Actually, you can now remote-control Airport Express. I think Griffin has a remote out...
But I agree with the general statement. It's not a one-trick-pony. It's a full Linspire box, with (supposed) DVI and video outs to make it an instant media-player unit (thanks to the open-source linux media player initiatives).
But yes, it's not a teeny tiny silent box either...
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Actually, at some level I disagree. The Celeron gives the box some 'headroom' to expand it. With the DVI/vid outs, you can use this as quite an extensive media player if you want to. And at the pricepoint, using one of the low-power chips and chipsets would have made the unit much more expensive. This way it's pretty much 'standard components'.
On another level, I'm working on an article building a VIA EPIA-M 10000 media player box using Linux, booting via inexpensive (and silent) USB devices, and pulling media off of network storage. So I agree, silence is nice.;) But, that's meant to be hooked up to a HDTV and stereo DIRECTLY, whereas the beamer could be seen as designed to sit tucked away somewhere...
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Jeez, I wrote about this LAST THURSDAY...
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BTW, I figured it being a linux box, and the iTunes/iPod connectivity, it'd be sure to get picked up immediately! Again, not sure why my original submission would have been rejected (would love to know!), but then I'm still new to this/. thing...;)
Yeah, there were bugs in the static-page-cache system I threw up there to reduce the load. Thanks for pointing it out! I fixed it this morning, looks much better all across the site.
Thanks!
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Took me forEVER to figure out I was being slashattacked, and I've temporarily added in a static-page-caching mechanism for WordPress. I lose some of my dynamic code, but the site keeps running.;)
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Actually, you can now remote-control Airport Express. I think Griffin has a remote out... But I agree with the general statement. It's not a one-trick-pony. It's a full Linspire box, with (supposed) DVI and video outs to make it an instant media-player unit (thanks to the open-source linux media player initiatives). But yes, it's not a teeny tiny silent box either... -d
Actually, at some level I disagree. The Celeron gives the box some 'headroom' to expand it. With the DVI/vid outs, you can use this as quite an extensive media player if you want to. And at the pricepoint, using one of the low-power chips and chipsets would have made the unit much more expensive. This way it's pretty much 'standard components'. On another level, I'm working on an article building a VIA EPIA-M 10000 media player box using Linux, booting via inexpensive (and silent) USB devices, and pulling media off of network storage. So I agree, silence is nice. ;) But, that's meant to be hooked up to a HDTV and stereo DIRECTLY, whereas the beamer could be seen as designed to sit tucked away somewhere...
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and it was rejected then -- not sure why.
/. thing... ;)
If anyone cares of another quick read, feel free to check out my original coverage of the MP3beamer announcement. It's not much, just my read on the unit.
BTW, I figured it being a linux box, and the iTunes/iPod connectivity, it'd be sure to get picked up immediately! Again, not sure why my original submission would have been rejected (would love to know!), but then I'm still new to this
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There's a company selling a model. I've been meaning to do a post on my site -- maybe in the next week. -d
Yeah, there were bugs in the static-page-cache system I threw up there to reduce the load. Thanks for pointing it out! I fixed it this morning, looks much better all across the site. Thanks! -d
Took me forEVER to figure out I was being slashattacked, and I've temporarily added in a static-page-caching mechanism for WordPress. I lose some of my dynamic code, but the site keeps running. ;)
Ahhh, the fun of aggregation. :)
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And it weighs/measures just a FRACTION of comparable units.
Now that I've got static caching turned on, the original slashed article should be reachable again. ;)
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I got the site back up and running.. Wish someone had warned me! ;)