Are you a wintroll sheep?

Are you a wintroll sheep?

Well, the [MythTV controversy continues to rumble on](https://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/171985), with opinion on mythtv-dev much more divided as a number of people have stepped forward and identified with the various issues I raised. I am also pleased...
MythTV Usability Report

MythTV Usability Report

For a while now I have been noting down little quirks and oddities in MythTV. Although MythTV is incredibly usable and works very well, fixing these problems would make it more intuitive and easier to use. This list is certainly not exhaustive and although I have been...
MythTV developer community perspectives

No more buzz

Today is another glorious day for the MythTV box. Since the start of the project I have been dogged by a rather noisy machine. The time I built a machine before the MythTV box was years ago and there really was no solution for noisy fans. As such, I grit my teeth and...
mmmmmmetal

mmmmmmetal

[Jorge](https://www.whiprush.org/2006/01/on_music.html), interesting choice of music there, with an evident bay area thrash theme running through it. I am also hugely into music, both listening and also gigging and recording with Seraphidian and [my solo...
MythTV developer community perspectives

Genius

Went to the LUG meeting last night and it was fun, despite feeling tired all day. I always feel knackered when I get back to work after some time off. The reason is simple. When I am at home, I love staying awake late at night and sleeping in. This is of course,...
Better advocacy

Better advocacy

I have had a couple of interesting emails through since [The Reality of Advocacy](https://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/8898) went live. I thought a couple of these may be of interest to the greater community, so I have reproduced my responses here. One mail...
MythTV developer community perspectives

Eyes love candy and dogs

Well, it seems [Havoc speaks the truth again](https://log.ometer.com/2006-01.html#3.2) and he makes some important and interesting points. The point he makes about focusing on user goals as opposed to the tools to construct those goals is one of the key problems with...
Loving advocacy

Loving advocacy

Well, here we are, first blog post of 2006. Sooz and I celebrated new year with the LUGRadio crew and much beer was consumed with great, rollocking pleasure. We played the ever hilarious Friends game, took it in turns to wear my inflatable sumo suit and debated the...
Year new happy!

Year new happy!

Well, before everything kicks off, I want to wish you all a happy new year. In an hour or so the LUGRadio crew are coming over to record our new year episode and then we are going to be drinkin’ until we’re stinkin’. Boy, I hope Gullivers Pizza is...