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Convert your TiVo files to MPEG

Convert your TiVo files to MPEG

Often I see something on TV and I record part of it using one of our several TiVo’s. I’m sure you guys do the same thing. So, here is a way to get that short video clip from your TiVo to your PC and converted for archiving. The resulting video …

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Camping and Geocaching with a view

Camping and Geocaching with a view

We went camping at Wheeler Gorge in Oaji California a few weeks ago and I completely forgot about these photos I took. We decided to take BigRed (Isuzu Rodeo) out for a spin and perhaps pick up a few Geocaches on the way. I didn’t use a tripod for these photos so …

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DeskSlide for your desktop wallpaper!

DeskSlide for your desktop wallpaper!

DeskSlide is a utility for automating the wallpaper change on your desktop. It replaces your boring desktop wallpaper, also called background image, automatically at intervals of your choice, with your beautiful digital images.
After installing Windows Vista and spending time clicking around through the factory wallpapers I decided that I wanted …

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VMWare – OSX – CentOS – WinXP Mashup!

VMWare – OSX – CentOS – WinXP Mashup!

For those of you who don’t already know this, VMWare is a program that will make a virtual computer, or virtual machine. Meaning it will allow you to install an operating system onto your computer which is separate from your current operating system.
I’ve been playing around with different OS’s for …

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Configure FreeBSD as guest OS

Configure FreeBSD as guest OS

I have been setting up several FreeBSD 6 guest OS’ using VMWare so that I can emulate a cluster that I am building. So here is a demo of how to configure VMWare. I’ll have another one coming soon which deals with setting up FreeBSD as the guest OS.

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