October 2011
1 post
Getting FFmpeg on windows
All the guides to getting ffmpeg working on windows seem to be extremely outdated; so here is a quick howto: Download mingw Install mingw with MSYS option; it will download and setup in C:\MinGW Get the mingw coreutils extra package (can be found from here); current version Install the coreutils extras package by un-7zipping and un-tarring it to C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin Download yasm; save it...
Oct 15th
August 2010
1 post
Prosh Week 2010 →
An awesome week of fun and games at melbourne uni.
Aug 15th
May 2010
5 posts
3 tags
HTML generation with lua
In my adventures on the web; I discovered an aid for writing HTML called zen-coding. Playing a bit with it, I found it lacking in some departments, and began to think that macros aren’t whats needed, but complete generation. I remembered seeing an example of some html generating lua code a while back, and for a bit of fun decided to do my own take on it… local function...
May 16th
May 11th
1 tag
Motorbike annoyances
So I finally got my GSXR-400 back together on friday, after taking it apart three months earlier for a service… And I hear a valve that isn’t correctly adjusted. Now I have to take the tank, fan and engine cover off again to readjust a valve clearance :(
May 4th
1 tag
Costumes
Yet again I am leaving a costume to the last minute… For eng ball on Wednesday night the general theme is “Hollywood”; but each table has it’s own sub-theme. Our Theme: Toy Story. I expect I’ll end up going as Woody cause its the easiest…
May 3rd
2 tags
How GHDL is awesome
So, for a subject at uni (Digital System Design), we have to learn and use vhdl. Not the best language ever invented (who the hell bases a language on Ada anyway…. ew), but I suppose it gets the job done. We learnt using modelsim and quartus on the uni computers, and from the very start I thought they were terrible, terrible programs. Modelsim seems to freeze regulary during simple tasks,...
May 2nd
April 2009
2 posts
Google Profile →
I now have a google profile!! Hooray? Now everyone can google my name and find me….
Apr 22nd
Easter Update
I’m not so into this blog thing… Wonder if anyone ever even reads this stuff. Easter has come and gone, with a mild amount of chocolate digested. The birth of zombie jesus was remembered by some, for others, easter just brought an overwhelming amount of advertising about rabbits with eggs came into their lives. Anyway, latest and greatest is a dead hard drive(s), having lots of fun...
Apr 17th
December 2008
4 posts
Boxing Day Update
Ok, well, the new linux install failed, couldn’t get it to boot from grub no matter what I did. Shall leave THAT problem for another day. In other news, I’ve finally replaced my iphone. It has been replaced by the lowly nokia 7210, and (to be delivered shortly) a sansa fuze. The Nokia 7210 SuperNova is quite a nice phone, and for only $159 (from AllPhones), its quite the bargain....
Dec 25th
Installation/FromLinux - Community Ubuntu... →
Instead of burning a cd just to use it again in the same computer, I shall attempt to install linux from linux. This looks like an easy enough guide.
Dec 15th
Installing Ubuntu 8.10
I currently run Xubuntu that was once 7.10, then upgraded to 8.04. I’ve decided that while I’ve got nothing better to do, I’ll do a fresh install of ubuntu - the full version this time. Will also use the 64bit version, which I’ve been slightly hesitant to use before. I remember having all sorts of major driver issues every other time I’ve installed an operating...
Dec 15th
Sick days
Yay, just as summer comes, and I’m ready to go out and do anything and everything, I get glandular fever. Hooray. Spose I was going to be inside anyway - I WAS going to get my wisdom teeth out now anyway (but they can’t, cause my throat is closed over!) Currently stuck on heavy painkillers, hoping it will go away by christmas.
Dec 13th