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Why do I listen?

Posted by Matthew on September 26, 2007
Posted in: General Nonsense, Rants. 2 comments

So. A few people have finally talked me into signing up for a Facebook account. I signed up, I linked to a few friends. Then the usual question came up… Now what?

I must be getting old, that’s the only result I can come up with. I just had no use for it. I have a webpage. I have an image gallery. I have a blog. I have email. I use IRC and everyone that I need to keep in touch with knows I am there 22 out of the 24 hours in a day. I have my own Jabber server and account. The list of ways to contact and keep in touch is already long enough.

I’m sure this sounds like a rant. It probably is, but I just didn’t see the point really. I’m not looking for new friends that “share my interests.” Most of the people that have the same overall interests that I do, frankly, scare the hell out of me.

I understand that the newest fad (that will probably be around for a long time) is this social networking. I, personally, just have no need for it.

I pretty much knew this would be the result when I signed up. I’ve done it in the past (re: Twitter) and has pretty much the same feelings. I just don’t need another tool to keep me connected with “friends.”

Finger pointing

Posted by Matthew on September 13, 2007
Posted in: The Eagles. Leave a Comment

Well. I won’t go into it much, but there has been a lot of finger pointing at the New England Patriots for their supposed spying on opposing defenses.

Again, I won’t say much because I now have a lot of relatives on my wife’s side that are Patriot fans, and well, Momma Daubenspeck didn’t raise no dummy.

However, I figured it would only be a matter of time before some Eagles players put in their opinions on the whole thing in regards to the Super Bowl…

sipie

Posted by Matthew on September 7, 2007
Posted in: General Nonsense. Leave a Comment

sipie. For all your command-line Sirius streaming needs:

Enter stream: octane
07 09|07 14:41 octane: Sevendust-Ugly
07 09|07 14:42 octane: Puddle Of Mudd-Famous
07 09|07 14:45 octane: Octane-Rock Fuel 4 The Masses
07 09|07 14:51 octane: Kayla-kayla@sirius-radio.com
07 09|07 14:51 octane: Saliva-King Of The Stereo
07 09|07 14:55 octane: Nickelback-Rock Star
07 09|07 14:59 octane: Seether-Truth

If you have python installed and want a GUI or (more importantly) a great command-line player, go install sipie. Installation is a snap and it uses several different audio players (etc mplayer) to handle the streaming.

Still here

Posted by Matthew on September 3, 2007
Posted in: General Nonsense. Leave a Comment

Yes, I am still here. The house (among other life things) have taken precedence lately. I still don’t even have MythTV hooked up yet. I did finally plug the backend server in and updated to the new version of Myth. I also created and setup the new schedulesdirect deal as well. That seems to be working, and Myth is recording the correct programs at the right times. However, I don’t have cable hooked to it yet, so I now have a lot of hours of snow to watch. All in due time, however. This house deal is a slow but sure process.

I figure it will take us about 5 years to get all of the boxes in the basement unpacked and put away. The good news with that, however, is that the rest of the house is really clean and clutter free. All the junk is in boxes in the basement!