With apologies to The Graduate. Years ago I was very interested in 3D computer graphics. This was back in the late 80s and early 90s when Silicon Graphics reigned supreme and simply being able to rotate a Phong-shaded object on the screen in real-time was a pretty impressive achievement. Today, of course, the cheapest computer [...]
If you are having problems getting a PYRO A/V Link to work correctly with linux (dvgrab and kino), check the switch settings on the PYRO. Contrary to all of my expectations, the setting for “DV Camcorder” (switches 2 and 3 down) works perfectly for me, whereas all of the other documented settings cause the capture [...]
The broadband internet connection (provided by Adelphia) is currently working. This morning, however, it was not working, nor was it working last weekend. The week before that it was down more than it was up. Although we have a phone modem for use as a backup connection to the internet, using it is an exercise [...]
Last weekend Nagscifi’s copy of Norton AntiVirus decided that it needed to be activated. No more downloads of antivirus definitions and patches, no more email scanning, no more file scanning, in fact, no more antivirus protection of any kind. Needless to say, Nagscifi’s laptop is now running an antivirus package produced by one of Norton’s [...]