wiredfool

This is how wierd software gets written.

I’m sitting on the couch with a laptop. The radio has changed to a silly talk radio program. It has a remote control, which is across the room.

I have mp3’s on the laptop, an airport card, and an IR port.

I want my new laptop to be a remote control. To save me walking across the room to hit a single button.

Possible approaches:

• The linux box on the desk has mp3s too, and it’s sound card is connected to the stereo. It’s running a webserver. It also has all the standard linux tools.
• The laptop has an airport card, ir port. An OSX remote control for the amp & cd player? An airport card plugged into the tape 2 input?!
• A cgi on the webserver on the linux box.
• My old radio userland hack, brought up to speed with the latest version.

Google hasn’t found anything appropriate. Maybe I should just get up and hit the button.

Off to the seattle webloggers unite dammit dinner.

If you’re there, I’ll see ya. If not, I’m sure there will be pics and whatnot.

*** Later

Sorry, no pics. Guess you had to be there.