Archive for October, 2000
Remote Player Release
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| Remote Player Release |
What it is
| A pair of packages, one for Radio Userland, one for Linux/perl that let me control my music at home from my mac. All stored in one location on a machine that has lots of drive space and a good mp3 player, but really bad playlist support. |
| This is version 0.91 alpha, there are some things that I definitely want to change about the playing and storage architecture on the usertalk side of things before it’s final. |
This package provides 2 components:
| 1) Scripts for retrieving id3 and m3u information from playlists and mp3’s hosted on remote computers, using an xml=rpc communications channel. This requires the remote playlist cgis installed on the remote machine. |
| 2) Driver scripts for using an xml-rpc communications channel to play mp3s on a remote computer using XMMS. |
Harvest
Fall is the time for harvest, even amongst urban farmers. Portions of the garden yielded a bountiful harvest this year: a dish drainer full of roma tomatoes from two half dead spindly little plants, a 12 cup dish of cherry tomatoes from two monstrous cherry tomato plants, a pound of pesto from the basil plants that I haven’t given away, and a zucchini. All this at the beginning of October.
I’m amazed at what comes from the earth when you provide minimal care, water occasionally and pick the fruit. The cherry tomatoes taste as if they are liquid sugar, just this side of candy. Harvesting them is a reminder that some tomato plants are just mildly domesticated; ready to take over the garden if you ignore them too long. The roma tomatoes aren’t quite as good, but still a far spot better than anything in the market. And they make excellent pasta sauce, when combined with a branch or two of basil.
There really is the smell of fall in the air. Slightly damp musty leaves, not quite red yet. Cold nights and warm days. The return of the rains.
Enough to make me want the hearty breads, soups, wines and dinners of the darker months. Summer is the time of Pinot Gris with Salmon from the grill, Winter is the time of Cabernet Sauvignon, a wheat peasant bread and sauces simmered for hours. Things cooking that take all day, so that they fill the house with the aroma.
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