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yum install mythtv-suite
Thank you, Peter, for inspiring me to pick up where I left off with my MythTV project all those months ago. I’d got so sick of failing and unpredictable hardware (as well as my own hamfistedness) that I’d shelved the … Continue reading
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Jungle Gardenia
The gardeners came this morning to tackle our jungle. Two men spent four hours, pruning, raking, mowing and lugging bin-liners full of organic refuse. Although it looks a lot more tidy now, the grass is now looking quite yellow, so … Continue reading
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Wet, Wet, Wet
I finally got around to upgrading our server to FC5 this evening, so we’re now running Apache 2.2 and other goodies. The laptop has been brought up to date, too, leaving only the workstation upstairs still to be done. Peter … Continue reading
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Something For The Weekend
Eloïse went to the consultatiebureau today. She now weighs 10 kilos exactly, which means she’s putting on weight nicely. I was planning to go with Sarah, but we had a bloke coming to look at the boiler and he changed the … Continue reading
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Back To Reality
Well, the rain has finally stopped after five days of solidily pouring. That’s nice. We’ve been back a week now and, whilst it felt strange at first, it’s now as if we’d never been away. The familiar old rhythm has … Continue reading
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