http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com The rants of a technophile Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:42:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When this site was started my goal was keeping it updated with my technological goings on as well as some parenting tips that have worked for me along the way.  As you can tell by the infrequency of my updates, I've failed miserably at my goal.  No excuses. What have I ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2009/07/23/im-a-terrible-blogger/ Turns out my attempts to hack the latest UPG file were all for nothing.  I found that the previous documentation on the UPG file format can all pretty much be scrapped due to the introduction of bcrypt to the whole mix.  I spent about 3 hours trying to figure out ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/11/25/how-to-turn-your-ns4300n-in-to-a-doorstop/ I've had mine for about 9 months and have done everything I can to hack in to it with varying success.  I've gotten telneted in to it and enabled rsync so that I can keep my music synchronized from my Linux laptop to it.  My wife backs up her Windows ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/11/19/promise-nas-ns4300n-hacking/ One word...  DVDStyler.  After going through the Linux authoring tools, some of which were good but seemed to hang at certain points, DVDStyler is the hands down winner for simplicity (and it works).  The operation is straightforward, even I fiigured it out in a few minutes and created an ISO.  ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/07/01/authoring-the-dvd/ I've got a Canon HV20 high definition (1080i) digital camera and I've been working on getting video from the camera up to google using Linux.  The tools provided by windows vista are lacking to say the least.  There are a couple of good tools that make getting the video off ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/06/13/getting-hd-video/ Little did I know there is a way to specify compiz as your default window manager. kcontrol -> KDE Components -> Session Manager -> Change the Window manager to compiz If you still want to be able to configure compiz through fusion-icon, launch it with the -n parameter (-n, --no-start      Run, but ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/05/30/some-compiz-fusion-tips/ Awesome idea! I bet the neighbors love that thing. http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/05/20/emergency-party-in-5-4-3-2-1/ I read this blog today and it rang pretty true for my limited experience.  I admit that I am guilty of the 50/50 mentality and will work harder to be a 100/100 player. http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/05/20/some-good-marriage-advice/ I came across this article on Stumble! today and it got me thinking about when I was a kid. If my parents ever thought twice about letting me and my brothers (all together or singularly) go "out to play" they didn't show it. We knew that when it ... http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/04/11/trust-your-kids/ This is a great way to teach kids about physics, machines, dynamic fluid flow, and the like. A virtual physics lab on your computer! Here is the wiki with a great demo video. http://www.geeksaregreatlovers.com/2008/04/10/its-fun-with-a-capital-p/