Living Room Media Players / Centers

October 24th, 2009 Alex Posted in electronics, media, video Comments Off

Boxee Box DSM-380
The Boxee Box by D-Link

Vudu XL
Vudu XL

popcorn-model-C200
Popcorn Hour C-200

LG-BD390
LG BD390

Playon-hd
PlayOn!HD

roku
Roku

mvix
Mvix Ultio

Netgear-EVA2000
Netgear EVA2000

neuros-link
Neuros Link

Another option would be to use an Home Theater PC (HTPC), more expensive but also more versatile.
http://www.linuxtech.net/features/best_linux_htpc_motherboards.html
has some good tips for building your own.

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Firefox Can’t Find Acobat Reader In Your Home Directory (Linux)

September 1st, 2009 Alex Posted in linux, pdf Comments Off

After installing Acrobat Reader in my home directory, I was getting the following error when trying to view a PDF using Firefox:

Could not launch Adobe Reader 9.1.2. Please make sure it exists in PATH variable in the environment. If the problem persists, please reinstall the application..

I fixed it by creating a “.profile” file in my home directory (/home/user/.profile) with the following line:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/apps/acrobatreader/Adobe/Reader9/bin/

Note: You might need to adapt acrobat reader’s binary path.

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Convert Picture/Image to DXF

July 30th, 2009 Alex Posted in cad, gimp, pictures Comments Off

  1. First, do edge detection using GIMP (or any other image editing program)
  2. Then, convert to SVG using Inkscape (File – Import, then Path – Trace Bitmap)
  3. Save as a DXF
  4. Fix DXF in AutoCAD (because it probably created too many lines)
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Vast Space

April 14th, 2009 Alex Posted in pictures Comments Off

Vast Space

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Sound Experiment

April 14th, 2009 Alex Posted in media, music Comments Off

ToneMatrix.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object).

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