Hackintosh and Plex

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Wil Rosenblath

So my current after hours project is building a Hackintosh. For those that haven’t heard, that’s a hacked MAC OSX that will run on regular X86 (PC) hardware. IF you want to read more about this, check out Insanely Mac
I’m using a version called ideneb v1.5.1. I tried 1.4 but had a lot of issues, so I thought I’d try a new version. I’m using my Dell Dimension E520 for the hardware with a sata 80 GB drive that I had from a Dell GX280. I had windoze on my original drive that came with the Dell Dimension, so I didn’t want to loose all my stuff, pictures etc.
Once I get the Hackintosh going, I’m hoping to load the plex media server on it and replace my cable. If you want to learn more about Plex, check out plexapp.com. Apparently they recently made a deal with LG to include their media centre client on TV’s and Mobile devices.
I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. If you’re reading this and have done this before and want to give me advice, feel free to email me or post a comment on my site, all input is welcome.
Cheers,

Wil

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Jam for James 2011

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Wil Rosenblath

Saturday January 15th, 8:00pm @the Waring Hall. Cash Bar and Kitchen.
Open Mic, Door Prizes, Silent Auction.
Proceeds to benefit the Kingston Cancer Treatment Centre and Cancer related Charities.
Pictures,video, and sound bytes will be posted here after the event.
See you there!
Clicking the Poster will take you to the Facebook event Page.

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Merry Christmas to all my Friends and Family

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Wil Rosenblath

May 2011 bring you peace, love and prosperity.

Below are a some videos from me to you. Enjoy.

Digital Nativity
Ever imagine how the birth of Jesus would be handled today through digital media.
Well….imagine no more.

A couple Christmas Montages

Ok, one more, couldn’t resist. This is from the same guy that did the one above. 71 movies….wow.

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Canada’s Worst Jobs

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Wil Rosenblath

Whenever you think your job sucks, remember this guy. Picture this. It’s 5 below freezing, your soaking wet and hanging 35 stories up washing windows. This guy was outside my balcony when I went out with my coffee this morning.

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Walking in My Shoes

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Lisa

This is a song by Finger Eleven, and if you don’t know who they are… they’re a band, formed in ’89 in Burlington, Ontario Canada.  They were formerly known as the Rainbow Butt Monkeys.   A fantastic band, and I chose this song because it reflects a lot of aspects of my life.   Not only my life, but others as well.  As humans, we tend to be quick to judge.  But we never know the hardships that those we judge have had to face.  Try walking in their shoes before you judge them.

“Walking in My Shoes”
I would tell you about the things,
They put me through.
The pain I’ve been subjected to.
But the Lord himself would blush.
The countless feasts laid at my feet,
Forbidden fruits for me to eat.
But I think your pulse would start to rush.
Now I’m not looking for absolution,
Or forgiveness for the things I do.
But before we come to any conclusions,
Try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.

You’ll stumble in my footsteps.
Keep the same appointments I’ve kept.
If you try walking in my shoes.
If you try walking in my shoes.

Morality would frown upon,
And decency look down upon,
The scapegoat fate’s made of me.
But I’ll tell you now, my judge and jurors.
Intentions couldn’t have been purer.
My case is easy to see.

I’m not looking for a clearer conscience.
Peace of mind after what I’ve been through.
But before we talk of any repentance,
Try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.

You’ll stumble in my footsteps.
Keep the same appointments I’ve kept.
If you try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.

Now I’m not looking for the absolution,
Or forgiveness for the things I do.
But before you come to any conclusions.
Try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.

You’ll stumble in my footsteps.
Keep the same appointments I’ve kept.
If you try walking in my shoes.

You’ll stumble in my footsteps.
Keep the same appointments I’ve kept.
If you try walking in my shoes.
Try walking in my shoes.
If you try walking in my shoes.

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Facebook Integration and the Magic that is WordPress

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Wil Rosenblath

I finished the Facebook integration completely for the new wordpress version of rosenblath.ca  It seems to work great.   I added several plugins for the site to stop spam comments.  After trying a few different turing number plugins, I settled on wp-reCaptcha which seems to work great.  It forces people leaving comments to enter the numbers in the graphic, it also requires this for site registration.  I have a feeling this will put an end to the spammers posting advertising links on my comments.

I modifed how the wordpress site works so that permalinks are used instead of the default page id method.  This allows my old links from the previous blog site to continue to work so I don’t lose my search engine rankings.   This in conjunction with some magic redirection in the .htaccess file and everything is working great.  Old search results now go through to the new site and the old posts imported into the new site.  In addition to this I added some new menus to highlight authors etc.

This morning a friend of mine asked me if streaming video could be embedded in a wordpress site.

It took me about two hours but the end result was a resounding yes.

I used a plugin called “embedit” in conjunction with some code from the camera manufacturer to get it up and running.

The end result can be viewed  here: http://www.millerhouston.com/?page_id=7

This ends the work on my first Facebook application  (my website).  I’m working on a second but its proving to be very tricky to do what I want to do.  Stay tuned for more information on that app if I can get it to work.

In conclusion, if you’re looking to have a great blog site wordpress is the way to go in my opinion.

Cheers,

Wil

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