O'Reilly -- Building My MythTV Box, Part 1: Hardware I recently started building my own MythTV system, for reasons that are detailed elsewhere. Even though the broadcast flag was struck down on May 6, I nevertheless pressed ahead with building my system because I was sure the broadcast flag would be back. Although the Innovation Coalition won round one, it was only the opening skirmish. Sure enough, it rose from the dead, rather like a vampire, on Monday. The only sure-fire way to keep my right to tinker with TV was to beat the original deadline. While the Broadcast Flag battle continues, it's still legal to put together your own home-theater PC. Matthew Gast has begun constructing his system and covers hardware in this first installment of the series. broadcastdigitalflaghardwarehomemediamythtvoreillytheater in Computing > HTPC > Howtowith boxbuildingcomputinghowtolinuxmythtvsystem
The Original Bootlegs - Amazon.com Amos, a long outspoken adversary of live bootleg recordings, announced in late 2005 that she would be issuing a series of live "official bootlegs", all recorded during her "Original Sinsuality" tour. A website was established at toriamosbootlegs.com where hard copies of the releases were made exclusively available. The packaging was minimal and featured bird/insect/snake artwork following the theme of The Beekeeper, which had featured elaborate packaging placing the various songs into different metaphorical gardens. The bootlegs were sold for $13.98 each and featured full concerts from her 2005 tour; the bootleg albums were widely acclaimed by both critics and fans and showcased Amos's continued unique performance style. Soon after the hard copies were rele Amazon.com: "The Original Bootlegs" (12 CD Box Set): Tori Amos: Music 827969778029amosaudiobootlegsboxmusiconlyoriginalpoprocksetsetssonythetori in Lifestyle > Musicwith amosbootlegsboxoriginalthetori