I had to install streamtranscoder on a CentOS box recently.  I didn't have time to roll a RPM to install it properly.  Here's install instructions if you want to hack it together as well.  Reminder:  Installing from source on a Red-Hat based distro is *the* way to sully a clean box.  This method will likely work with some tweaks on earlier RHEL/CentOS/Fedora systems as well. I'll create a spec file/srpm soon. ... (more)

So, the layout on here is pretty screwy.  I need to shuffle things around and fix some formatting issues.  Life is pretty hectic right now so it will wait until I have some time.

Just in case anyone reads this, thanks for sticking around.

Upper-case letters/spaces are annoying to deal with in Linux.  We're caching some filenames to avoid hammering servers for software packages.  It's handy to remove spaces/uppercase letters to control potential errors/configurations/links.  There's all sorts of applications from smb servers, mail servers, scripts, etc. There's a small problem, it's easy to do that on a single directory or run loops to recurse throughdirectories but it's hardly efficient and it's sloppy code. Run a... (more)

This site has an absolutely fascinating look at the problems with SSD drives currently and a really honest, in-depth look at them.  It may be one of the most interesting reads I've ever had on the subject.

 

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531

This popped up today in one of my feeds, it lets you monitor the latency of activity from backbone to backbone updated hourly.  If your 'nets are slow, might be worth a check.  If you do netadmin stuff, it's a very valuable tool.

http://www.internetpulse.net/

I have been looking for ways to eat healthier lately and save money by cooking for myself.  My friend Beerorkid puts up lots of the meals he's prepared on his website and has inspired me to start cooking/eating better.  They usually look amazingly delicious and inspired me.  Recipe books simply don't appeal to me (they take up space, take time to look recipes up, have a limited selection) not to mention the annoyance of dealing with grocery lists (copying stuff from a book back t... (more)

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7564/c068de69cb7475120c8387eoq1.swf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7898434.stm

I'm not sure how you could possibly get cooler than this.  Nerd humor + nerd trivia.... (more)

I just picked up the World of Goo demo from their website.  It's available in a format for Linux, Windows, and Mac.  The game has had many good reviews and I can't say anything more than it's amazingly fun.  The game feels like the computer games from the 90's, less focus on flashy graphics and more on clean, simple fun.  It's addictive in a way that few have managed.  In addition, the music sounds like something that one of my favorite composers, Danny Elfman would have... (more)