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mythtv mythmusic # /usr/local/bin/ragetvgrab-0.5.pl -a -v -nr -import -t -d num rows 1,0, /mnt/store/, , num rows 1,0, 192.168.100.63, , num rows 1,0, 6543, , (V1) Verbose Level 1 (DD) Debugging On (TT) Test Mode On (V1) Input filename: (V1) Working with… more »

SRC="$1" DST="$2" for F in "$SRC"/.* "$SRC"/* do # for every entry in the source directory if [ $(basename "$F") != .svn ] then # for everything that isn't an SVN directory if [ -d "$F" ] then # recursively copy subdirec… more »

from: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09187.html and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17816192/from/ET/ Hexagonal Storm on Saturn's Pole This nighttime movie of the depths of the north pole of Saturn taken by the visual infrared map… more »

Martian Clouds from: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUDT70LYE_index_0.html The ESA's Rosetta probe swooped around Mars on Sunday, completing a key manoeuvre in its 10-year mission to land on a distant comet. The 3-tonne probe came within 155 miles of the p… more »

from: http://ciclops.org/index.php The beautiful Cassini Probe Imaging: Amazing Images of the Saturnian System more »

from http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2006/12/27/the-top-ten-astronomy-images-of-2006/ Some very nice images: ISS against The Sun more »

From: http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20070105-00 OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 5, 2007 — A team of scientists using Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputers has discovered the first plausible explanation for… more »

Titan's liquid methane lakes from: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2432 The existence of oceans or lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than 20 years ago. But with a dense haze preven… more »

Mira and Her Tail from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/a.html: A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mir… more »

One of the trickier parts of setting up Xorg is getting the monitor refresh rate configured properly - this tool can make that much easier: # emerge -av sys-apps/ddcxinfo-knoppix Then run it like this: # ddcxinfo-knoppix -monitor -modes -firstmode 800… more »

I've been looking at having the MythTV 'Videos' area have some useful information gatered from the internet - say for movies and such. So, I've gathered up a couple of scripts, and done some extra work to customize them for my needs: a script that go… more »

Really, this is a test of crossposting - also tho it is a record of an issue I've been having recently on the LAN - until about mid-may all computers on the LAN would show up on the Network Neighbourhood Window - like this picture: Now however only a… more »

Another pointer I found at this site: http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/16/mythtv-button-sounds/ is about how to add sounds to MythTV remote buttons being pushed - kinda handy. First create the script, taken pretty much from the page: # nano… more »

I came across this blog article http://outflux.net/blog/archives/2005/10/ about setting the proper dpi (dots per inch) for the MythTV screens. He points to this article: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Display_Size which has a fairly complete o… more »

Came across this in my graphics searches today - the Electric Sheep Screensaver which is open-source and uses a distributed model to generate the graphics and an evolutionary model to design more complex imagery. I've installed it on a computer on the L… more »

I found a couple of links - this one from April 2003 - "MythAlarm Requirements": http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/24235 Guess a list of requirements was all the person was able to do. Ahh well some good ideas in there anyway. Also… more »