Category Archives: Hacking

MythTV Hardware Almost Ready

Our prospective MythTV box is more or less ready for the software. The shop that was investigating the source of my problem had called to say that they had got to the bottom of it, so off I went in … Continue reading

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Reopening For Business Soon

The last six months, I’ve been enjoying (well, mostly) an extended break away from pretty much anything to do with computers. I’ve read my e-mail and done plenty of on-line reading, but all geek activities were halted and any resemblance … Continue reading

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Projects On Hold

I’ve received numerous patches since we moved back to Amsterdam. bash completion, Ruby/Finance, Ruby/Google and Ruby/LDAP have all received patches that I need to integrate. Unfortunately, all of my computers are still in storage, so I can’t work on these … Continue reading

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Rockbox

Whilst browsing around, looking for a new version of the firmware for my iRiver H140, I chanced upon Rockbox, which, in its own words, is Open Source replacement firmware for the Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder … Continue reading

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