PenguinTV 1.75 for Dapper

By Mike Basinger

The version of PenguinTV in Dapper is a little behind. I have made a .deb package for it for the latest development version (PenguinTV 1.75). It is consider unstable, but it is working well for me.

http://mikesplanet.net/dapper/penguintv_1.75-1dapper1_all.deb

Welcome Home Daisy

By Mike Basinger

Our beloved cat Merlin passed away last week after 15+ years of life. To fill the void left by Merlin and Sisko, our dog who we losted this winter, we decided to get a new puppy.
Daisy is a 4.5 month old wirehair dachshund puppy (possible part miniature) we adopted this weekend. She has had a […]

Playing XM Online in Linux

By Mike Basinger

This script, by B. Galliart, will let you play XM Radio Online in Linux. You must have curl, and either xine, gxine, totem-xine, or vlc installed with basic codecs.
Save the script as xmonline.sh, change the username and password, uncomment the player you want to use, I recommend xine (gxine, totem-xine and vlc work […]

Traceroute + Google Maps

By Mike Basinger

This site maps any traceroute you do to a Google map.
http://www.codefromthe70s.org/traceroute.asp

Some Newer Debs for Dapper

By Mike Basinger

I have compiled some updated debs for Ubuntu Dapper of programs I use alot.

comix 3.1.3: comicbook reader, compiled from original source. (Updated: 02-06-2006)
gxine & gxineplugin 0.56: media player, complied from original source.
kismet 2006.04-R1: wireless detector/sniffer, complied from Debian Unstable.
nmap & nmapfe 4.03: Post Scanner, complied from Debian Unstable.
PenguinTV 1.75: Podcast/Video Podcast feed reader. (Added 31-05-2006)

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Secret Wars Reenactment

By Mike Basinger

Geek 1: But Fin-Fang-Foom wasn’t in the Secret Wars.
Geek 2: My point exactly!!!