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I tried the AMCode plusgin for B2Evolution to allow code segments to be displayed (looks great) but I had an issue - the css wasn't loading up - not sure if it should work just fine for 1.8.6 but I do know they've moved on - however the fix was easy - lo… more »

Ok, so after getting the MythAlarm stuff all working I tested it - and not much happened. After looking through the code I can see why - there's not much code there to do anything. Really - as in (almost) nothing - I'm not sure what the original poster… more »

So in this second part, I needed to add MythAlarm (and MythHelloWorld) to the MythTV main menu: # nano /usr/share/mythtv/mainmenu.xml I added these lines near the bottom of the file: [lt]button[gt] [lt]type[gt]HELLO_MYTH[lt]/type[gt] [lt… more »

I was looking recently for an Alarm for my MythTV box, but there doesn't seem to be one. I did find some code on a recent posting here: http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/f-qt-programming-2/t-q-object-problems-7670-post44252.html#post44252 Downloaded - and… more »

This program is handy for creating 3D models of buildings and such on your computer - however it was the ability to add custom photos onto the side of objects, or to use a building of a photo to help create the 3D model, that I was most impressed with.… more »

Identifying Galaxies Your job is very simple! All you need to do is look out for the features that mark out spiral and elliptical galaxies. In fact, as you're a human and not a computer, most galaxies should be easy to classify since they're obviously s… more »

Second part - have kitchen webcam send regular pictures Found this great blog with instructions ... looks like since I want to use SSH (scp really) to copy the images around, that I'll have to set up SSH passkeys for the webcam user. http://girasoli.or… more »

Managed to set up the new firewall computer to work with the Kensington USB Webcam using the se401 kernel module. New comp had a different USB type than the previous Intel motherboard, so new kernel time! (didn't realize that until an hour into debuggi… more »

Ok, so the latest version of MythWeather in gentoo as of this date is still having issues because the data from the weather info provider changed in format. So, I decided to grab the latest from MythTV - apparently the mythweather-revamp work has replac… more »

I've installed the latest version of b2evolution blog software that's available via portage - 1.8.6 - however the newer 1.10.x sounds like a worthy upgrade. We'll see how much interest there is in this, and judge if the upgrade is worth it. more »

60th moon of Saturn found from: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/19/279275.aspx The scientists behind the Cassini orbiter have announced the discovery of Saturn's 60th moon, a little thing that showed up in time-lapse photography of the r… more »

My First Stained Glass Artwork This is my first complete Stained Glass artwork. I really like how this tree came out. Currently it is sitting in my parents front window - lucky them! B) more »