Archives for May 2003

DVD Playback on Red Hat 9.0

I finally managed to get DVD playback working on my Linux workstation, which is running Red Hat 9.0, by installing the following RPMs (which you should be able to find online) in order:

  1. libdvdcss-1.2.6-fr2.i386.rpm
  2. libdvdread-0.9.4-fr3.i386.rpm
  3. alsa-lib-0.9.3-fr2.i386.rpm
  4. ogle-0.9.1-fr3.i386.rpm
  5. ogle_gui-0.9.1-fr2.i386.rpm

I also had to set the display color depth to 16-bit (down from 24-bit) to get it working properly. Typing “ogle” at the command line should bring up the application. Assuming your installation went well, everything should be self-explanatory from there.

Posted by PJ on May 26, 2003 | 2 Comments |

The Frosty Mug News Aggregator

I installed a couple of Movable Type plugins (mt-list and mt-rssfeed) to allow me to setup a blogroll page displaying the last five posts for each MT blog I’m hosting on this server.

The page is here if you’re interested. It updates itself four times a day. If it ends up being useful, I might decide to make it a bit more interactive.

Posted by PJ on May 23, 2003 | Comments Off |

Differentiation of Desserts

I’ve decided that flan is basically crème brûlée without the fun.

Posted by PJ on May 21, 2003 | Comment |

First A Rap Album, Now This

Yes, that was actually Cornel West appearing as a Zion Elder in The Matrix Reloaded. I sincerely wonder what his colleagues at Princeton are saying about his new film career.

Posted by PJ on May 18, 2003 | Comments Off |

For Software That Rapes Your Computer

It seems that Lavasoft has a new slogan for Ad-aware, their award winning anti-spyware program:

“Ad-aware: The Morning After Pill for the Internet”

I love it. It’s witty and offensive to the papist contingent.

Posted by PJ on May 17, 2003 | Comments Off |

Downloading Steinways

I came across a wonderfully sampled free soundfont file of a ninety-five year-old Steinway this past week and I decided to render new audio files from some old electronic music compositions I did in college.

Here’s an MP3 of “Untitled #3” (2.9 MB) for your listening pleasure–or displeasure as the case may be.

Posted by PJ on May 17, 2003 | 2 Comments |

Finger Lickin’ Good

I saw The Matrix Reloaded yesterday night. Did anyone else think “The Architect” looked suspiciously like Colonel Sanders?

Posted by PJ on May 16, 2003 | Comments Off |

Victory Without Surrender

I was wondering how Bush would declare victory in the absence of a formal surrender from Iraq. Yesterday, he chose to do so from the hull of an aircraft carrier. It was a brilliantly executed PR stunt.

I also enjoyed seeing the photos of him in flight gear with the other pilots. He seemed to fit right in.

Posted by PJ on May 2, 2003 | Comments Off |

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