ruby
YoutubeJukebox
http://github.com/ndbroadbent/youtube_jukebox A ruby script that downloads youtube videos, converts them to mp3, and plays them in a vlc playlist as they are processed.
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javascript
Obscure jqGrid API notes
If you are using an older version of jqGrid because it comes nicely wrapped up in the jquery-grid-rails-plugin, keep in mind that all the demo code is written with the new API introduced in version 3.6. Fortunately, most of the demo code can still be reused with our version
ruby
jqgrid on Spree
Been a fan of jqgrid for quite some time, but wasn't looking forward to the struggle of getting it to work with Rails. Thankfully, someones already done it for me: http://www.2dconcept.com/jquery-grid-rails-plugin It did take a little while to debug some things that were going
linux
Last.fm Player - Project Videos
My Compaq Evo T20 running tinycore linux, playing shell.fm, displaying track info via lcd4linux on a Pertelian X2o40 USB LCD display. Uses music software Reaper to play audio and generate MIDI events. Midi events are sent to the 'output' of MIDI Yoke, which patches them to a
bluetooth
How to use a bluetooth headset on Ubuntu 9.10 +
I found a little bluetooth headset at work, and wanted to play audio through it from my laptop. It turns out that nowadays, Ubuntu actually makes this really easy. I found a guide written for Ubuntu 9.04 on this forum post, but Ubuntu 9.10 now does most of
reaper
Fireworks display in time to music
I've had a REAPER license for a year or 2 now. Get rid of Logic Pro and Protools, REAPER is the most awesome music creation software I have ever used. I love the unparalleled flexibility to make it do whatever you can imagine. I just followed this extremely
lcd4linux
Hacking DSP-420 LCD displays
I recently found a bunch of DSP-420 LCD displays, like the ones that you see on POS terminals in grocery stores. After a fruitless battle with the proprietary protocol of an LED wallboard (that I also found at work :) ), it was good to find so much protocol documentation on these
compaq-evo-t20
Pertelian X2040, lcd4linux, shell-fm
I received my Pertelian X2040, and had a bit of trouble getting it work on my 64bit Ubuntu machine. The characters were getting all mixed up. I gave up on my 64bit machine and decided to focus my efforts on the T20 running tinycore. To get lcd4linux running on tinycore
shell-fm
Next project: LED Wallboard
So I have practically finished the last.fm player. Its running as I type this, and the sinatra server running on the machine is keeping me up to date with the tracks that are playing. But I'm not quite finished with this little project yet. At work, I
compaq-evo-t20
The Compaq Evo T20 works
I've finished the software research stage of my Compaq Evo T20 experiments. I have settled on the Tinycore 2.7 distribution. So I now have a 300MHz thin client that: * can connect to a wired or wireless network. * can play audio through its onboard sound device. * has the
compaq-evo-t20
Compaq Evo T20 projects
Compaq Evo T20s are fun. I have a few that I'm using for various projects. I plan to set one up as a RFID controlled alarm/door lock system. Its running Damn Small Linux using ruby, rubygems and sinatra packages that I compiled myself. Karl Mowatt-Wilson's