What fun stuff have you done recently?

[Oren Beck]

On 5/22/06, Kyle Sexton <ks at mocker.org> wrote:
> I'm curious what other people are doing in Linux right now for "fun".  My
> current project has been integrating Asterisk (Open source PBX) and MythTV
> (Open source PVR).  I've gotten it so that I can call my house and have it
> read me what shows are going to be recorded.  The inbound line is a
> soft-phone SIP connection from Vonage.  I'm probably going to beef up my
> phone tree to include other things, and may eventually get some home
> automation things going through it.  What projects has everyone else been
> doing?
>
> -Kyle

Parts of MY current "beginnng to put together" are in a spiritual
sense related to yours. Wifey's expensive DirecTv  satellite system
now carries XM music channels. Which Inspired me to try capturing that
audio stream. Even after the IRD's D/A converter and a test run using
crap windows tools it sounded quite acceptable. The rest of the
project follows naturally. Migrating my music collection to  a server
for the  "Squeezebox"  remote audio terminal.

http://www.slimdevices.com

The not finished elements are-

Settling on a distro for the server.

Collating my existing 4 gigs estimated MP3 stuff scattered across
diverse media and at varying sample rates/levels/quality. A non
trivial task of it's own to be truthful.

Ripping some 200+ cd's not yet converted- to the not yet chosen format
and any other cruppage required for making all this play nice.

Do consider some blogging of your project details both software and
hardware. Which is part of my next reason for getting  a LiveJournal
account . Having a "snapshot" of proven compatible soft and hard
elements can save others from much sanity erosion. Yes, some like
trying and failing. Not me. I suspect sharing  some combinations that
just plain worked may make us  much good karma!

So-called compatibility lists are sadly no match for independent
living with the assembled system and logging  the Roses&Thorns.

Oren