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MythTV DVB Setup Guide and Notes on Building a Linux Storage Server

Monday, December 10th, 2007
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!found the following series of tutorials via the myth tv site. there a few years old, but still have valuable information. MythTV DVB Setup Guide DVB is Digital Video Broadcasting, a set of digital television standards with a large amount of […]


Google’s secret home-brew 10 gigE switch

Monday, November 19th, 2007
Has Google has built its own 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch - one far cheaper and power-efficient than existing switches - as it seeks to widen its infrastructure cost advantage over Yahoo, MSN and AOL? » Google’s secret home-brew 10 gigE switch | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com Powered by ScribeFire.


from the trench: streaming a live event

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
I decided to document my last event. don’t know what this falls under, but hopefully it helps others. so lets get started the event I was contacted by the client to do a live webcast for a horse show. I would setup everything needed prior to the event, and also come to the event location for a day […]


good read: 15 Startup Commandments

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
# Your idea isn’t new. Pick an idea; at least 50 other people have thought of it. Get over your stunning brilliance and realize that execution matters more. # Stealth startups suck. You’re not working on the Manhattan Project, Einstein. Get something out as quickly as possible and promote the hell out of it. # […]


advertisers wanted

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
A client is looking for advertisers on a gamer / role player site with 2-3 mill+ hits per month. no porn, or adult martiel. If interested contact me and I’ll put you in contact with them. Greg


how to: using edgecast live streaming

Friday, October 19th, 2007
the documentation was a little confusing. for broadcasting use the url provided for publishing with out the trailing / so if your publishing point is : rtmp://fmsbcastserverurl/20xxxx/ , use rtmp://fmsserverurl/20xxxx to view your stream use the player url without the stream name (that got me for a bit). their documentation says to include you stream name, don’t. so if […]


comparing flash to windows media streaming

Sunday, October 14th, 2007
I’ve recently had a client that swears by windows media for steaming, and wanted to create a youtubish site using it. I helped him understand that flash was the best option, but then decided to look deeper into the debate to see what other people consider the pro’s and cons. I now to most of us […]


ad sizes 101

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
need a simple reference for ad sizes? here ya go web ads: I like this site the best. Nothing is simpler than a big gray box! http://www.webpencil.com/bannersizes.htm print ads: again gray box love http://www.pollstaronline.com/advertising/ad_sizes.htm


happy dance : Futurama the Movie - Bender’s Big Score

Friday, September 21st, 2007
i’ve been hearing that futurama was coming back for a while. apparently it is, but in dvd movie format. imdb : http://imdb.com/title/tt0471711/ good thread@imdb: http://imdb.com/title/tt0471711/board/nest/85040894 amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UZDO62?ie=UTF8&tag=cgef-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000UZDO62


drm for dummies

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
he’s pretty dang through This page was written with non-techie people in mind. If you read SlashDot or BoingBoing, if you’re active in the anti-DRM movement, etc, then this page will have nothing new for you. But if you are an “average computer user”, then you probably think that breaking DRM is too hard, too complicated, […]