New things in this release: There is now a users mailing list at http://lists.stillhq.com/listinfo.cgi/mythnettv-stillhq.com Moved to a public SVN server at http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythnettv/svn/ Added the ‘justone’ syntax to the download command Another try at using gflags. This means that all the command lines have changed slightly. Moved the core of MythTV out of the user interface…
Month: August 2008
Castle Of Wizardry
This is book four in the Belgariad, and was as good as the others. This one only took a day to read, but that was helped a lot by the two hours I spent commuting to and from San Francisco today. This book is a little different than the others because it starts just as…
Magician’s Gambit
This is the third book in the Belgariad (Book 1 and Book 2). This book like the others was an enjoyable quick and easy read. I am starting to rethink my comments about these books being good for young readers — it just occurred to me that a lot of people die in these books….
Queen of Sorcery
This is book two of the Belgariad (following on from Pawn of Prophecy). This book was a good quick read, and I think they’d be a good mid level reading book for a child. I liked it. [isbn: 0345335651]
First Family
I finished this book on the bus into work this morning (I had a pretty distracted weekend, and didn’t get much reading done). This is the second book in the Amtrak Wars series, and takes place immediately after Cloud Warrior. The book feels like it is only half a book — there is plot development…
Please help me test trunk
I’m preparing a new release of MythNetTV, and would like some help testing the code, as I have re-factored how the user interface works and there is some risk that I have broken things in the process. You can get the code like this: svn co http://www.stillhq.com/mythtv/mythnettv/svn That will create a directory called mythnettv, with…
The Spy Within
LibraryThing, of which I am a member runs a program where members are shipped early copies of books for free, with the preference for them writing a review when they’re done reading the book. The books are shipped by the publisher directly to the reviewers. This isn’t that uncommon in the publishing industry — both…
Pawn of Prophecy
The Belgariad is a pretty formula fantasy epic, with striking similarities to things like stories of King Arthur. The series is written in a style which is very accessible to younger readers, which might explain why I loved these books as a kid. Its also a pretty “safe” story, in that nothing truly bad is…
Hotel Max
When I was looking for a hotel to stay at for SIGCOMM 2008, I had trouble finding one in downtown Seattle which wasn’t insanely expensive. In the end I picked Hotel Max because it was only moderately expensive, instead of insane like the Grant Hyatt. The hotel is interesting because apparently it was quite run…
Cloud Warrior
I read this post-nuclear holocaust book as a kid and liked it, so I thought I’d give it a try again. Given most second hand science fiction books are $2, the barrier to entry is admittedly quite low as well. This book revolves around two groups — the Amtrak Federation (a military society formed from…