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Settings for Philips 32PFL6704D Television

derek — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:13:56 +0000

Contrast: 49
Brightness: 55
Color: 38
Tint: 0
Sharpness: 2
Color temperature: Warm
Dynamic contrast: Off
Digital Natural Motion: Off
Noise reduction: Off
MPEG artifact reduction: Off
Color enhancement: Off
Active control: Off
Picture format: Unscaled
Horizontal shift: 32
Vertical shift: 16

These were from cnet and are relatively accurate. I have two of these sets, and one of the panels is considerably darker than the other. Adjust the contrast and brightness accordingly.

Enable UPNP Under FreeBSD

derek — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:36:33 +0000

build and install from ports (/usr/ports/net/miniupnpd)

Add this to your /etc/rc.conf

miniupnpd_enable="YES"

Next add a few things to your /etc/pf.conf

rdr-anchor "miniupnpd"
anchor "miniupnpd"

pass out on $int_if from any to 239.0.0.0/8 keep state
pass in on $int_if from any to 239.0.0.0/8 keep state

Also change your NAT entry to add static-port

nat on $ext_if from $int_if:network to any -> ($ext_if) static-port

I tested from functionality from a couple OSX boxes with the following:

dns-sd -X udp 123 456 789

If upnp is working, it should return an address:

mifune:~ djh29$ dns-sd -X udp 123 456 789

Timestamp     if   External Address     Protocol        Internal Port   External Port   TTL  
10:32:20.589  0    70.90.241.189        16              123             0               0    
^C
mifune:~ djh29$

I fought with this thing for awhile before I realized that the multicast address rules were necessary under FreeBSD (per the INSTALL doc for miniupnpd).

Change the IR frequency for a Dish Network Remote

derek — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:24:29 +0000

I have a Philips 32″ LCD - Model 32/PFL6704D - as my bedroom television.

It bathes the entire room with IR. This is a massive pain (My Roku refuses to work with this TV doing this). Here is a quick fix for getting a Dish Network receiver to transmit on a different frequency:
1. Display the System Information screen

2. Note the Remote Address

3. Hold the Sat button until all the mode buttons light up

4. Enter a number between 1 and 15 that is not the number noted in step 2

5. Press the # key (Sat button should blink three times upon release of the # key)

6. Press the Record key

Fixing WordPress Upgrade Errors [Table 'wp_terms' doesn't exist]

derek — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:41:03 +0000

If you have ever seen one of these exceptionally annoying errors populating your apache logs after upgrading wordpress: WordPress database error Table 'database.wp_terms' doesn't exist for query SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM wp_ terms AS t INNER JOIN wp_term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE tt. taxonomy IN ('category') AND ( t.term_id <> 1 ) ORDER BY t.name ASC made by require, require_once, include, get_sidebar, locate_template, load_template, require_once, wp_list_cats, wp_list_categories, get_categories, get_terms
There is a relatively easy fix, however, finding it was not so easy.

I found a pointer here:

http://osterman.com/wordpress/2007/10/15/wordpress-database-error-table-wp_terms-doesnt-exist

However, this didn’t work for me. The page always mentioned the database was already upgraded. Digging around on the WordPress Codex, revealed this handy link about forcing a database upgrade.

Here is what I did to fix the problem

Open mysql and select the db: [root@host ~]# mysql -u dbuser -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 15762 Server version: 5.0.45 Source distribution


Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> use wordpress;

Database changed
Next change the value of the DB to a previous version or wordpress (check here for a list of values). mysql> update wp_options set option_value='6124' where option_name="db_version";


Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Rows matched: 1  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

mysql>
Next, run the upgrade script:

http://domain/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php

If you receive errors, change the db_version to a different value and try again.

Nice way to clean out Gallery2 spam comments.

derek — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:37:36 +0000

Nice way to quickly cleanout Gallery2 spam comments.
>
mysql> delete ce, e, co from g2_ChildEntity ce, g2_Entity e, g2_Comment co where ce.g_id=e.g_id and e.g_id=co.g_id and e.g_entityType=’GalleryComment’ and (co.g_comment like ‘%[url=http://%’)
-> ;
Query OK, 930651 rows affected (1 min 5.68 sec)

mysql>

Horray for decent upgrades.

derek — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:48:02 +0000

Upgraded to the latest wordpress. Nice to a simple, and working upgrade for once.

Migration to WordPress

derek — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:58:00 +0000

Welp, goodbye Movable type… Hello wordpress. A couple interesting issues with imports to note, the stock mt-import works like crap, however, the rss import saved it somewhat. I’m going to start the migration of the old content over shortly. So if you were looking for the old content, sit tight, or email me if you need something soon.

Wonderful studio pics

derek — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 22:01:59 +0000

Welp, slowly but surely I am building up my studio. Check out the pics in the DAW Gallery. Basic config now is: Cubase SX Various VST Instruments POD XT (although I have used my vetta) Parker Nitefly 77' Strat My…

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I love Fox News.

derek — Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:29:00 +0000

I love Fox News. I also love DirecTV. I wanted to watch Fox, or Boomerang, or wathever for that matter, remotely. Here is my cheesy five minute guide to getting it to work on windows (one of my linux boxes…