To begin with, I apologize for not communicating as much as normal, or being distant... And here's the reason why:

Hey all. Seems that the economy has hit me, and I'm being downsized. So I'm looking for a software engineering position in the Phoenix, AZ area, or telecommuting. You can download my resume here. Wish me luck!

Its been a long time since I blogged. Many things have happened since then..

The biggest news recently, is the passing of SnickerDoodle.. She started to have trouble breathing, and we tried the best we could to get her the help she needed. But in the end it was too much for her..

Bye Snicker..
Click for "read more" for more news.

Howdy all.. I've created a new site: TheRelocatedFan.com. This site is for people like myself who aren't in the same city as their favorite team. I'm still tweaking things, but its up and running right now.

Due to Gentoo dropping support for WordPress, I had to change blogging software. In theory, other than the look, no one should be able to tell the difference..

Seems that my initial creation of the FrontMyth package was hard coded for my environment.. So I've created a new version for public consumption. Get it here...

In case some people are wondering about why I use Front Row mixed with Myth? Partially because I've been using Myth for about 5 years now, and its been great. WHy not use that all the time, since it does everything that Front Row does? Well. Close. Front Row does one thing that Myth doesn't. Stream music from my MacBookPro, and Teri's MacBook. Both of our systems are running iTunes7, which means that nothing else will talk to iTunes7.. Pain in the ass if you ask me. Why did Apple do that? No idea. But there you have it. I run FrontRow, because I want to stream music. Myth for what Myth does well, recording TV.

Following on the heels my my announcement earlier this week about having a HelloWorld plugin for FrontRow, I've produced FrontMyth. Its a FrontRow plug in that will launch MythFrontend, and return to FR when exited. It currently assumes that MythFrontend is installed to /Applications/MythFrontend.app

I've even gone ahead and create a package. The beauty of this package and plugin is that the source code if fully included. So download, install, hack away.

File is available here: FrontMyth.pkg

(A break from my normally mundane entries, some geeky stuff, family is allowed to skip this entry)

After the Sapphire group opened the source code to their plugin for FrontRow and AppleTV, I decided to take a look at it. I've wanted a plugin to launch MythFrontend for ages, and here was my shot. I decided to attempt this in Python, just to prove it could be done. And done, it has been. I've written a simple hello world. You can download it here. Its a bit rough around the edges, and the install isn't for people who aren't familar with the commandline. This is more for developers.
To Install:

1. Uncompress the file.
2. Open a terminal
3. go into the directory you uncompressed the file to
4. type "python setup.py py2app"
5. Bunch of stuff flies across the screen
6. cd dist
7. cp FrontPython.frappliance /System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app/Contents/PlugIns
8. Restart Frontrow. You should now see the FrontPython plugin entry. Selecting it shows a helloworld message.

From here, it should be possible to build more FrontRow plugins. Let forth the beast.

You look up.

You see a large cigar shape flying in the sky, the like that hasn't been seen in 19 years.

Its lands.

The earth shakes. Feel the tremors.

They're back.

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Now playing: Rock and Roll from the album "Led Zeppelin IV" by Led Zeppelin