Right now, I'm doing this with my XM receiver (shh... don't tell them) to tune and stream audio throughout the house. I used to do this for FM as well but the server that was running it crashed and I haven't gotten around to redoing that part yet.
Why do it for XM? I like to listen to music anywhere in the house and I don't want to pay multiple subscription fees. Why for FM? The main reason was to get the audio into the computer and converted to MP3 so that I could record a few programs that I like and listen to them later. Streaming was just an added bonus for me at that time.
The basics of what you will need are: 1. An FM tuner card 2. Software for tuning (depends on card) 3. aumix for twiddling mixer settings 4. Darkice to read audio from the card 4a. Lame, or other CODEC of choice (optional) 5. Liveice to stream audio to clients 6. A little bit of fiddling to make it all work.
Not only that, but I heard one of the DJ/hosts mention that they are already paying double the RIAA royalties since they are expecting subscribers to save the songs in digtal format.
I didn't note the date or time, but I was listening to the Beyond Jazz channel on XM 72.
They have as big of a selection of prices as they do tools. If you are going to buy from them, collect their catalogs over the period of a few months and pick the best prices (they vary widely for the exact same product) for the tools you want.
As others have noted, the quality varies as well. I've had good luck with a dust collector, pneumatic stapler, nail gun, and small jigs/laser levels/etc. but the router bench I bought was sheet-metal junk.
I'm planning to add SpamCop reporting for the messages that DSPAM catches and there is also ongoing development in the project that will log IP addresses of machines delivering SPAM for local RBL use.
I live in a rural area and we usually have around one 1-hour+ outage per year.
Regarding the why: My ISP's POP for the local phone exchange is located in my basement. In return for providing power and rack space, I get T1 access. <Really Big Grin> (Their equipment on my UPS is a "temporary" situation, but I'm not complaining.)
The extended run time is necessary because there are usually customers who aren't affected and want to be on-line. (Even in the middle of a lightning storm.)
The UPS is reporting the load at 40-50%. When it goes into shutdown, the batteries are still around 26-27v (24v system) and are 12v trolling batteries from the local Wal-Mart.
I have my equipment set to shut down after a couple of minutes in order to save some power for the ISP but it still seems to go down too soon.
But, like you, mine came off of eBay and I can't complain too much either.
Your article reminded me to test the 68Ah worth of batteries I added to my SmartUPS 1400 five years ago.
I have a similar set-up (SmartUPS 1400 Rackmount) but I'm having trouble getting more than 5 minutes of run time at 50% load. Front-panel calibration doesn't fix this. Was there any undocumented calibrating you had to do?
Help out with early-morning/late-night duties while your wife catches some sleep. I caught up on Sci-Fi I had saved on the Tivo when my son didn't want to sleep.
If you enjoy doing an activity, do it (within reason, of course). My wife and I like to travel and eat-out. We went out with a 7-day old baby. Not a fine dining experience, but a local restaurant where the atmosphere wouldn't be destroyed by an unhappy baby (he was fine). This way, your child will be used to the experience and will know what to expect from the beginning. We also took him along on a road trip from OH to FL when he was 8 weeks. He's 3 now and travels extremely well in the car.
Children change. What works one week may not the next.
Mylicon. Ask for it by name.
Don't be so busy with your lives that you miss out on your kid's.
Don't be afraid of going out by yourself with your child. Your wife has the materal instincts but that doesn't mean you can't do it too.
Others have said it to but it's worth repeating: Great excuse for cameras, camcorders, and other toys.
Forget about having a neat and tidy home. You'll be able to have nice stuff again in about 18 years. <G>
You will hear things coming out of your and your wife's mouths that you never thought you would. Pay attention and laugh at these times. A good sense of humor goes a long way.
I'd encourage you to do it. I've been listening to various NPR programs on my commute for the past several months and it was worth the effort to hack together the system.
I'm using the RadioTrack FM tuner card (ISA) that I purchased on eBay for $5. RH 7.1 has a driver for it and I used and/or rewrote various bits from other similar projects on the net.
Reception is pretty good using an outdoor FM antenna and a booster. I'm about 25 miles from the station.
The current hardware is pretty wimpy. I'm running a P66 which does fine for recording but lacks the guts for real-time MP3 encoding so it does the conversion in the background once each 30-minute segment has been recorded. It's due for an update to a P200 MMX when I get the free time and I'm hoping to get real-time conversion.
Program data is an ascii file and is manipulated using Perl DBI functions. It was originally going to have a nifty web interface for programming but my attention got diverted onto other projects once the basic system was working.
The program data doesn't have to be quite as sophisticated as on a Tivo since the programs don't seem to shift around as much as with television.
Now if a local station would just pick up Dr. Demento
If you want a crude copy of what I have done, just ask: vito@dm-mm.com
An effective LART I've used on my HTML-happy friends is to reply in HTML using color combinations that make their eyes bleed as well as liberal use of BLINK tags and inlined images. Then I show them how to check the box that disables HTML.
When we got first got married, my wife told me I could buy all of the geeky toys I wanted, but I had to pay for them with my extra 'consulting money', not the household budget.
Glad to see you're adjusting to the idea of marriage Taco!
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No, no, no. You increase each and every bid by a factor of 10, and then auto-confirm it.
for another overlooked sysadmin day.
Just don't teach them to play cricket
Can the device be controlled via BlueTooth?
... the rest of the world lifts it's collective finger to Microsoft and installs the ODF plugin.
Right now, I'm doing this with my XM receiver (shh... don't tell them) to tune and stream audio throughout the house. I used to do this for FM as well but the server that was running it crashed and I haven't gotten around to redoing that part yet.
Why do it for XM? I like to listen to music anywhere in the house and I don't want to pay multiple subscription fees. Why for FM? The main reason was to get the audio into the computer and converted to MP3 so that I could record a few programs that I like and listen to them later. Streaming was just an added bonus for me at that time.
The basics of what you will need are:
1. An FM tuner card
2. Software for tuning (depends on card)
3. aumix for twiddling mixer settings
4. Darkice to read audio from the card
4a. Lame, or other CODEC of choice (optional)
5. Liveice to stream audio to clients
6. A little bit of fiddling to make it all work.
A good morale booster where I work is when the company picks up the tab for [favorite meal].
e.g. bring in a big tray of seafood/pastries/whatever and let everyone sit around and talk while it gets eaten.
But like every one else is saying, don't force stupid activities on us and don't make us spend extra time away from our real lives.
Not only that, but I heard one of the DJ/hosts mention that they are already paying double the RIAA royalties since they are expecting subscribers to save the songs in digtal format. I didn't note the date or time, but I was listening to the Beyond Jazz channel on XM 72.
One thing to note about Harbor Freight.
They have as big of a selection of prices as they do tools. If you are going to buy from them, collect their catalogs over the period of a few months and pick the best prices (they vary widely for the exact same product) for the tools you want.
As others have noted, the quality varies as well. I've had good luck with a dust collector, pneumatic stapler, nail gun, and small jigs/laser levels/etc. but the router bench I bought was sheet-metal junk.
Oh, you mean this?
Actually, they're talking about the intelligence of Simpsons viewers.
<GD&R>
On the server:
rblsmtpd (DNS-based block lists) in front of qmail
DSPAM filtering pre-delivery
SpamCop for the ones who make it through.
I'm planning to add SpamCop reporting for the messages that DSPAM catches and there is also ongoing development in the project that will log IP addresses of machines delivering SPAM for local RBL use.
Ford! You're turning into a penguin.
I live in a rural area and we usually have around one 1-hour+ outage per year.
Regarding the why: My ISP's POP for the local phone exchange is located in my basement. In return for providing power and rack space, I get T1 access. <Really Big Grin> (Their equipment on my UPS is a "temporary" situation, but I'm not complaining.)
The extended run time is necessary because there are usually customers who aren't affected and want to be on-line. (Even in the middle of a lightning storm.)
The UPS is reporting the load at 40-50%. When it goes into shutdown, the batteries are still around 26-27v (24v system) and are 12v trolling batteries from the local Wal-Mart.
I have my equipment set to shut down after a couple of minutes in order to save some power for the ISP but it still seems to go down too soon.
But, like you, mine came off of eBay and I can't complain too much either.
Your article reminded me to test the 68Ah worth of batteries I added to my SmartUPS 1400 five years ago.
I have a similar set-up (SmartUPS 1400 Rackmount) but I'm having trouble getting more than 5 minutes of run time at 50% load. Front-panel calibration doesn't fix this. Was there any undocumented calibrating you had to do?
First congratulations!
Help out with early-morning/late-night duties while your wife catches some sleep. I caught up on Sci-Fi I had saved on the Tivo when my son didn't want to sleep.
If you enjoy doing an activity, do it (within reason, of course). My wife and I like to travel and eat-out. We went out with a 7-day old baby. Not a fine dining experience, but a local restaurant where the atmosphere wouldn't be destroyed by an unhappy baby (he was fine). This way, your child will be used to the experience and will know what to expect from the beginning. We also took him along on a road trip from OH to FL when he was 8 weeks. He's 3 now and travels extremely well in the car.
Children change. What works one week may not the next.
Mylicon. Ask for it by name.
Don't be so busy with your lives that you miss out on your kid's.
Don't be afraid of going out by yourself with your child. Your wife has the materal instincts but that doesn't mean you can't do it too.
Others have said it to but it's worth repeating: Great excuse for cameras, camcorders, and other toys.
Forget about having a neat and tidy home. You'll be able to have nice stuff again in about 18 years. <G>
You will hear things coming out of your and your wife's mouths that you never thought you would. Pay attention and laugh at these times. A good sense of humor goes a long way.
Here at work we monitor progress of and/or use the following:
DECTalk (One of the most widely used)
Eloquent (http://www.eloq.com - dead URL?) (fairly natural-sounding with dialects)
Elan (European languages)
They've all been improving over the years.
I'm pretty sure it's a heavily-tweaked implementation of DECTalk.
And yes, it's pretty natural-sounding.
The way they've been treating their viewers lately, maybe it should be the FU channel.
Here's a link
I used to work for an industrial controls company that put lots of these types of systems in food plants and other nasty-environments.
I'd encourage you to do it. I've been listening to various NPR programs on my commute for the past several months and it was worth the effort to hack together the system.
I'm using the RadioTrack FM tuner card (ISA) that I purchased on eBay for $5. RH 7.1 has a driver for it and I used and/or rewrote various bits from other similar projects on the net.
Reception is pretty good using an outdoor FM antenna and a booster. I'm about 25 miles from the station.
The current hardware is pretty wimpy. I'm running a P66 which does fine for recording but lacks the guts for real-time MP3 encoding so it does the conversion in the background once each 30-minute segment has been recorded. It's due for an update to a P200 MMX when I get the free time and I'm hoping to get real-time conversion.
Program data is an ascii file and is manipulated using Perl DBI functions. It was originally going to have a nifty web interface for programming but my attention got diverted onto other projects once the basic system was working.
The program data doesn't have to be quite as sophisticated as on a Tivo since the programs don't seem to shift around as much as with television.
Now if a local station would just pick up Dr. Demento
If you want a crude copy of what I have done, just ask: vito@dm-mm.com
An effective LART I've used on my HTML-happy friends is to reply in HTML using color combinations that make their eyes bleed as well as liberal use of BLINK tags and inlined images. Then I show them how to check the box that disables HTML.
And post on /. from time to time.
When we got first got married, my wife told me I could buy all of the geeky toys I wanted, but I had to pay for them with my extra 'consulting money', not the household budget.
Glad to see you're adjusting to the idea of marriage Taco!
Buy more AOL stock!