Well, since I have been too lazy to blog, I have decided at least to try to do a weekly update on Sun/Mon and see if I can stick to it.
This past week, we have been prepping for Draylan’s first ever day in school. He starts Kindergarten in about 4.5 hours. WOW, time flies. I remember when he was born. Seems like yesterday. He’s got his haircut (Mohawk of course), he chose some new shoes and an outfit. He’s raring to go! (I’ll try and post some pictures when I can)
On the Linux side of things, I am designing a new server for home. I’ll post the specs when I get it all figured out. I am getting ready to play with MediaTomb and see how that does as a DLNA server. We’ve decided to move again soon, so we’re gonna postpone the LinuxMCE configs till we get in the new place.
Well, I’ve been preparing for two larger projects, one of which will be my first non-adult endeavor on the web. This should be interesting, yet again, I will post more on this when we get a solid framework up.
The last several months, I have been so busy with getting things going, that I have not had time to do any gaming or anything along those lines. As you know, I went back to Entropia Universe almost 2 weeks ago and I am playing when I can. I have joined a great society, Entropia Asia, and I am working on getting a website set up for them. When it is completed it will be at http://www.entropia-asia.com I hope to get it done in the next couple of weeks and I am gonna have Andrew (www.hoodyhoo.com) work on a couple logo designs and see how they like it.
Anyways, that’s it for now. 
I used to play Entropia Universe when it was called Project Entropia and I stopped playing about 2 years ago. I have logged in and out over the past 2 years. I have always felt that this was the direction online worlds and gaming should or is going.
For a while now, I have been waiting for the “next big game” and all of the MMO’s out there are basically the same. The only real difference to me is the depth (or lack of) that they provide. So far, I have been unimpressed by what I have seen.
I have decided to give Entropia Universe another go. It has a very unique system. It allows for exchange of in-game money to real money and vice versa. So you are not paying for a subscription to play. You are actually depositing into the game economy like a tourist when you play. Although, unlike most tourist, you can earn money while visiting. Think of it as visiting a country on both a work and pleasure visa. You can spend money (and you can spend a LOT) while visiting thereby enhancing the local economy, or you can enjoy the world and work in the world and make something out of it.
I think this time around, I am gonna stick to it a bit longer. The last time I played, I was in hardcore gaming mode. I put a couple grand into the game and got bored of it because I thought of it as just a game. This time around, when I play, I am not looking at it as just a game, I am looking at it as everything I do, every item I spend or allow to decay, that that’s my money going away, and I want it back!
Some of you know that I have been running a gaming guild called the Order of Z for quite some years. I had a bunch of my guild join me in Project Entropia but they soon got tired of it. This time logging in, I removed myself from the Order of Z society and I am looking to join Entropia Asia… Although, in my travels so far, I met a good group of guys at www.honest-entropians.com …. If it doesn’t work out with Entropia Asia, I may give Honest Entropians a go.
Cheers
I have been using either Debian or Ubuntu server to run my home server. (I’ll be blogging the final configuration when I get it done)
I kept getting the following error:
Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect...
It was a fairly simple fix, I just want to blog it before I forget 
You just need to install the ia32-libs:
apt-get install ia32-libs
And voila! it works!
Just playing around with DSL Reports last night. I got some good download speeds considering I am only supposed to have 5 to 7 megabit download.
For years, one of my pet projects has been to create a low cost (below $20K) central solution to store and serve my massive media collection. I have thousands of DVD’s, Video, Audio, Pictures, etc. ( Click to see about 2/3 of my DVD collection )
I also want a central location to serve up my TV/Satellite feeds etc. I have played with probably every possible combination of OS, Hardware, Embedded, Software, etc that I could get my hands on.
Lately, you all know that I have been on a Linux kick (yet again). I was beginning to play with MythTV but that would just solve the issue of serving the media to MythTV frontends. I was playing with several DLNA servers but the issues I ran into with those was one of transcoding, most linux DLNA servers don’t transcode. (transcoding is taking media of one type, say WMV and serving it up another type, say MP4, so your device can play it properly) So for now, I kinda put DLNA on the back burner. Read the complete Post.
I got the moblin/hildon desktop running in a Xephyr window on a Gutsy Tribe 3 desktop. It has promise, but in this Tribe 3 phase, it’s not ready for prime time.
I downloaded Tribe 4 this morning and will play with it over the next few days. We’ll see how it goes.
Well, I am fascinated by the stuff that’s coming down the pipeline. I have been playing with the moblin stuff ( www.moblin.org ). I really think that this is the direction mobile devices should be going.
Now, the extent of my knowledge in the Unix/Linux world is mostly command line based and server knowledge. I am fairly new to display managers and how they work. I downloaded a base gutsy distribution to play with the Ubuntu Mobile stuff and am anxious to play with this interface.
I have gotten the image creator to work and have seen the mobile-ubuntu stuff working in gutsy but in a window. I would really like to put it as the native or default desktop on my UX280P. From what I have read through my google’s, this is a possibility.
I will continue my search and once I learn how it is done, I will post a ‘How I did it’ here.
The search begins!
PS If any of you know if there is a Howto out there already, let me know.
Some of you have asked to see my setup and what it looks like. I have decided to post pictures. Currently, we’re staying at our 20 year old condo in transition. We’re going to be splitting time between Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Costa Rica once I get my act together.
Anyways, Here are some pictures of My Desk, Entertainment center, where the girls work, and Andrew’s ( www.hoodyhoo.com ) setup.
My stuff and setup August 2007
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