Google Chromecast Review
With this week’s announcement of the Amazon Fire TV, I thought it …
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PhpStorm Simple Speedup
So, I’ve been working with JetBrains PhpStorm for about 6 months or so now. Only recently have I started forcing myself to serious work with it. Part of the reason why I used tabbed terminals …
Continue ReadingNew Myth Frontend - Almost Perfect
A few months ago we moved into a new place with a much smaller living room, it didn’t have nearly enough room for a full size computer case in the room. So it was time for a new, much smaller frontend for our MythTV setup.
Size, noise, and being able to “hide” it are the primary …
Continue ReadingMigrating from GFS to GlusterFS
This week I started the process of migrating from GFS to GlusterFS. The hardware running my GFS cluster is older and I decided it was better to replace it than continue maintaining it.
Background Information
Back in 2003 I needed to find a storage solution that was fast, reliable, and …
Continue ReadingOpen Source and other nuggets
The silence for the last few months has been because my life got crazy. I’ve been spending a lot of time working and what hasn’t been working has been spent in preparation for our new baby. Yes, thats right, baby. In 2006 we were told by a fertility doctor that we would likely never …
Continue ReadingMoving to MythTV Part 1
Going to preface this by stating this will be a multi-part blog post, and I have no idea how many parts there will be when I’m all finished. Oh, and like most other things I write, it will probably be really verbose. Sorry ‘bout that, its just the way I tend to write.
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