Category Archives: Computer

Mar '09 17

MythTV on AppleTV

by Brin in Linux, Windows | Comments Off on MythTV on AppleTV

I’ve been looking for a good MythTv front end for a while. I’m interested in the new AppleTV (ATV). The ATV supports HDMI output, and since you can hack XBMC onto it, (as they no longer support xbox images) this … Continue reading →

Mar '09 17

Sony Bravia and UPnP with DLNA

by Brin in Linux, Windows | Comments Off on Sony Bravia and UPnP with DLNA

Tried playing around with the Network port on the TV, the only thing i could get to work with it was Twonky media’s Twonky server. The Windows version seems to be OK, but i really wanted a Linux solution that … Continue reading →

Feb '09 23

Debian Lenny 5.0.0

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on Debian Lenny 5.0.0

Good to see Debian have released Lenny over a week ago now. Looks like Etch should upgrade to Lenny faily painlessly. The only Problems i can find are Graphics and sound card drives/firmware.

Feb '09 22

ip accounting

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on ip accounting

I’ve been using a combination of ntop, ulogd, ulog-acctd and specter for tracking ip traffic, with some success. Some recently found this post, that mentions the same sort of things i want to do, along with some of the pitfalls … Continue reading →

Feb '09 20

Graphing

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on Graphing

I’m not overly happy with the Graphing from Image_Graph, while it works OK, and Looks good (what i want for this graph anyway), its doesnt always do what i want it to. Some other options Charting Solutions – List of … Continue reading →

Feb '09 17

Python and SQL references

by Brin in Linux, Windows | Comments Off on Python and SQL references

I’ve been wanting to lern Python for a while, most projects seem to be using it as the prefered scripting language, Everything from Gimp to Samba to Blender. I’ve been researching Books and sites, Heres the short list. Python Tutorial … Continue reading →

Feb '09 09

SQLite and Postgrey and SPF stats

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on SQLite and Postgrey and SPF stats

I’ve given up on rrdtool for the mean time, i can input the data OK, but it seems to be averaging the results, even though i have specified MAX. Until i can work out why this is the case, the … Continue reading →

Feb '09 08

Postgrey and SPF

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on Postgrey and SPF

Installed Postgrey and SPF at home, from etch backports apt-get install -t etch-backports postfix-policyd-spf-python python-spf add to main.cf “check_policy_service unix:private/policy-spf,  check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:60000” to smtpd_recipient_restrictions add to master.cf policy-spf unix – n n – – spawn user=nobody argv=/usr/bin/policyd-spf I’m also looking … Continue reading →