A Digital Life

Ubuntu – Remove PPA via the Command Line

Inzanik — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:26:35 +0000

Identify PPAs on your Ubuntu install via the command line Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ls -l You have move into the directory where the PPA lists are stored (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/) and should have a list of the PPA installed. You can open the individual .list entries to identify the PPA address with vim/nano/gedit. Removing an Old PPA There is ...

MVC and the joys of new Technology..

Inzanik — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:54:15 +0000

MVC-AVC is the codec used for Interlaced 3D Blu-ray films.. it allows for stereoscopic video via one stream. Unfortunately I can not currently find a way to cost effectively encode to this format at this time, leaving the only option (for my current HTPC setup) to encode 3D Blu-rays to half SBS :( SBS encoding work on the principle that ...

Walls done!

Inzanik — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:51:03 +0000

Well, I finally have no more wall painting to do, aside from touch up jobs and some wood work the lounge has been finished. Really looking forward to getting it set up with the new TV (Samsung UE40D6530), the MediaPortal powered HTPC that is under construction and getting the piano tuned :D Will be having ...

New house turning into a new home

Inzanik — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:44:28 +0000

Man its been a long time, we have been in the process of doing up our new place since Christmas and we have almost finished!! Wednesday the 6th is the deadline and we are looking good for finishing at the weekend... this mean all sorts of goodness to come. Last weekend was the first time I ...

Merry Christmas!

Inzanik — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:35:48 +0000

After having the best Christmas Dinner of my life, Merry Christmas!