My final post on MythTV revolves around tweaking MythTV and Ubuntu. I’ve picked up a number of ideas from a variety of sites and compiled the tricks, tips, hacks, and configurations that work best for my setup. You can read my first MythTV post on hardware and my second post on Ubuntu and MythTV installation and setup for background on the particulars of my setup.
Less than a year ago I ventured into the realm of MythTV. My previous ramblings on the subject dealt almost entirely with the hardware end of things. I decided to use the lasted releases of Ubuntu and MythTV as an excuse to recreate the entire system, learning from the first experience, and documenting my setup and configuration to create this MythTV install guide. Read the rest of this entry »
Moving and preparing for my upcoming nuptials has limited my time for extraneous activities. Leah and I have both been working hard to get the wedding details and new apartment in order. I have a few posts lined up for when time allows. For now the blog will have to wait, as I have more important things to take care of.
C’est la vie
Everyone knows that leap years come once every 4 years. Unless the year is divisible by 100, then it’s skipped. Unless, of course, that year is also divisible by 400, then there is a leap day. (For example, 1600 and 2000 were leap years, but 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not.) Confused? It’s simple really. 365 + 1/4 - 1/100 + 1/400 = 365.2425, or 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds. Got it now?
I nearly forgot about last night’s lunar eclipse, had it not been for a reminder phone call from Leah. The moon was a wonderful rust-brown color; and the eclipse, at the time of the photograph, was almost full.
The photograph of the moon shows the outer limits of the Leica D-LUX 3’s lens and zoom capabilities. This image was taken at full digital zoom: 16x magnification. I’d like to say outright that the blurriness is due to the extreme magnification; however, during the 8-second exposure even the slightest wind-induced wobble of the tripod would have greatly diminished the sharpness of the image.
Leica makes a mount that allows the D-LUX 3 to attach to a Leica spotting scope. This would have been a great, albeit costly, tool for capturing a sharp image of the moon.
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