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Schedules Direct

I just bought a 6-month subscription of schedules direct to go with my myth tv setup. I had a few issues on day 1 of my trial, but things have been working out fine after that. The cost is 15$ for 6 months, I think it is a good buy.
I remember having to use [...]

Posted 17 September 2007 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (2) °

Lunar Eclipse

If anyone is interested, take a look of the pictures I took of the Lunar Eclipse on August 28, 2007. Sadly, I could not take any more pictures of it after the eclipse, cause the sun was already up and it was really cloudy.
http://picasaweb.google.com/venkatraghavan/LunarEclipse
On another note, I plan to build a remote control for [...]

Posted 28 August 2007 † robotgeek § Pseudo-Random ‡ Comments (2) °

Camera Notes

Its been almost a month since I bought my camera (Canon S3 IS). The same day, I loaded a non-canon firmware on to it. This firmware added histograms in all modes, storing RAW images and the ability to run scripts. Yes, scripts!
I took it with me on my trip to Ohio, and snapped several [...]

Posted 25 August 2007 † robotgeek § Pseudo-Random ‡ Comments (7) °

New and Shiny

Over the last few weeks, I have acquired shiny new toys!
# Blackberry Pearl
## Introduction
The Pearl (a.k.a. Blackberry 8100) is a small blackberry device. It will fit in your front pocket easily. I have already lost the phone in my bermuda shorts about 3 times now. I got myself a holster to “fix” the issue.

## [...]

Posted 28 July 2007 † robotgeek § Geek Speak ‡ Comments (0) °

Feisty Beta

I upgraded my Edgy machine to Feisty Beta. The Kubuntu Upgrade tool did not launch for me. Bug has been filed :). The manual upgrade went off without any hitch.
What I like, considering that I am an upgrading user, and not a new one.
Amarok seems to have boatloads of new and useful features.
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Posted 08 April 2007 † robotgeek § ‡ Comments (1) °