Yes … it’s not your imagination. It’s another LJ post within a week of the previous one from yours truly! I’m glad this week is a short one at work, but at the same time it’s kinda depressing how much there is to do. The break between semesters is approaching, which means a lot of things will need to get done in the near future.
Tonight I moved the MythTV box back downstairs. Amazingly enough, the only glitch in starting it back up was that the cable for the IR sensor for the tuner card didn’t get plugged in tightly enough. I’d like to see about getting an extension for it since that’s the limiting factor in where I can locate the computer relative to the TV.
I also installed daapd on trinity (my primary server). My hope was to somehow integrate it into MythTV somehow. My problem is that MythMusic pretty much sucks. Yes, it plays music. Yes, with enough effort, I can find the music I want to play. However, I don’t have a keyboard hooked up to my box, which means that I can’t create playlists. What would be *really* nice is if someone wrote a module for creating playlists via the web. I might try to hack one together, but it won’t be nicely integrated with MythWeb since I don’t have experience with object-oriented PHP programming. If someone knows of an existing project that does this or something similar, it would be greatly appreciated if you let me know. 
I’m debating whether to take my truck in for service soon. I had it serviced in June and among other things they replaced the pitman arm and front tie-rods. Since then, the steering has been a little odd (loose). I took it to a local mechanic a few months ago and he determined that the pitman arm isn’t fitting well with the shaft. This probably means that the shaft needs replacing, which probably isn’t cheap (hence, why I’ve held off). However, predictable steering would be really nice to have on crappy roads (which we’ve had a taste of recently).
Have you ever looked forward to getting a bill? Oddly enough, I’m looking forward to getting our next heating bill. I want to know if the work we put in installing insulation and windows has actually started paying off. Additionally, we’ve been tending to keep the thermostat set lower as well by about 5 degrees. This means more wearing of sweatshirts, but that’s cheaper than paying for gas.
Well, I think I’m going to hit the hay now… it’s been a challenge to get enough sleep lately. Maybe I’ll be able to catch up some this weekend.
robert on November 30, 2005 in Uncategorized
