Re: [cinjug-users] Home Appliances for the Holidays

[Brian Bonner <brian.bonner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Greg,

Dale (who was going to do the Squeezebox piece) is no longer in town.  
The homepod stuff is pretty straightforward.  As an MP3 device, I think 
the Squeezebox had an advantage in terms of functionality at this point, 
but then again, I got mine from pcmall.com for $145 and another on ebay 
for $60.  So I have 2 units for less than the cost of 1 squeezebox.

That being said though, my nephew has 2 squeezebox's and really likes 
them a lot.

I thought more people would extend the functionality of the homepod, I 
think there are a lot of splintered efforts.  I need to start an open 
source project to add functionality to the homepod.

I can bring one in, show how it works and talk about it a bit.  I could 
do it on 7/18 if nothing else is scheduled.

Brian



Greg Williams wrote:

> Hey, is this topic dead or is it still planned for the future?  I 
> would really like to see one or both of these devices 
> (SqueezeBox/SqueezeBox2 and Homepod) discussed and demonstrated at a 
> future CinJUG.
>
> Greg
>
> Brian K Bonner wrote:
>
> > I just spoke to Dale.  Dec 20th is a OK.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Can you respond to the group if you would plan on coming?
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Chris Nelson <cnelson4eii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 11/17/2004 11:51:46 AM:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > You're on!  The meeing would fall on the 20th for
> > > December.  Often we skip December cuz of the holidays
> > > and what not, but I'll be in town if we do wanna meet.
> > > What does the group think?  Yeah or nay on a December
> > > meeting? 
> > >
> > > Either way, this sounds like a fun topic for the next
> > > meeting, whether that be Dec. or Jan.
> > >
> > > --Chris
> > >
> > > --- Brian K Bonner <brian.bonner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >    
> > >
> > > > Chris (again), nice talk.  Dale Martin and I talked
> > > > about doing a pitch on 
> > > > MP3 players and Java.  He's purchased the
> > > > Squeezebox.  I've purchased the 
> > > > Homepod.
> > > >
> > > > We could dub it -- what to do w/ your Christmas $.
> > > >
> > > > What do you think?
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
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