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Results of a dog bite

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:32:57 +0000

This is the wound from a dog bite given to me gratis while I walked to town Friday. I’ll post a picture of the house in front of which it occurred. More later.

Fort george

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:46:53 +0000

This is my favorite tavern

Droid Wordpress App Really Works

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:47:45 +0000

I like blogging on the go, and this app really helps me do just that.
Let’s see how we do pictures.

Droid Wordpress App Works Great!

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:23:00 +0000

This is posted from my new Droid using the wordpress app by automattic.

Back Up Windows From Linux, Free and Simple

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:41:04 +0000

Martti Kuparinen was kind enough to share a script he has made for backing up the Windows partition as an image. Here is a link to his original site, which has clear instructions.

http://kuparinen.org/martti/comp/windows/backup.html

I highly advise that you follow his instructions on his web page.

I have downloaded and saved as an archive the scripts, win2bak and bak2win

and his instruction page along with some of my own notes

Here is the archive – win2bak-bak2win.tar.gz

I have not attempted to restore the image yet. ;-)

Terry’s Favorite Mushroom Frittata

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:36:49 +0000

1 large onion – chopped
Pat of butter
1/2 to 1 cup chopped mushrooms - any kind
Tbs of chopped garlic, or one large clove
Two eggs, beaten
1/4 to 1/2 cup of chopped cilanto
1/2 can of olives – chopped or small can of chopped olives

Sauté an onion in a heavy skillet with a pat of butter. When onion begins to get translucent, add chopped mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes. Next, add some fresh, chopped garlic and cook for another minute. Turn the heat down to medium and add beaten eggs. Give it one stir, and immediately add chopped cilantro and olives. Stir to mix, then let set until the egg gets firmed. Turn over and cook other side, add salt and pepper to taste.

Frozen Tamales with Sauteed Mushrooms

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:10:12 +0000

Take your frozen tamales and steam them – I like those vegetarian ones at the Community Store. . . Zucchini and cheese flavor – don’t overcook. Maybe five minutes, maybe 9. While they are steaming, put your mushrooms in the butter in the pan with a little garlic. Sautee them a little and by the time you think they are done, the tamales will be, too.

Put the buttery mushrooms on top of the tamales and eat.

Tiny Taco Salads

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:01:42 +0000

For the tiny taco bowls use Tostitos “Scoops” chips and add tiny portions of

ground protein source (tempeh, Gardenburger, etc. or try delicious Morningstar Farms Breakfast Sausage) cooked with chili powder, salt
cheese
avocado
salsa
chopped lettuce
slivered onions
maybe a little sour cream . .

Handbrake 0.9.3 for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:55:11 +0000

I want to rip my DVDs to Xvid but the newer version of Handbrake doesn’t support it. Marc Deslauriers has been so kind as to make available on his Launchpad PPA the Handbrake 0.9.3 package he created for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. This way I can still rip DVDs to Xvid avi files like I like. One day I’ll try using the newer codecs, but for now, I’m staying cool because my DVD players all support xvid and not Matroska.

I have saved the deb files here but I recommend simply adding his PPA as a source (click “Technical details about this PPA” on that page to learn how)

and then

sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

That way your system will stay updated if newer versions are released.

Alternatively, you could install the Ubuntu 9.10 packages I saved here:

If you have Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala or Linux Mint 8 do the following:*

Install the common-files package first:

DO Install handbrake-common_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_all

AND Then install this package for the handbrake program:

handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_i386

OR If you are sure that you are ready to use the 64-bit version, then install the common-files above and then choose this package instead:

handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_amd64

*If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 or if you’re using Windows, see my other post about Handbrake 0.9.3 for ripping to Xvid avi files

Old Version of Handbrake for Ripping DVD to Xvid

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:06:41 +0000

Handbrake is a great DVD ripper. It’s good for “ripping” a DVD to make a movie file such as “American_Psycho.avi” ;) . Handbrake 0.9.3 is the last version that has support for creating Xvid video – the kind you want for your standalone divx player such as the Philips DVP642. They developers have dropped support for Xvid in the new releases because of Xvid’s incompatibilities with the newer codecs like H264 Matroska, etc, which are actually better for HD video and can have chapters, etc. . . .

But I like encoding in Xvid because the standalone players (Philips DVP 642, DVP 5960, DVP 3140) my friends and family and I use do not support Matroska or h264, but do a great job with Xvid. We have quite a collection and it will still be in use for years to come. So since Xvid is such a favourite, and Handbrake is so ultra-cool and awesome, I am going to keep the Xvid version, Handbrake 0.9.3, running on my computers as long as I can. To that end, I’ve collected some installers and links to old versions of handbrake here.

Installers

Windows (You may need to install .NET first from Windows Update):

Handbrake 0.9.3 Windows Installer

Linux:

Ubuntu 9.10

Handbrake 0.9.3 packages installed easily on Ubuntu 9.04 (see below) but wouldn’t run on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala because of dependency problems (add error message here)

If you have Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala or Linux Mint 8 do the following:*

Install the common-files package first:

DO Install Ubuntu – common (9.10) handbrake-common_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_all

AND Then install this package for the handbrake program:

Ubuntu 32-bit (9.10)-handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_i386

OR If you are sure that you are ready to use the 64-bit version, install the common-files above and then choose the 64-bit package instead:

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala 64-bit -handbrake-gtk_0.9.3+repack1-0md0.9.10.2_amd64

Ubuntu 9.04 and earlier

Ubuntu 32-bit (9.04 or earlier) – Choose this if have ubuntu and you aren’t sure if you have 64-bit

Ubuntu 64-bit (9.04 or earlier)

PPA for Marc DesLauriers – Where I found the handbrake package and where you can simply add the source (click “Technical details about this PPA” on that page to learn how) and then

“sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk” will install Handbrake for you!

*If you are not sure which Ubuntu version you have, look in your “Software Sources” applet. There you will get some idea.