Upcoming features:

• - device status
• - dimming capability (code is already there, just need the UI)

There's one sentence on Smarthome's product page for this controller that reads: *Browsers running on Linux are not currently supported From what I've read on various blogs and forums, there's a bug that causes a 4 second delay for HTTP requests and it has more to do with Linux than which browser you use. So, because Android is Linux based, the bug is apparent in this app. Fortunately, it is an asynchronous 4 second delay. For example, you can tell a light to quickly turn on and off 5 times in a row and in 4 seconds the light will turn on and off 5 times as you commanded; it won't take 4 seconds for each command.

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have a question or feature request!

The initial reviews of GTV, from reputable magazines and blog sites, have deemed the Revue/GTV as sub-par. I’ve read the following ‘cons’:

- The setup probably takes about 15-20min (you are warned in the beginning). You have to realize what is going on in this initial setup: an initial software/firmware update, screen/resolution adjustments, the IR setup of your AV equipment so that you can control it all from the keyboard/remote, etc. The AV integration setup is similar to that of other Logitech Harmony devices and it’s all done on the TV screen through menus (MFR and model # is all that’s needed).

- I actually believed that it only integrated with Dish Network. I have DirecTV and after entering the model number of my satellite box, GTV was able to change channels, run the guide, menu, etc. Here’s another example of its integration:
‘Judge Judy’ was on CBS and I was watching ABC. I pulled up the search box and typed in ‘judge judy’. Several result options were displayed and the first one was ‘judge judy - now playing - WBBM’. After choosing this result, the channel was instantly changed to CBS.

- GTV is far easier to operate than any previous solution that I’ve used. It was never meant to replace your television provider. I read in Maximum PC: ‘If you wish to navigate directly to a website, you must type the URL into a search box and then pick out the link from the results’. This is false. Maybe this was an issue resolved in the latest update... The only issue that I have so far is the inability of switching the content of the PIP window.

The best part about GTV is that it overlays the current display on your TV. This just isn’t possible with other solutions. Whenever you wanted to use your HTPC, you’d have to switch video inputs on your TV; ugh, what a hassle. Another notable feature is that it seems to 'pause' the Flash player when you switch between web content and TV!

I think the GTV is excellent as it is and it’ll only get better with updates. I believe the networks that are currently blocking GTV (ABC, CBS, NBC, Hulu, etc. - via Adobe Flash signature/version) will smarten up and unblock in the near future. Why would they not want more content viewers? More people to sell ads to?
Currently at $250, you aren’t going to put together an HTPC with the same features and level of integration!

Gmail allows you to retrieve the email from other email accounts via POP3 (just as many desktop email clients do). The nice thing about it is that it will also filter email from that account and mark suspected SPAM as such.

This feature is found in:
Gmail -> Settings -> Accounts and Import (tab) -> Check mail using POP3

I set mine up to delete mail from Hotmail's server upon retrieval to prevent email clog up. Also be sure to tag your Hotmail, so it doesn't get mixed in with the important stuff. You may still need to log into Hotmail occasionally to prevent them from shutting down your account. I've thought about setting up another Gmail account to replace my beloved Microsoft email acct. but...

We've all seen this show before. The tricky part is finding your way back to XAMPP (Apache) from IE Tester while maintaining a consistent base URL. This isn't important when running a few static websites, but many frameworks have this value stored in its database. When you view your site using a different URL, links to static files (CSS, images, etc.) and other pages become broken. In a few easy steps I'm going to show you one method to resolve this issue.

Go ahead and install the above applications and OSes if you haven't already. Use the default network mode of "NAT" for VirtualBox. I'm going to assume that you can access your local sites (from your Mac) using - http://localhost/sitename/

- Step 1: Boot up your Windows install and use ipconfig (Run -> cmd -> ipconfig) to get your gateway IP. It was 10.0.0.2 for me.

- Step 2: Add the following lines to both system's (Mac and virtual Windows install) hosts files (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file). 'localhost.com' can be replaced with a URL of your choice.

# Mac:
localhost.com 127.0.0.1

# Windows:
localhost.com 10.0.0.2

- Step 3: Be sure that all of your web frameworks (Wordpress, Magento, etc.) are aware of your new base URL 'localhost.com' (or whatever you chose in step 2).

- Step 4: Access one of your sites from each of your operating system's browser using - http://localhost.com/sitename/

Download: jquery.content_expirator-0.1.0.js

Let's say your client has given you a flyer to put on their website for an event.

<img src="easter_flyer_2010.jpg" class="aligncenter" alt="Easter Flyer" />

After Easter is over, you're going to want to take this flyer off of their site. Instead of manually editing the site on the Monday after Easter to take it down, you can give it an expiration date so that it isn't displayed after Easter.

<img src="easter_flyer_2010.jpg" class="exp-2010-04-04 aligncenter" alt="Easter Flyer" />

The Content Expirator looks for an element containing a class name (must be the first one listed) containing the prefix 'exp'. When it comes across one, it compares the date (formatted year-month-day) with the current day to decide if the element's 'display' (style) parameter should be set to 'none'.

Calling The Function:

default:

$(document).ready(function(){
    jQuery.contentExpirator();
});
// looks for -> 'exp-year-month-day'

custom prefix:

$(document).ready(function(){
    jQuery.contentExpirator('end');
});
// looks for -> 'end-year-month-day'

(special thanks to: Donatas v0.2.0 (http://happycode.info)

The following script provides an easy way to perform unbiased rounding, convergent rounding, statistician's rounding, Dutch rounding, Gaussian rounding, or bankers' rounding using Javascript.

Examples

var numToRound = 10.005;
numToRound.rhte(0.01);
result: 10.00

var numToRound = 10.0015;
numToRound.rhte(0.001);
result: 10.002

var numToRound = 10.00500000001;
numToRound.rhte(0.01);
result: 10.01

var numToRound = 1005001;
numToRound.rhte(10000);
result: 1010000
 

Here I've modified the Recent Posts widget (file: /wp-includes/default-widgets.php) so that it'll work with this plugin.

Insert the following code after line #545 ($r = new WP_Query(array('showposts' =>...)(WP ver-2.8)

$r->set('orderby', 'menu_order');
$r->set('order', 'ASC');
$r->get_posts();

Everything sounded interesting, so I decided to try my first "slice". I went with the 256, knowing that I can upgrade at any time. After you pay, your slice is ready within minutes and your ip address and root password are emailed to you. I chose to go with an Ubuntu image (8.04 LTS) and I'll show you how to get it up and running ASAP!

If you like this tutorial and think would like to try out a slice for yourself (currently starting at only $20/mo.), please don't be affraid to use my refferal link:
https://manage.slicehost.com/customers/new?referrer=6167bb58471750b3ab3d4ece5277a150

Go ahead and login to your server (I use PuTTY for Windows for my SSH needs). The first thing that you'll probably want to do is change your root password and then setup a user for yourself, so that you won't be working as root all of the time.

Next we'll install Apache 2:

sudo apt-get install apache2

... and then MySQL. Be sure to set your root password:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

For MySQL management I installed phpMyAdmin (this will also install PHP as a dependency):

sudo apt-get install phpMyAdmin

As an extra admin tool, you can install Webmin. I just downloaded this into my home directory with wget:

wget http://link_to_current_webmin.deb

To install Webmin you can use (replace current_webmin.deb with the name of the deb file that you downloaded with wget):

dpkg -i current_webmin.deb

It will probably fail due to a lack of dependencies, so you can run apt to fix it. This should also continue the Webmin installation:

sudo apt-get --fix-broken

You should now be able to access your server at: https://your-ip-address:10000
You'll have to add an exception to your browser for the invalid SSL cert. It's ok to do so.

Lastly I just installed ProFTPD, for my FTP server, through Webmin. There's a one click install under unused modules or you can use:

sudo apt-get install proftpd

Once this was installed, I used Edit Config Files to uncomment (remove the '#') "DefaultRoot ~" (this allows users access to only their home directories) and add the line: "IdentLookups Off" (this speeds up the login process).

At this point, Webmin showed my memory usage at less than half (102MB) of the 256MB allotted and my disk usage at around 1.2GB of the 10GB for this plan! I just set my slice up, so I can't comment on it's performance as of yet.

I hope this is a good start to get you up and running. I can't guarantee that this is the most secure setup, but it's a start...

- A plugin that adds class functionality to jQuery: jQuery-Klass

Pete Tong:
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio1coyopa/radio_1_-_friday_1900.ra

Fabio and Grooverider:
rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk:554/radio1coyopa/radio_1_-_sunday_0100.ra