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Note: I use the Easylist (USA) subscription.

• under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine, create key Direct3D if it doesn’t already exist
• inside Direct3D create the following values:
  • string: DirectDrawRenderer value: opengl
  • string: OffscreenRenderingMode value: fbo
  • string: RenderTargetLockMode value: auto
  • string: UseGLSL value: readtex
  • string: VideoMemorySize value: (video card memory size in MB)

The Boxee Box by D-Link

Vudu XL

Popcorn Hour C-200

LG BD390

PlayOn!HD

Roku

Mvix Ultio

Netgear EVA2000

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.

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/372843

Number one: “I have the largest seashell collection on the planet. I keep it
scattered on beaches around the world.” – Steven Wright

Number two:

Coveting possessions is unhealthy. Here’s how I look at it:

All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact, everything on Ebay is
already mine. All of those things are just in long term storage that I
pay nothing for. Storage is free.

When I want to take something out of storage, I just pay the for the
storage costs for that particular thing up to that point, plus a
nominal shipping fee, and my things are delivered to me so I can use
them. When I am done with them, I return them to storage via
Craigslist or Ebay, and I am given a fee as compensation for freeing
up the storage facilities resources.

This is also the case with all of my stuff that Amazon and Walmart are
holding for me. I have antiques, priceless art, cars, estates, and
jewels beyond the dreams of avarice.

The world is my museum, displaying my collections on loan. The James
Savages of the world are merely curators.

Quote from
http://www.metafilter.com/65284/Collect-em-all#1862024

Number three: Watch www.aetv.com/hoarders for a few episodes and that might cure you!

$ alsactl store
alsactl: save_state:1530: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for writing: Permission denied
$ sudo alsactl store
E: core-util.c: Home directory /home/mycurrentuser not ours.

So I deciced to change “/var/lib/alsa/asound.state” ownership temporarily to the current user and then was able to successfully save my sound settings (then switched back ownership to root). I also added “alsactl restore” to /etc/rc.local to automatically reload my sound settings when I reboot.

Start a terminal and use these commands (/dev/sda2 might need to be changed to match your configuration, you can use fdisk to figure out which partition is your main one):

sudo mkdir /media/karmic
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /media/karmic
sudo mount -o bind /proc /media/karmic/proc
sudo mount -o bind /dev /media/karmic/dev/
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /media/karmic/etc/resolv.conf
sudo chroot /media/karmic apt-get update
sudo chroot /media/karmic apt-get upgrade
sudo chroot /media/karmic apt-get dist-upgrade

1. press alt+printscreen+r (to release the keyboard from the Xserver)

2. then hit crtl+alt+F1 (and log in)
3. sudo pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the lines that says
   Section "Device"
Driver "nvidia"

4. to

   Section "Device"
Driver "nv"

5. Save the file and then issue the startx command or just reboot. That should get your desktop up and running, minus any hardware acceleration (e.g.: for compiz or video games).

Hope that helps and I hope the nvidia driver was opens source!

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1265224&page=3.

Note: I was updating my Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 5 machine.

1. Install pavucontrol if it’s not already installed
2. Start pavucontrol
3. Play a sound in the application where you need to change the default sound device.
4. While the sound is playing, switch back to pavucontrol and change the sound device.
5. that should be it.

I needed to set my Logitech Clearchat Wireless Headphones as the default sound device for Skype 2.1.0.47 beta in Ubuntu Karmic Alpha (pavucontrol was not installed).

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.

• SCAN Z do-it-yourself 3D scanner
• Building a Homemade Laser Line Scanner (CS6998, Spring ‘01)
• Build Your Own 3D Scanner: Optical Triangulation for Beginners
• Scanalicious: A 3D Scanner GUI Client and Micro-controller Software
• 3-D Laser Scanner
• Scanalicious: A 3D Scanner for You and Me
• 3D Scannerless Scanning for Fabbers
• Splinescan: Open Source 3D Scanning
• NXT™ 3D scanner
• DAVID-laserscanner: Low-Cost 3D Scanner for Everyone!
• stripo-3DSCAN Light
• Structured Light 3D Scanning
• Milkscanner: Displacement Mapping
• Using Meshlab to Clean and Assemble 3D Scan Data
• Build your own 3D scanner
• 3D Photography on your desk/li>
• Build Your Own 3D Scanner: Optical Triangulation for Beginners/li>
• Project DASER: Introduction/li>

Ubuntu 9.04 has everything you need except for minicom. So all I had to do was to:

• plug it in

  dmesg should get you the following output:

  usb 2-9: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 50
usb 2-9: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
io_ti 2-9:1.0: Edgeport TI 1 port adapter converter detected
usb 2-9: Edgeport TI 1 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0

• Install minicom: sudo apt-get install minicom
• Edit minicom settings: ~$ minicom -s

  1. Change the Serial Device to /dev/ttyUSB0

  2. Change the Bps/Par/Bits field to 9600 8N1, (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit). These are the default settings used by the Linux kernel; they can, if necessary, be overridden from the kernel command line by adding extra parameters to the console= option. See kernel-parameters.txt and serial-console.txt.

  3. Turn off both Hardware Flow Control and Software Flow Control.

  4. In the Modem and dialing menu, remove the Init string and Reset string completely if required.

  5. Save your new config
  6. start minicom
  7. more details
• Use one of the following commands:
  

  Command	Description	Return Value
  ?<CR>	Tells about the command set available for this Watchport	as described in this section
  I<CR>	Tells what kind of Watchport is connected.	Watchport/H<CR>
  H<CR>	Gives the percentage relative humidity.	38%<CR>
  T<CR>	Gives temperature in Celsius.	+22.2500C<CR>
  TC<CR>	Also gives temperature in Celsius.	+22.2500C<CR>
  TF<CR>	Gives temperature in Fahrenheit.	+72.0000F<CR>
  TF+<CR>	Repeats the TF command every 3-4 seconds until the next keystroke. Appending + also works with the TC and H commands	+72.0000F<CR>
  L4<CR>	Adjusts the slew rate of the data line. When “L” is followed by a numeric value, 1 through 8, Watchport responds with OK. Other values return Invalid Command. The default setting is 4. Adjust the parameter until the data transmission becomes error-free. The setting remains in effect until the Watchport is power-cycled.	OK

Download Watchport’s manual

Now all I need is a perl script to automate the posting of these values to twitter?

1. Adblock Plus
2. No Script
3. Firebug (mostly for web development)

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