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Andrew Greig has setup something amazing, DIY all the way. A big satellite fed Myth TV setup, WiFi, VOIP and Sharp Zaurus thin clients serving his entire neighborhood. Wow…!
Category: Networking
A traditional broadcaster embraces podcasting
Sparkfun sells some interesting GPRS development kits
Spark Fun Electronics
Cellular modules, antenna, development boards with USB and all that jazz..
iPodder 1.0 released
iPodder, the cross-platform Podcast receiver.
So the question is, what is a Podcast?. The answer: An audio bloggers wet dream.
Someone needs to make something like this for the video blogging community. I know, i know, people are working on it but we don’t have a dominant video device with the market share of the iPod yet (and that is a requirement).
Spectropolis, Happening NOW
podcasting explained
Trade Secrets Radio: What is podcasting?
Dave gives us a quick overview of what Pocasting is all about. Essentially, using RSS with enclosures with an app that automatically synchs the enclosures (audio) with your iPod. It isn’t totally there yet but it is on it’s way.
Howard writes about how text messaging is changing the face of world politics
TheFeature :: Political Texting: SMS and Elections
From the article:
Texting and electoral politics are the strange bedfellows of the 21st century. The use of SMS for political action is only in its infancy, but has already enabled citizens to topple governments and tip elections from Manila to Madrid. The electoral power of texting could be an early indicator of future social upheaval: whenever people gain the power to organize collective action on new scales, in new places, at new tempos, with groups they had not been able to organize before, societies and civilizations change.
Making the Every-person’s Bit Torrent
Run MIDP 2 on your Mac
mpowerplayer
From the site:
mpowerplayer is a MIDP runtime written in pure Java.
Think of it as an appletviewer for midlets. If you know why that’s useful, then this tool is for you.
With mpowerplayer you can run J2ME applications on your desktop computer. If you like, you can play the same games that run on your phone on your desktop.