Just a quick note to advise that the ASX RSS feed at http://noisymime.org/asx is currently not functional due to a change in the source data format. I am in the process of performing a rewrite on this now and should have it back up and running (Better and more robust than ever) within the next few days. Apologies […]
ABC iView on Boxee
A few months ago I switched from using the standard mythfrontend to Boxee, a web enhanced version of the popular XBMC project. Now Boxee has a LOT of potential and the upcoming Boxee Box looks very promising, but its fantastic web capabilities are let down here in Australia as things such as Hulu and Netflix streaming are not […]
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Command line Skype
Despite risking the occasional dirty look from a certain type of linux/FOSS supporter, I quite happily run the (currently) non-free Skype client on my HTPC. I have a webcam sitting on top of the TV and works flawlessly for holding video chats with family and friends. The problem I initially faced however, was that my HTPC is 100% […]
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License quibbles (aka Hiro & linux pt 2)
Since my last post regarding the conversion of media from Channel 9’s Catch Up service, I have been in discussion with the company behind this technology, Hiro-Media. My concerns were primarily around their use of the open source xvid media codec and whilst I am not a contributor to xvid (and hence do not have any ownership under […]
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Channel 9, Catch Up, Hiro and linux
About 6 months ago, Channel 9 launched their ‘Catch Up’ service. Basically this is their way of fighting piracy and allowing people to download Australian made TV shows to watch on their PC. Now, of course, no ‘old media’ service would possibly do this without the wonders of DRM. Channel 9 though, are taking a slightly different approach. […]
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Quick update
After my post yesterday about the ‘rallyduino’ a few people emailed me asking for the source, so I threw everything together quickly into a Google Code hosted project. I did want to get it into SVN anyway as having only local copies was starting to get me nervous. The project page can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/rallyduino/ Or to […]
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Rallyduino?
[Update: This system is now complete and working. See details at http://noisymime.org/blog/2009/05/rallyduino-lives/] So recently I’ve started playing slightly more seriously with my Arduino, I’ve even gone so far as having a plan on what the hell to do with it. For some time I’ve wanted to try my hand at putting together a homemade Rally computer and the […]
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Gloss 0.1!
I know I’ve been promising to do another screencast, specifically showing the music player in Gloss, but I’m afraid it isn’t done. What is done however is Gloss 0.1, including a new screencast showing all its features! Whilst being very much a developer / testing release, it is moderately stable and works ‘out of the box’ on multiple […]
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Network storage – The ugly side
I’ve read a few blogs posts recently regarding consumer NAS devices, specifically linux based ones (See entries from Peter Hardy and Matt Bottrell) and, for the most part, these have been fairly positive. So as a warning to others, I thought I’d pop up my experience. A few weeks back I got a call from my Dad saying […]
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Where’s the music?
One of the things I’ve been constantly delaying on Gloss is the development of the music player module. For a long time this was simply because I had no idea in my own head about what it should look like. I’ve bitched and moaned along with all the others about the existing MythMusic interface, but when it was […]
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