It was also a topic that I found of great interest, but the holidays
are a killer on time (3 kids aged 3, 2, and 6m keep me hopping).
Chip
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 06:04:51 -0800 (PST), Chris Nelson
<cnelson4eii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm interested. But I'd be just as interested in
> January :)
>
> I haven't heard anyone clamoring to meet in December.
> If anyone wants to meet, speak now or forever hold
> your peace. Else we meet next in 05.
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
> --- Brian K Bonner <brian.bonner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Folks, since I've only heard from 1 person who
> > expressed interest in the
> > Home Appliance topic, I think we ought to shelve it
> > since it's very close
> > to the holidays--maybe when there is more interest.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > "Dale E. Martin" <dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
> > 11/17/2004 01:13:52
> > PM:
> >
> > > > I just spoke to Dale. Dec 20th is a OK.
> > >
> > > Actually, I spoke to my wife about it just now and
> > she reminded me that
> > we
> > > have friends in from out of town that evening, so
> > that's not going to
> > work
> > > for me. I'd say we could try January but we've
> > got baby #3 due on Jan
> > > 22nd, so I don't think I want to plan on that
> > either. Sorry!
> > >
> > > > As background, Chris and I were talking about
> > PVRs and I mentioned
> > that I
> > > > was streaming audio through the house using the
> > Homepod and I asked
> > him
> > > > if he heard of the Squeezebox. Since Chris
> > hadn't seen it, I wondered
> > > > how many others hadn't seen it. Since the
> > Homepod runs Java (IBM's
> > J9)
> > > > and uses Java to talk to a server that serves up
> > music (Firmware and
> > Gloo
> > > > and Application are all open source) and the
> > emulator for the
> > Squeezebox
> > > > (for plugin development) runs on Java and since
> > Christmas/Hannukah are
> > > > right around the corner, the idea was born.
> > >
> > > The squeezebox itself uses an open source server
> > called "slimserver"
> > which
> > > is implemented in perl. So while not Java, it's
> > still a pretty neat
> > > system:
> > > http://www.slimdevices.com/
> > >
> > > As Brian mentioned, there's a client/emulator that
> > is in Java as well.
> > And
> > > in fact you can install the server and then run
> > the soft client to play
> > > with the system and see what you think.
> > >
> > > Anyways, sorry for the confusion on my end!
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Dale
> > > --
> > > Dale E. Martin, Clifton Labs, Inc.
> > > Senior Computer Engineer
> > > dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > http://www.cliftonlabs.com
> > > pgp key available
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