The very short version: Microsoft are ridiculously heavy handed with their antispam, etc, mechanisms. As a result, they more frequently than not simply block mail from all but the largest mail service providers – and conversely, their own mail users simply fail to receive a *lot* of mail which they should be getting. The problem… Continue reading M$ mail blockages
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Australian suburbs database
Here’s a database of Australian suburbs – including geographic coordinates. This was originally developed for Kevin Fleming, who was gracious enough to release it in the hope that it will be useful to others 🙂 The tarball contains two SQL files – one for the `suburbs` table, and another for `states`. They were generated via… Continue reading Australian suburbs database
Logitech Harmony Ultimate One
Coming soon (to the blog – I’ve been enjoying mine for months :p)…
Shepherd – IPTV schedule discrepancies
So here’s the problem… A month or so after I had set up IPTV for the Myth system, I started noticing some recording weirdness – particularly on SBS channels. As it seemed to be getting worse (and more reliably so as well), I started to look into it further. Turns out that (at least here… Continue reading Shepherd – IPTV schedule discrepancies
MythTV with IPTV
I’ve been running MythTV for many, many years now. Up until about a year ago, it used a Hauppauge DVB tuner card but the antenna connector / socket broke off it and attempts to repair it were futile. So in the meantime, I used Myth for the usual videos and music, but watched TV via… Continue reading MythTV with IPTV