Aug 25 2010
Episode 3 of QSK is a rantcast. Cheryl, my significant other, and I ruminate on the state of motor vehicle licensing in the world, how ridiculous the situation has gotten and what we’re planning on doing about it. This one is a fun ride, so sit back and enjoy the total lack of political correctness. We did.
OGG File MD5SUM: 29fd4f2a57cd19c1c835cb3dcfc7b1c7
Russ
Aug 16 2010
MP3 vs. OGG
OGG
MP3
Decoding:
Additionally, patent holders declined to enforce license fees on free and open source decoders, which allows many free MP3 decoders to develop. Thus, while patent fees have been an issue for companies that attempt to use MP3, they have not meaningfully impacted personal use.
Encoding:
Aug 16 2010
Thanks to Klaatu for coming on board tonight to talk about the debate over software patents and the MP3 format vs. Open Source audio codecs like OGG. The audio leaves a little bit to be desired but everything is understandable. Please tell everyone about the netcast. Thanks for listening and hope to have you back for Episode 3.
OGG File MD5SUM: a2e24ea7def7075829c1da4daea0b804
Russ
Aug 10 2010
Attached to this post you will find two of the pictures I took that show how the movie windows look when Devil’s Pie is applied. Sorry that they are a little bit grainy as they were taken with my iPhone (no flash) in a darkened room.
You can find the Devil’s Pie application in many distributions. For Debian, Ubuntu and other .deb based distributions, you may install using:
apt-get install devilspie
For Red Hat, Fedora, OpenSuSE and other .rpm based distributions:
yum install devilspie
Find the source code and revision history for Devil’s Pie here:
http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/devilspie
Find the GTK GUI configuration tools here:
http://code.google.com/p/gdevilspie
You may run Devil’s Pie at the command line, but the recommended way is to put it as a startup application. In Ubuntu, use the System menu, go to Preferences and then Startup Applications. Use /usr/bin/devilspie as the application. Call it something meaningful.
Here is the s-expression code for my xmbc.ds file which is located on my system in /etc/devilspie. You can also use ~/.devilspie as a directory for your .ds files if you just want them to work for your specific login.
/etc/devilspie/xmbc.ds:
(if (contans (application_name) "xbmc") (geometry 1180x720+49+49) (undecorate) ) )
There are many other options you can specify in Devil’s Pie. You can have any number of combinations based on single applications, or you can use a globalized configuration if you have a .ds file which excludes (if) statements.
Other Devil’s Pie Options
(center) - Center a window in your desktop
(focus) - Give a window focus upon initial draw
(below) - Open a window below other windows
(fullscreen) - Make a window fullscreen
(opacity x) - Set opacity to x (0 - 100)
(pin) - Pin a window to all workspaces
(set_workspace x) - Open window on workspace x
(maximize) - Maximize
(minimize) - Minimize
(debug) - Enable debugging
Feb 10 2009
And tonight, the weather is what’s bad. And a lot of times, that’s just the way I like it. We’re about to be hit with what looks like a very long line of strong thunderstorms. I can’t wait. In the meantime, the wind is up and it is literally howling. I like it when the wind howls and moans. If this were a horror movie, no additional mood setter would be necessary. Sometimes, it’s the simple things that make life grand.
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