Now that I've setup my DVB-C adapter (here), MythTV will no longer record from my PVR-150 adapter. I've switched from ivtv-kmdl to video4linux-ivtv-kmdl as a driver. However, according to /var/log/messages, both of my IVTV cards are still detected. What's going on?

First of all, I installed the hardware into my CentOS 5 machine. Then, I replaced my ivtv-kmdl package, which does not work together with DVB, with the linuxtv-dvb-apps, video4linux-kmdl and video4linux-ivtv-kmdl RPMs, all from ATrpms.net. After a reboot, the card was automatically detected. Great!

The next step was to manually scan for channels to see if it worked. Using a lot of Googling, I assembled the following command:
/usr/bin/scan -t 1 -A 2 -n /usr/share/dvb/dvb-c/nl-Casema > /root/.czap/channels.conf

For the longest time, I've been looking for a way to securely store a backup of my files off-site. I'm already using BackupPC to backup the files to another harddisk and keep a number of revisions to secure against harddisk failure. But, you never know what happens in the future. I really don't want to loose all my digital pictures, documents or e-mail in case of a fire.

Today on Slashdot I read about the new release of Enlightenment, DR16.7.1. I have used Enlightenment in the past and it looks amazing. Check the Enlightenment website for screenshots.

We have spent the past two weeks on vacation in Fuerteventura. Fuerteventura is a part of the Canarian islands. Though the islands are in the Atlantic Ocean off the westcoast of Africa, they are officialy part of Spain. We spent our two weeks on the beach and around the swimmingpool here as seen on the picture on the right. Spending two weeks away from the internet and computers is really not so bad if you're in a sunny country.