Saturday, August 04, 2012

OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi with Composite Video

I've been trying to get OpenELEC to work on Raspberry Pi via the composite video output to no avail. I've read from older posts that rpi-cecd should not be started, yet with the build I've been testing (r11707) there is no rpi-cecd.  Further checking XBMC's log (~/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log) revealed that CEC is enabled by XBMC regardless.  So I had to dig further.

I eventually located the configuration file, and you'd have to give up CEC (if you switch between HDMI and composite video) to make it compatible.  And here is how:
  1. Start up OpenELEC
  2. Connect from a remote computer via ssh to openelec as user root (default password is openelec)
  3. Edit (with vi) the file /storage/.xbmc/userdata/peripheral_data/rpi_2708_1001.xml
  4. Find the line , and change the value to "0"
  5. Save
  6. Reboot
Done!

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Monday, May 29, 2006

Go! Oilers! Go!

Yes! After many years of being the underdogs, the Edmonton Oilers reaches the NHL Finals!

Monday, March 27, 2006

I got in the right field!

I took one of those tests online, and it confirms that my choice of profession is correct:
(I'll leave that little advertising link near the bottom so you can take the test too)


You scored as Engineering. You should be an Engineering major!

Engineering

67%

Psychology

58%

Linguistics

58%

Mathematics

50%

Chemistry

50%

Dance

50%

Philosophy

50%

Art

50%

Biology

50%

Theater

33%

Anthropology

33%

Sociology

33%

English

25%

Journalism

25%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

回家好好休息,
家人始終是
你最後的護蔭!

Sunday, May 01, 2005

First of May

Today is the first of May
Locally it is Labor Day
Really don't have much to say
except that it will be 05-05-05 in four days

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode

You had something to hide
Should have hidden it, shouldn't you
Now you're not satisfied
With what you're being put through
It's just time to pay the price
For not listening to advice
And deciding in your youth
On the policy of truth

Things could be so different now
It used to be so civilised
You will always wonder how
It could have been if you'd only lied
It's too late to change events
It's time to face the consequence
For delivering the proof
In the policy of truth

Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before

Now you're standing there tongue tied
You'd better learn your lesson well
Hide what you have to hide
And tell what you have to tell
You'll see your problems multiplied
If you continually decide
To faithfully pursue
The policy of truth

Never again is what you swore
The time before
Never again is what you swore
The time before

But Not Tonight - Depeche Mode

Oh God it's raining
But I'm not complaining
It's filling me up with new life
The stars in the sky
Bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

Just for a day
On a day like today
I'll get away from this constant debauchery
The wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it is to live tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
But they're not like tonight

Oh God it's raining
And I'm not containing
My pleasure at being so wet
Here on my own
All on my own
How good it feels to be alone tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
When my eyes had been so red
I'd been mistaken for dead
But not tonight

A view of the current local traffic. Posted by Hello

Something white and red... Posted by Hello

Something red... Posted by Hello

Something green...? Posted by Hello

Today's cloudy sky... Posted by Hello

Sunday, April 24, 2005


Biking trip on a cloudy day. Posted by Hello

Looking up at the sun... Posted by Hello

Saturday, April 23, 2005

What Kind Of Man Would I Be? - Chicago

...
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
Living a life without any meaning
And I know you could surely survive without me
But if I have to live without you
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
...

You Come To My Senses - Chicago

I picture you on the beach
Lying in the sand
Out of reach of my trembling hands
I picture you in the car
Blonde hair in the wind
I picture you in my arms
And the touch of your skin
The smile on your face
The way that you taste

CHORUS
You come to my senses
Every time I close my eyes
I have no defenses
Driving home in the cold
January rain
I've got to find my way out of this pain
I reached for you in the night
I dreamed of your kiss
I woke before it got light
With your name on m lips
Alone in my bed
Your voice in my head

CHORUS
I picture you in my arms
And the touch of your skin
The smile on your face
The way that you taste
You come to my senses
I can't stop this ache inside
Oh, I have no defenses
You come to my senses
Ah...

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Glory of Love - Peter Cetera

Tonight it's very clear
As we're both lying here
There's so many things I want to say
I will always love you
I would never leave you alone

Sometimes I just forget
Say things I might regret
It breaks my heart to see you crying
I don't wanna lose you
I could never make it alone

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I'll be the hero you're dreaming of
We'll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

You keep me standing tall
You help me through it all
I'm always strong when you're beside me
I have always needed you
I could never make it alone

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I'll be the hero you've been dreaming of
We'll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

Just like a knight in shining armor
From a long time ago
Just in time I will save the day
Take you to my castle far away

I am a man who will fight for your honor
I'll be the hero you're dreaming of
We're gonna live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

We'll live forever
Knowing together that we
Did it all for the glory of love

We did it all for love
We did it all for love
We did it all for love
We did it all for love

Monday, April 18, 2005

Heart desires...

...the undesirable

Sunday, April 17, 2005

If...

If I've never met her...
If I've never praised her...
If I've never bought her flowers...
If I've never chased after her...
If I've never done what she desires...
If I've never kissed her...
If I've never slept with her...
If I've never slapped her...
If I've never met her friend...
If I've never cheated on her...
If I've never left her...
If I've never...
If...

Nothing Special

Nothing Special

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

何かを失うことは、何かを得ることだと思わない?

何かを失うことは、何かを得ることだと思わない?
— 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ

Monday, April 11, 2005

H2G2

Oh no! The latest movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is terrible!

Sunday, April 10, 2005

夏之日 冬之夜 百歳之後 歸千其居

夏之日 冬之夜 百歳之後 歸千其居
— 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ

葛生
葛生蒙楚,蔹蔓于野。予美亡此。谁与独处!
葛生蒙棘,蔹蔓于域。予美亡此。谁与独息!
角枕粲兮,锦衾烂兮。予美亡此。谁与独旦!
夏之日,冬之夜。 百岁之后,归於其居!
冬之夜,夏之日。 百岁之后,归於其室!

Sophie & Calcifer


from Howl's Moving Castle Posted by Hello

Life...?

What is the purpose of life?
Working nine to five?
Having two kids and a wife?
Maybe when I retire at sixty-five...

...I will see.

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Devotion...

"There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman; it's a thing no married man knows anything about." — Oscar Wilde

love... lost

"Better to have loved and lost,
than to have never loved at all."

thoughts...

thoughts can be evil
inspired by the devil
only love that is pure
can provide the cure

Daydreaming at night...

4 in the morning, daydreaming
to accomplish the impossible
to reach the heart's desire
without losing all that's been built

Solitude, solitaire
let the magic fill the air
let the mind wander
aimlessly, endlessly, to... "there"

幸福...

幸福唔係必然
靠自己爭取

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Haiku

What is there to say,
if all that's said I won't regret?
Trapped, cannot express...

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

清明...

清明時節倍思屍

Monday, April 04, 2005

My Name...

According to about.com, my name actually means "Noble Friend". On BabyNameAddicts.com, it means "Elf Friend".

From a local TV drama series, my name means, in Chinese,「至愛」. Don't see how "Noble Friend" or even "Elf Friend" translates into that...

Now aren't you glad to have such a noble (though not Elven) friend? ;)

My First...

This is my first posting... I still don't understand the beauty of blogs. Hopefully this can shed some light on the magic of blogging.