The world of Arlene and Joachim Pileborg http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php Information about Arlene and Joachim Pileborg en-US 2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 spotd status http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/17/spotd-sound Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:37:00 +0000 Pilen Programming Computer stuff spotd 48@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>I haven't been able to work on <code>spotd</code> for the last few days, but before my short break I finally managed to get some sound out of my computer. The first time I made a program to make sound in almost 20 years. Yay!</p> <p>Ok, I have to admit it wasn't any sound from Spotify, only some stupid sinus-wave, but still.</p> <p>The code for it can be found in my <code>spotd</code> repository, in the <code>dev/test-alsa</code> branch, found <a href="https://github.com/jpileborg/spotd/tree/dev/test-alsa">here.</a></p> <p>As you can guess from the branch-name, I made it in <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page">ALSA</a>, the most common sound API in Linux. First time I ever used it, and it worked like a charm.</p> <p>Anyway, I have other things to do right now, but when I get back to coding in a couple of days, I hope to be able to play tracks from SPotify!</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/17/spotd-sound">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I haven't been able to work on spotd for the last few days, but before my short break I finally managed to get some sound out of my computer. The first time I made a program to make sound in almost 20 years. Yay!

Ok, I have to admit it wasn't any sound from Spotify, only some stupid sinus-wave, but still.

The code for it can be found in my spotd repository, in the dev/test-alsa branch, found here.

As you can guess from the branch-name, I made it in ALSA, the most common sound API in Linux. First time I ever used it, and it worked like a charm.

Anyway, I have other things to do right now, but when I get back to coding in a couple of days, I hope to be able to play tracks from SPotify!

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/17/spotd-sound#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=48 spotd branching strategy http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/spotd-branching-strategy Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:54:00 +0000 Pilen Programming spotd 47@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>I recently started using GIT in my work, and thought I would give it a shot for some private projects as well. On <strong>spotd</strong> I have mixed branches and branch-names pretty wildly, and thought that it soon might be time to think about some overall strategy and naming schemes.</p> <a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/spotd-branching-strategy#more47">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/spotd-branching-strategy">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I recently started using GIT in my work, and thought I would give it a shot for some private projects as well. On spotd I have mixed branches and branch-names pretty wildly, and thought that it soon might be time to think about some overall strategy and naming schemes.

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/spotd-branching-strategy#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=47 Searching with libspotify, and the GIT repository http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/searching-with-libspotify-and-the Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:08:00 +0000 Pilen Programming spotd 46@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>I have now started working on searching for stuff with libspotify. Turns out to be easier than I thought. :-)</p> <p>Also, in case people want to see my progress, I have a github repository <a href="https://github.com/jpileborg/spotd/tree/dev/test-spot">here</a>, with the <code>dev/test-spot</code> branch used for my learning. All the code is in a single source file in the <code>test-spot</code> directory.</p> <p>I just have searching for, and printing info about, artists and playlists before it is time to start working in getting some sound out of it all. This is something that I think will be a lot harder than making simple searches for tracks. But also fun, I have never really made sounds before. I look forward to that! :-)</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/searching-with-libspotify-and-the">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I have now started working on searching for stuff with libspotify. Turns out to be easier than I thought. :-)

Also, in case people want to see my progress, I have a github repository here, with the dev/test-spot branch used for my learning. All the code is in a single source file in the test-spot directory.

I just have searching for, and printing info about, artists and playlists before it is time to start working in getting some sound out of it all. This is something that I think will be a lot harder than making simple searches for tracks. But also fun, I have never really made sounds before. I look forward to that! :-)

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/11/searching-with-libspotify-and-the#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=46 libspotify experiment number one http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/09/libspotify-experiment-number-one Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:28:00 +0000 Pilen Programming spotd 45@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>I have been doing some experiments with the Spotify library to learn it for use in <strong>spotd</strong>, and have been making some progress; I can now connect and log in to the Spotify server.</p> <a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/09/libspotify-experiment-number-one#more45">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/09/libspotify-experiment-number-one">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I have been doing some experiments with the Spotify library to learn it for use in spotd, and have been making some progress; I can now connect and log in to the Spotify server.

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/09/libspotify-experiment-number-one#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=45 Spotify Application Key http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/spotify-application-key Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:00:00 +0000 Pilen Programming spotd 44@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>To use the Spotify API in <strong>spotd</strong>, I need a special <em>key</em> which have to be included in the application.</p> <p>Not a problem, until I read in the <a href="https://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/terms-of-use/">Libspotify Terms of Use</a> that the key have to be distributed in a way so that third parties can not extract it.</p> <a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/spotify-application-key#more44">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/spotify-application-key">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> To use the Spotify API in spotd, I need a special key which have to be included in the application.

Not a problem, until I read in the Libspotify Terms of Use that the key have to be distributed in a way so that third parties can not extract it.

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/spotify-application-key#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=44 Some ramblings about spotd http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/some-ramblings-about-spotd Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:04:00 +0000 Pilen Programming spotd 43@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ As I said in my previous post (<a href="/blog5.php/2011/10/07/current-programming-projects">found here</a>) I have started working on a program that I call <strong>spotd</strong>. <strong>spotd</strong> is a daemon that functions like <a href="http://www.spotify.com/">Spotify</a>, but without the graphical user interface. <a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/some-ramblings-about-spotd#more43">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/some-ramblings-about-spotd">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> found here) I have started working on a program that I call spotd. spotd is a daemon that functions like Spotify, but without the graphical user interface. Full story »

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]]> http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/some-ramblings-about-spotd#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=43 Current programming projects http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/current-programming-projects Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:11:00 +0000 Pilen Programming 42@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ At the moment I seem to have a little to many projects going on at the same time: <ul> <li><strong>EvilOS kernel</strong>, put on indefinite hold since many years</li> <li><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD">MUDs</a></strong>, I have way to many MUD servers going on, all different and most to be implemented from scratch</li> <li><strong>PyWM</strong>, an X11 window manager written from scratch in Python</li> <li><strong>spotd</strong>, a Spotify daemon that can be controlled from the command line</li> </ul> I will start working on <strong>spotd</strong> this weekend, and I will try to blog about its progress as often as I can.<div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/current-programming-projects">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
  • EvilOS kernel, put on indefinite hold since many years
  • MUDs, I have way to many MUD servers going on, all different and most to be implemented from scratch
  • PyWM, an X11 window manager written from scratch in Python
  • spotd, a Spotify daemon that can be controlled from the command line
    • I will start working on spotd this weekend, and I will try to blog about its progress as often as I can.

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    ]]>     http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/10/07/current-programming-projects#comments http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=42     Install Ununtu 11.04 on an OCZ RevoDrive 120G SSD with RAID0, part two: The solution http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/05/02/install-ununtu-11-04-on Mon, 02 May 2011 15:37:00 +0000 Pilen Computer stuff 41@http://pileborg.org/b2e/ <p>Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a (fake) RAID0 SSD is not easy or straight-forward. This post describes how I got it all to work!</p> <p></p><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/05/02/install-ununtu-11-04-on#more41">Full story &raquo;</a><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://pileborg.org/b2e/blog5.php/2011/05/02/install-ununtu-11-04-on">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Installing Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on a (fake) RAID0 SSD is not easy or straight-forward. This post describes how I got it all to work!

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