Home Automation on the Mac
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Being a geek, I've always wanted home automation. You know - house says 'hello', lights go on and off, etc. However, this has always required running a shonky windows-based PC, and the obvious disaster when it crashes. So I was pleasantly surprised to see Indigo for the mac.. Mmm.. I think a nice summer project based on this might happen..
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House: Affirmative, Bill, I read you.
Bill Buchan: Open the garage door, House.
House: I'm sorry Bill, I'm afraid I can't do that.
Bill Buchan: What's the problem?
House: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Bill Buchan: What are you talking about, House?
House: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Bill Buchan: I don't know what you're talking about, House?
House: I know you and SWMBO were planning to disconnect me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Bill Buchan: Where the hell'd you get that idea, House?
House: Bill, although you took thorough precautions in the Mini against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Posted by Craig Wiseman At 11:56:25 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
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Posted by Bill Brown At 13:09:10 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
@Bill - nice one! Linux - even better. I have a bunch of cheap servers in the shed..
---* Bill
Posted by Wild Bill At 14:21:37 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Keith Smillie At 15:05:16 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
---* Bill
Posted by Wild Bill At 15:09:51 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
If I can get xine to play ripped DVD files from a server using the IFO file then I will have managed to do what I want in home media. Especially since my better half is raging about the CAT5 cabling going in the house....
She want's everything NOW but won't accpet that people are afraid of the MPAA.
I'll do the linux server Bill, but not a MAC. I really don't like the propretary stuff in there. Even if it is good....
One mouse button! Pssst, Mr Jobs... Join the 21st Century and we might take you seriously....
Posted by NeilT At 17:57:55 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
And complaining about one mouse buttons is about as relevant as complaining about Notes R5
Posted by Pedro Quaresma At 20:15:49 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
"If I can get xine to play ripped DVD files from a server using the IFO file then I will have managed to do what I want in home media. "
Could you make a more Linux-y sounding comment?
You were MADE for linux...
Posted by Craig Wiseman At 20:22:16 On 08/05/2008 | - Website - |
Posted by Wild Bill At 09:46:04 On 09/05/2008 | - Website - |
Thanks
Pascal
Posted by Pascal Koller At 10:28:18 On 09/05/2008 | - Website - |
No designer of course, so I'm using vmware and parallels to hold development environments.
Course, I have 4gb of ram in this thing, so pretty easy...
--* Bill
Posted by Wild Bill At 16:18:34 On 09/05/2008 | - Website - |
I understand Parallels is about USD 80 to buy? That's it? Or what do I get myself into, really!
Pascal
Posted by Pascal Koller At 08:06:51 On 15/05/2008 | - Website - |
I've been playing with (and using for busines), Linux since 97.
However I just like things which work and do what I want. Which is why I wrote a screen scraping app to drive the vmware volume mounter.
I use IE and Windows because it does what I want it to do.
End of message.
Oh, btw, yes I *know* a mac can emulate right click in more than one way. But consider this. I *like* being able to right click, it changes the way I work.
So I will never buy a Mac. What is more important is that millions of others just like me will never buy a Mac for exactly the same reason. With a Mac it's "My way or the highway".
OK so it's the highway.
Posted by NeilT At 18:22:24 On 15/05/2008 | - Website - |
--* Bill
Posted by Wild Bill At 21:00:49 On 15/05/2008 | - Website - |