Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
It's not even really spam. I assume it's an attempt to validate random email addresses by analyzing bounces.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
I used my Kill A Watt to measure the power consumption of various items in my entertainment center.
PVR
Antec case, Biotstar TF-7050M2 motherboard, Hauppauge tuners, 2.5" Hitachi drive.
80 watts peak at bootup
65 watts nominal
Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitor
(not normally part of my entertainment center, but I was using it to reconfigure ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Key Generation
Generate a DSA key:
ssh-keygen -t dsa
This will generate an RFC 4716-formatted key file similar to the following:
-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
An accompanying, OpenSSH-formatted public key file should also be generated under the same file name with a .pub suffix. It should appear similar to the following:
ssh-dss ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I noticed that HandBrakeCLI displayed this message:
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: none!
I thought that, perhaps, I could gain some performance by recompiling x264 directly for my AMD dual-core, 64-bit CPU. It turned out to be quite a task.
gpac
Get gpac (check the project's download page for the latest version):
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gpac/gpac-0.4.4.tar.gz
Unpack ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Free, open wireless. Not like lousy Dallas airport, which only has T-Mobile Hotspots ($$$).
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