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October 31, 2004
The Wiki that I use
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October 30, 2004
PHP Library for encoding and decoding MMS messages
Hellkvist.org - Software
From the site:
mslib is a PHP library for encoding and decoding MMS:es. MMS is short for Multimedia Messaging Service. In short it is the successor of SMS (Short Message Service) with the enhancements that you can not only send text but basically any content type your phone can handle such as images, text, videos, ring signals and audio clips.
With this library you can create messages and add multimedia parts such as JPEG, GIF, AMR, MIDI and so on. Messages received from phones can also be unpacked and attachments can be extracted. The library also contains a limited MMS sending functionality that uses a HTTP service to send SMS:es. You would probably have to change the actual implementation of the SMS sending to fit your way of sending SMS:es (if it is over serial port, to a real SMSC or through some other type of HTTP service). This is all done with the three classes MMSDecoder, MMSEncoder and MMSNotifyer.
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October 27, 2004
I can't wait for the hacks
Here is what I think is missing:
Bluetooth for getting images from your phone or sending to others (phones or iPods)
A mechanism for downloading photos from your camera
QuickTime Capture (from an external camera via Firewire or USB), QuickTime Playback and anything else related to QuickTime.
(How fast can it change between images, can video be simulated?)
Wouldn't it be nice to plug in your iSight and record a video...
Posted by vanevery at 06:49 PM | TrackBack
October 26, 2004
WiFi Cablecasting
Daily Wireless - WiFi Cablecasting
A nice wrap-up of some of the work that Drazen and Kenyatta did last year plus a whole bunch more.
Posted by vanevery at 09:46 PM | TrackBack
Hacks for the Linksys WRT54G wireless router
Portless Networks
The other day I put this hacked firmware on a spare router. It was fun to look at the additional capabilities that are offered (such as SSH) but what I would really like to do is be able to modify one of these and put a very light weight streaming server on it. Unfortunately, you need a solid Linux box setup (I have to get to work on that one) to build a new firmware image.
Oh yeah, what is MORE interesting (to me at least) is that Linksys has made available the firmware for their wireless cameras as well (also Linux based). Looking through the firmware image for the WVC11B I was able to confirm my suspicion that in fact they do not offer a true MPEG-4 solution, rather it appears as though they *may* be using an MPEG-4 codec but wrapping it in an ASF file (hence the reason you need the stoooopid active x control to view the stream).
In any case, it is one of my missions to hack a true MPEG-4 solution onto one of these. How cool would that be!
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A couple of sites that handle SMS/MMS to Web posting for you
Welcome to Airblogging.com
mms2web.com home
Posted by vanevery at 06:36 PM | TrackBack
Various Code Signing Authorities
Code Signing for Digital IDs - Code Signing Digital IDs from VeriSign, Inc.
digital certificates from thawte the global certificate
authority
Posted by vanevery at 03:44 PM | TrackBack
Chapter 3 of J2ME Application Development
MIDP Programming with J2ME
A good/useful chapter, looks to be a good book for cell phone development.
Posted by vanevery at 12:00 AM | TrackBack
October 25, 2004
Signing and Applet (without paying $500)
Applet Signing using Test Certificate
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October 22, 2004
Turn off that TV!!!!
TV-B-Gone is Coming Soon...
I wish they weren't sold out already!
Posted by vanevery at 03:48 PM | TrackBack
Apache URL Rewriting Guide
Apache URL Rewriting Guide
Always useful to have around...
Posted by vanevery at 03:43 PM | TrackBack
October 21, 2004
Cell phone film fest
Posted by vanevery at 09:36 AM | TrackBack
October 20, 2004
Share the political media
About : p2p-Politics
From the site:
There is an extraordinary range of political speech that has been created for this election, some of it professionally made, most of it not. We are volunteers who think that it should be easier for people to show other people the content they think they should see before they vote.
We built this peer-to-peer site to enable people to send personalized messages with links to video clips about this election.
Posted by vanevery at 04:32 PM | TrackBack
Web-To-TV Video Service
The Broadband Revolution: Startup Launching Web-To-TV Video Service
From the article:
"Twenty years from now, everyone's going to be getting all their video mostly from the Internet," says Steve Shannon, founder of Akimbo Systems Inc. "You see it happening with music. You see it happening with phone service. Video is next."
Posted by vanevery at 04:28 PM | TrackBack
October 19, 2004
Mount and work with Linux filesystems on OS X
SourceForge.net: Project Info - Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem
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I gotta remember to use this
TinyURL.com - where tiny is better!
Posted by vanevery at 04:25 PM | TrackBack
October 18, 2004
Open Source Content Delivery Network
SourceForge.net: Project Info - OpenCDN
The SourceForge description:
OpenCDN aims to hierarchically chain a set of Streaming Servers, for deliver of Live Streaming contents to millions of viewers. Development is based on the Apple Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) and Linux, but porting to (Helix, WM) is possible.
Posted by vanevery at 01:27 AM | TrackBack
October 17, 2004
Thinking in Java
Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Free Electronic Book: Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition
I have been meaning to link to this for a while as I can never remember the name when it comes time. Well.. Here it is, the book that everyone raves about, freely available.
Posted by vanevery at 08:01 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Shell scripting with Bash
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
Very useful...
Posted by vanevery at 01:15 PM | TrackBack
Google goes SMS
Google SMS
From the site:
Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you're looking to find.
Posted by vanevery at 11:49 AM | TrackBack
I read this as "Ashcroft Vows Privacy Assault" :-)
Wired News: Ashcroft Vows Piracy Assault
Nothing more to say..
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October 15, 2004
Circuits - The NYTimes Technology Section archives are now available online FREE
The New York Times > Technology News > Circuits
Now I can link to all of those articles that I wouldn't link to in the past because people would have to cough up $3 to read each one.
Posted by vanevery at 07:03 PM | TrackBack
Java Neural Networks
Using JOONE for Artificial Intelligence Programming
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SMS/iTV .. Almost
Interspot :: SMS/iTV Applications
So a couple of thoughts here, first, targetted ads on the internet work as I found this site by clicking on an ad. Second, I loathe flash sites. Third, SMS for text commenting on shows is pretty cool but not really that engaging unless there is a reason to do so other than see your name on TV .. How about some participation folks!
Last, I am going to implement this (well not this commercial system, rather my not so commercial system) into ITJ.
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A nice suite of open source java blogging tools
Pebble - blogging tools written in Java
A server side blogging app, a desktop app (unfortunately without hooks to most server side blogging apps at the moment), a mobile blogging (moblog) app and an Ant blogging tool. Very nice.
Posted by vanevery at 12:11 AM | TrackBack
October 14, 2004
Surveillance free travel (through NY)
i-SEE "Now more than ever."
This has been around for a while in one form or another. Finally getting around to posting it here.
From the site:
iSee is a web-based application charting the locations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in urban environments. With iSee, users can find routes that avoid these cameras -? paths of least surveillance -? allowing them to walk around their cities without fear of being "caught on tape" by unregulated security monitors.
Posted by vanevery at 11:55 PM | TrackBack
Open Source "Legitimate" Peer to Peer Tech
LionShare: Home Page
From the site:
The LionShare P2P project is an innovative effort to facilitate legitimate file-sharing among individuals and educational institutions around the world. By using Peer to Peer (P2P) technology and incorporating features such as authentication, directory servers, and owner controlled sharing of files, LionShare promises secure file-sharing capabilities for the easy exchange of image collections, video archives, large data collections, and other types of academic information. In addition to authenticated file-sharing capabilities, the developing LionShare technology will also provide users with resources for organizing, storing, and retrieving digital files.
Posted by vanevery at 11:49 PM | TrackBack
Bill Gates: Broadcast Faces Irrelevancy
Yahoo! News - Gates: Broadcast TV Model Faces Irrelevancy
From the article:
Bill Gates predicts a future for the entertainment industry in which traditional broadcast television is rendered irrelevant. It's a positive vision, however, because new and better business models made possible by technology are emerging.
Posted by vanevery at 11:39 PM | TrackBack
XML Java GUI development
Thinlet - Home
Looks very nice and works with Java 1.1.
Posted by vanevery at 11:04 PM | TrackBack
October 13, 2004
Audio programming language with on the fly program changes
ChucK : Concurrent, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language
Watching a demo of ChucK, a nice open source programming language and environment developed by a group at Princeton.
From the site:
ChucK is a new audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance, which runs on commodity operating systems. ChucK presents a new time-based concurrent programming model, which supports multiple, simultaneous, dynamic control rates, and the ability to add, remove, and modify code, on-the-fly, while the program is running, without stopping or restarting. It offers composers, researchers, and performers a powerful and flexible programming tool for building and experimenting with complex audio synthesis programs, and real-time interactive control.
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UC Berkeley's Participatory Media Research
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Visual Component Development for Multimedia
iglue.org
Not sure where this fits in the world with PD and Max but it is interesting none-the-less. Uses a circuit board and microcontroller metaphor.
Posted by vanevery at 03:26 PM | TrackBack
Steve Mann's EyeTap, GNUX pages
EyeTap Personal Imaging Lab
Some interesting information on wearable computing, mediated reality and more.
Posted by vanevery at 03:18 PM | TrackBack
October 11, 2004
Video grabbing with Java on Linx
Java Video4Linux 0.7
Alpha right now, hope it keeps going and makes some headway.
Posted by vanevery at 08:02 PM | TrackBack
October 10, 2004
Some things to checkout later
Last.FM - Your personal music network - Personalised online radio station
Asterisk‚Ѣ - The Open Source Linux PBX
Posted by vanevery at 02:28 PM | TrackBack
In search of a password management tool
CryptInfo
I used to use CryptInfo on my PC and synch it with my Palm. Worked great, still works great but I don't use my PC anymore. I need something like this for the Mac that will Synch with my Palm or better yet with my phone and my Palm (J2ME anybody). Seems a no-brainer, anybody know of anything?
Posted by vanevery at 10:42 AM | TrackBack
Gore's Network
INdTV - Home
Don't think I have said anything about this in the past. Maybe I have.. Well, I figured I would put something up because I just got a mass recruiting email from them.
I spent about 5 minutes with them a couple weeks ago and didn't really come away with anything interesting but what they say they are trying to do on their site is interesting.
From the site:
We are an independent media company led by former Vice President Al Gore, entrepreneur Joel Hyatt and a growing team of industry professionals and young creatives. We are coming together around a common mission: to share the world's most dominant media platform - television - with people who want an outlet for their creativity, their voices heard and their perspectives valued.
Posted by vanevery at 10:34 AM | TrackBack
Debates Re-Mixed
Been coming across more and more audio and video remixes of the debates. Going to list them here as they come:
Posted by vanevery at 10:28 AM | TrackBack
iTunes for Video
Cellulo - Mac OS X Movie Player
QuickTime based, so many formats are supported. full screen and subtitle support are bonus. Nice...!
Posted by vanevery at 10:25 AM | TrackBack
Josh K. whipped up this nice Applescript for video RSS enclosures (ala iPodder)
ViPodder.org
From the page:
ViPodder is an Applescript for aggregating videoblogs from RSS 2.0 feeds with enclosure tags. It is based on Adam Curry's iPodder.
Posted by vanevery at 10:22 AM | TrackBack
Here is another site that everybody loves but I haven't tried
del.icio.us
As the tag line says: "Social Bookmarking"
Posted by vanevery at 10:11 AM | TrackBack
vi and Java, not oil and water
Configure vi for Java application development
Posted by vanevery at 10:10 AM | TrackBack
NEW SONY MPEG-4 NETWORK VIDEO CAMERA EXPANDS MARKET FOR IP SURVEILLANCE
Commercial
From the article:
Sony Electronics Inc. today introduced the SNC-RZ25N, a pan-tilt-zoom camera that enables remote viewing and high-quality video capture over existing IP networks through MPEG-4 compression
Sooooooo, Sony, tell me, are you packaging these as actual MP4's (unlike D-Link)..? Can I point these to a Darwin/QuickTime Streaming Server? Tell me tell me tell me...
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Cringely writes about the Ultimate wireless neighborhood (which exists up in Ontario)
PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column
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...!
Posted by vanevery at 09:36 AM | TrackBack
Everybody loves flickr
Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing
A photo sharing service, works with most blogging software, upload from phones as well as PC's and has nice comment features along with RSS feeds. With these features, I can see why people like it but I haven't actually seen anything that people have done with it.
Posted by vanevery at 09:24 AM | TrackBack
Open Source SMS Gateway
Kannel 1.2.1 User's Guide
A snippet from the Kannel (open source WAP and SMS gateway) User guide:
If you do not have such access, you can still use Kannel as an SMS gateway via phone-as-SMSC feature, by using a GSM phone as a virtual SMS center.
Very nice!
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The venerable ASCII table
Ascii Table - ASCII character codes and html, octal, hex and decimal charts
Posted by vanevery at 08:33 AM | TrackBack
David's tutorial on creating QuickTime Media Links (.qtl)
Creating a Media Link File
Need help creating text links to your QuickTime movies, check this page. I have always disliked reference movies, here is your way around it.
This works in QuickTime 6 due to the new XML Exporter. For more information see QuickTime: QuickTime 6: New XML Exporter
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Jeff's Video Blog
Galusha Vlog
He has to fix the "rtsp" links but it is very interesting content.
Posted by vanevery at 08:25 AM | TrackBack
October 09, 2004
WebTV version 2 ;-)
Microsoft Announces the New MSN TV 2 Internet & Media Player
Nothing revolutionary here (of course) but an interesting device none-the-less. It is too bad that M$ must make everything M$ only (like only being able to view Media Player content). Can't wait for the hacks!
Posted by vanevery at 06:01 PM | TrackBack
Hack A Day tells us how to add RSS feeds to TiVo
add rss feeds to series 1 and series 2 tivos - hack a day - www.hackaday.com
Now we just need to read the enclosures, download the Torrents and add them to the menu.. Has it been done (on TiVo)?
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Scripting QuickTime
Scriptable Applications: Quicktime Player
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Java programmers search engine
Prospector Demo
From the site:
Prospector a "search engine" for Java code examples, designed to help programmers use, navigate, and learn about object-oriented APIs. The primary design goal is to help out programmers that get stuck using complex APIs. Imagine that a programmer is writing some Java code, that she has a URL object pointing to a JPEG file, and that she wants to display it as an image using the java.awt.Image class. Unfortunately, Image is an abstract class, and it's not very obvious how to create one at all, let alone how to create one from a URL. Now, she can ask Prospector for a list of code examples, pick out an example, and get back to coding.
My Comments:
Nice, they are developing this as an Eclipse plugin and there is an online demo. If only I could get it to tell me how to make a BufferedImage from an Image. Ooops, my fault, I wasn't specifying BufferedImage correctly, I should have said: java.awt.image.BufferedImage.
Posted by vanevery at 05:08 PM | TrackBack
Watching the Electoral College
Welcome
From the site:
Al Gore won the popular vote by over half a million votes but George Bush won the electoral vote by 5 votes and became president. Thus watching the electoral vote is more important than watching the national polls. This website is dedicated to tracking the electoral vote by examining the state-by-state polls.
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A traditional broadcaster embraces podcasting
komo 4 news | KOMO 1000 News Podcast
Posted by vanevery at 05:02 PM | TrackBack
October 08, 2004
Sparkfun sells some interesting GPRS development kits
Spark Fun Electronics
Cellular modules, antenna, development boards with USB and all that jazz..
Posted by vanevery at 12:22 PM | TrackBack
October 07, 2004
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).
Posted by vanevery at 10:29 AM | TrackBack
October 05, 2004
This stuff is the shnizzel
speed rail - Hollaender
From the site:
Speedrail is an aluminum/magnesium alloy slip-on pipe fitting for structural applications.
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October 02, 2004
Spectropolis, Happening NOW
( (( ((( Spectropolis 2004 ))) )) )
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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.