I know this is a random place to talk about this, but I wanted to fly the Cirrus today and couldn’t remember how to turn autopilot on after takeoff. I thought no problem, I’ll just look at the keyboard settings. And I didn’t see it where I thought it would be. Long story short… it’s …
Monthly Archives: February 2026
Raspberry Pi and Kodi
I had basically already decided on Kodi. So, I found this video that seems to put all the pieces together. I learned about LibreELEC which is the OS and includes Kodi. I love it when someone else does all the hard work.
Solar light for the yard and LiFePO4 batteries
I don’t know why, but for a long time I would buy one of these $1.25 solar yard lights, for my yard. IDK why. It just seems cool to look out in my yard hours after the sun goes down and see a light. When it stops working after a few months… I buy another …
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Media player for my DVD collection
Looking into media players. Specifically for my DVD collection. Maybe Kodi, Plex or Jellyfin. At this second leaning towards Kodi. I’m certainly not going to pay for a subscription to play my own media. So I think that leaves Plex out. This is important… Kodi can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or …
More MASH ripping adventures
I just assumed makemkv would rip all episodes. I noticed different amounts of files ripped. So I did a little research. I appears that each disc in a season has 8 episodes. Below is 2 different rips, on the left is a rip from my original season 4 I bought years ago. On the right …
Lazarus SQLight query
Looking back at some old Lazarus SQLight forms, I struggled for a while to see how it was getting the query. For Lazarus SQLight there is a SQL property on the SQLQuery1 object that says (TStringList), if you click on the ellipsis to the right of that… it shows the SQL query! I’m looking at …
Ordered M.A.S.H. from ebay
Regarding my recent post about the price increase. I found and ordered it from ebay for $44.97. I just realized the set includes the original Movie! Nice bonus.
An exceptable way to rip TV series DVDs
OK, I think I found a way… makemkv. I tried it last night on Twlight Zone (season 1) and it worked almost perfect. Almost? When it was apparently done it said at the very top 99%, and there was no way to end it. I had to Stop the process. So I can begin ripping …
Ordered 2TB Hard Drive for my DVDs
After realizing my M.A.S.H. DVDs are going bad. I realize I need to rip my other DVDs before it’s too late, if it isn’t already. I opted for a HDD instead of the SDD, because it’s half the price. It would be very expensive to replace all my old TV series DVDs. I’ll have to …