Moving Servers
As part of our move, I’m also going to have to move scissors, the little computer that powers this web page. I’ll try to keep down time to a minimum, but I can’t guarantee anything. So expect the page to die for a few days…
Writing
Patrick’s weblog, featuring posts dating back to 2002 on topics including technology, open source, networking, and various technical adventures.
The Great WPLUG pcHDTV 3000 Buy
I’m organizing a mass purchase of pcHDTV 3000 HDTV tuner cards for folks in WPLUG. The more we buy, the cheaper they go. I’m hoping to get an order for 10 or so. That way we get about $25 off per card! Wowza! Take a look at…
I Broke Technorati
I’ve been adding tags to all of my weblog entries recently. I think it’s a kinda cool thing to do. However, if you’ve been reading my weblog, or even just the RSS version of it, you’ll notice that the tags have been bouncing all around.…
Hello Planet WPLUG
This is just a quick note to say “hi” to anyone who reads my blog on Planet WPLUG. I can feel all cool because I’m syndicated now. Of course, now I probably won’t have a chance to post anything for another few weeks.
Statement on PyMusique
Codi Brocious has posted a project statement for PyMusique describing in clear terms what it does and why they do it. Of key to note is that PyMusique does NOT give you free access to iTunes. You still need to have an account and pay…
Holy X Windows Eye Candy Batman!
The Uber cool Seth Nickell, previously of storage fame has released some AMAZING videos of what’s coming up in the desktop for Linux. To sum it up in a nutshell, Owen Taylor, of GTK fame, has written a cracktastic GL compositing X server where everything…
Jesus makes an appearance in Unreal Tournament
MindBending Software produces nifty products that inserts subliminal messages into games. This is accomplished by intercepting GL calls and layering new graphics on top of it. They also can perform some trippy transformations to get your zen on. Unfortunately, it’s really expensive, most modules will…
Preliminary Technorati Tags Support
I’ve added preliminary support for Technorati tags to my weblog. The beauty of everything being all XML-ified on this weblog is that it means this took basically 0 programatic support requirements. A few small changes were made to my XSLT so the tags show up…
Oooh, a Shiny New RSS Feed
This is sort of a test entry and sort of an entry to explain what I’ve been doing. It’s a test entry because I’m not sure if the problem with spaces on BlogLines has been cleared up or not. I hope it has. If it…
Butler for Firefox
Ah yes, the joys of an open platform bringing innovation back to the web. It’s really a wonder to see all the cool extensions hackers are creating for FireFox. A few weeks ago I installed Google Preview, which provides very cool tumbnails of webpages on…