Category Archives: General

How To: Gyration Media Center Universal Remote Control (GYR3101CA) – Ubuntu 10.04

Difficulty: (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) Mythbuntu Release: (10.04) MythTV Release: (0.23 ../event3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-08-25 23:44 usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-mouse -> ../event4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2010-08-25 23:44 usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-mouse -> ../mouse1 Write down the event# associate with usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-kbd and usb-Gyration_Gyration_RF_Technology_Receiver-event-mouse. … Continue reading

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Manager of Information Technology

Hiya! Well, it seems i have happened to neglect my blog yet again! Shame on me. Well I have my reasons, over the last few months, I have become Manager of IT at my company. I have been hard at … Continue reading

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Did you know the truth about wireless security?

Well, I’ve officially beaten the Cisco classes for becoming a CCNA. For those who don’t know, that’s basically all of the classes that you must endure to be able to take the class to get your cisco networking certification. It’s … Continue reading

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Is it your jail?

So we learn overtime how to manipulate the system, break the rules, do what we want. The system, it’s just that which controls us and holds us in. We can’t escape the system, can we? Of course! There’s always an … Continue reading

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SX vs. Vista (Witherstorm’s Blight Part Tri?)

So… I know, I know.. “SX, you haven’t posted in a while!! What the heck man?” Well, Vista at it again. Know why I love Ubuntu? It WORKS. I change my hardware, it works. I change a setting in the … Continue reading

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Intel Graphics. So shameful for Jaunty Jackalope…

I have a laptop, not much, but portable! Let me list it’s basics, then I’ll explain what I did to really get this thing rolling! It runs so much better now! The System: A Toshiba Satellite L45-S4587 Processor: Intel Pentium … Continue reading

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This is how we learn: How to backup linux in full!

Disclaimer: Try this at your own risk. We are not responsible if your install gets messed up, this is just one of the many methods available to back up your linux install. Please make sure you read and understand the … Continue reading

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SX vs. Vista (Witherstorm’s Blight Part Duex)

So, I’ve been fighting ALL day, and this is literally from before noon until three in the morning, with Windows Vista… Let’s pull the menu down and see how the battle progressed. First, if you didn’t know.. Pre-SP1 install DVD’s … Continue reading

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Site Update: New Poster + New look, Content, and Purpose coming soon!

For the other 1 person besides me that actually views this site. We have a new editor/author, a good friend of mine. You may have noticed his stories “Firestorm”, we both are hoping to revamp up the content really soon, … Continue reading

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Off-Topic : My life in a whole..

Well I guess I’ll add this part, even though it’s a bit off topic. My name is SX here, but there’s many more names behind the true SX. I “Work” for a small website based on radio controlled hobbies. I … Continue reading

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