Apple TV and Live TV 
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 04:45 PM
Posted by Administrator
It took a while, but I finally figured a kind of way to do this...

1 jailbreak your apple tv and install xbmc
2 Install some kind of tv tuner on a PC (haupauge 950q)
3 on that computer install media portal
4 Enable rtsp streaming on media portal
5 Change channels by going into tv server config and manual control. Select the channel and hit start recording
6 create a .strm file with rtsp://192.168.1.40/stream2.0 <- modify for your setup and share it so you can browse to it from xbmc
7 select the .strm from xbmc and watch tv
8 change channels - make sure you press stop on xbmc, then stop streaming on media portal then change the channel, then start streaming, then play on xbmc

This is kind of mickey mouse, but it does work. Run vnc on the computer running media portal and you can control it from a laptop or phone or whatever so changing channels isnt really that hard.. And the apple tv cannot decode the 1080 over the air channels its too slow. I have a pc displaying the same stream and its ok. So you have to send it the sd channels..

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Update Perl Modules OSX Lion 
Sunday, August 14, 2011, 12:51 AM
Posted by Administrator
After upgrading to OSX Lion I could not install any perl modules.. Here's how to do it:

1. Make is now in a weird spot so link it to where cpan wants it:
sudo ln -s /Developer/usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make

2. You will need to update xcode, so go to the app store and download the installer, then run the installer

3. Now run CPAN:
sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell

Then install whatever modules you want

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ImageUploader 
Sunday, July 31, 2011, 12:57 AM
Posted by Administrator
Finally got around to working on a project that I have wanted to do. It is kind of a mickey mouse solution but it works. All I have to do is get my pictures to drop box. Then once a day the images are pulled, deleted from drop box, re-sized for the web (thumbnails too), files are renamed and place into a directory named for that date, then everything is uploaded. The html source is updated as well.

So it's all automated. I just wish my camera had wifi. For now this will probably just be pictures taken with my cell phone.

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New Project 
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 07:30 PM
Posted by Administrator


Started working on this today. Using a junker laptop and an old webcam I was able to set up remote monitoring of the BBQ. Now I dont need to run out there and see the temperature of the Q, or the temperature of the meat. I have lots more planned for this one..

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Ubuntu On a MacBook 
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 07:32 PM
Posted by Administrator

Was trying to install a dual boot osx/ubuntu 11.04 on my old macbook. ubuntu had all kinds of problems until I found that I needed to turn off ACPI. Once i did that everything was good. In one of the early menus, you have that option. I think it's F6 or settings, and then it is the first setting. Make sure there is an X there (it is kind of odd - does the X enable or disable? Who knows just make sure that is there)

And once everything is installed, you will need to edit your kernel line of the grub conf and add acpi=off

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