before to water is no longer ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/47 So I emailed our local fox station, after find out that we only have a low power repeater here in Yakima, and that LP repeaters are not governed by the same set of regulations regarding implementation by Feb '09 that the full power stations are. Here is his response for ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/44 So, after reading a post about NTSC tuner support in 2.6.26 I decided to upgrade my HTPC to Ubuntu 8.10 which is the development release of Ubuntu. So, after a seamingly smooth upgrade, I found out that Ubuntu 8.10 comes with 2.6.27 not 2.6.26... even better. Nvidia drivers have previously required ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/37 So I have always been fascinated by satellites. So when I wokeup this morning, and was glancing at Slashdot while eating breakfast I was really excited to see an article about Every Satellite Tracked In Realtime Via Google Earth. It took me a bit to figure out how to turn off ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/29 So my laptop has finally kicked the bucket. Wont power up, wont anything. Because I haven't been updating my blog, you wouldn't know that is lacks any internal fans. You also wouldn't know that the battery wont charge and the power brick has an after market capacitor in it, because ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/27 So I have decided to add an ATSC tuner to my HTPC machine. My choice, the WinTV 1800. I have a few extra PCIe slots and aside from USB devices, this appears to be the only other device supported. In fact, it appears to be the only PCIe device supported. ... http://www.morcant.net/blog/archives/39