pyTivo - Media Server for the Tivo

Its been nearly a decade since I started using Tivo, and it has been one of the few technology appliances that has been popular with my wife.

When I upgraded my trio of DirecTivo players to Tivo HD a few years back, I briefly used the Tivo Desktop, but wasn't happy with the limited video format support for transferring videos. I had upgraded to the Desktop Plus but found that pyTivo was a much more flexible alternative.

A few years before the Tivo HD arrived I was tired of my kids being rough with the DVDs so I had encoded our entire DVD library and stored in on my NAS (now using a Synology DS508 with 7TB of disk space) and was using a dedicated HTPC to drive the videos on the TV the kids watched. Witht he Tivo HD paired up with pyTivo I ditched the HTPC altogether.

With pyTivo allo of the Tivos around the housefull access to my entire Video Library.

Check it out it works on Windows, Linux and Mac

I'm currently using:

• wmcbrine's Tivo Fork
• rdian06's latest ffmpeg

SketchUp 7

I used SketchUp originally back in 2003 when planning a garage addition.

The addition had to objectives:

1. A bump-out so I'd be able to park my F150 Crew Cab in the garage which was built at the turn of the century and sized for Model T's
2. A shed enclosure so the kids would have a place to park their bikes.

pics of the plans and construction here: http://picasaweb.google.com/bob.willmot/Garage#

Google acquired SketchUp in 2006 and has made numerous additions since then.

I just stated playing with the latest 7.1 version and there are quite a few new features. Check it out if you are in the market for building 3D models or architectural plans:

http://sketchup.google.com/