X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/c174c638a883b9275ee313cf3e6de40ee2558e92..fc04766481e2e45056fd780fc59a0978e55b1ec8:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 4fcf4416e6..4a44c66ea2 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,38 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Suddenly I am the new upstream of the lsdvd command line tool + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Suddenly_I_am_the_new_upstream_of_the_lsdvd_command_line_tool.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Suddenly_I_am_the_new_upstream_of_the_lsdvd_command_line_tool.html + Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:20:00 +0200 + <p>I use the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/">lsdvd tool</a> +to handle my fairly large DVD collection. It is a nice command line +tool to get details about a DVD, like title, tracks, track length, +etc, in XML, perl or human readable format. But lsdvd have not seen +any new development since 2006 and had a few irritating bugs affecting +its use with some DVDs. Upstream seemed to be dead, and in January I +sent a small probe asking for a version control repository for the +project, without any reply. But I use it regularly and would like to +get <a href="https://packages.qa.debian.org/lsdvd">an updated version +into Debian</a>. So two weeks ago I tried harder to get in touch with +the project admin, and after getting a reply from him explaining that +he was no longer interested in the project, I asked if I could take +over. And yesterday, I became project admin.</p> + +<p>I've been in touch with a Gentoo developer and the Debian +maintainer interested in joining forces to maintain the upstream +project, and I hope we can get a new release out fairly quickly, +collecting the patches spread around on the internet into on place. +I've added the relevant Debian patches to the freshly created git +repository, and expect the Gentoo patches to make it too. If you got +a DVD collection and care about command line tools, check out +<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/git/ci/master/tree/">the git source</a> and join +<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/lsdvd/mailman/">the project mailing +list</a>. :)</p> + + + Hva henger under skibrua over E16 på Sollihøgda? http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Hva_henger_under_skibrua_over_E16_p__Sollih_gda_.html @@ -1085,59 +1117,5 @@ god innsats og youtube-dl-utviklerne for rask respons.</p> - - Free software car computer solution? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_software_car_computer_solution_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Free_software_car_computer_solution_.html - Thu, 29 May 2014 18:45:00 +0200 - <p>Dear lazyweb. I'm planning to set up a small Raspberry Pi computer -in my car, connected to -<a href="http://www.dx.com/p/400a-4-0-tft-lcd-digital-monitor-for-vehicle-parking-reverse-camera-1440x272-12v-dc-57776">a -small screen</a> next to the rear mirror. I plan to hook it up with a -GPS and a USB wifi card too. The idea is to get my own -"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carputer">Carputer</a>". But I -wonder if someone already created a good free software solution for -such car computer.</p> - -<p>This is my current wish list for such system:</p> - -<ul> - - <li>Work on Raspberry Pi.</li> - - <li>Show current speed limit based on location, and warn if going too - fast (for example using color codes yellow and red on the screen, - or make a sound). This could be done either using either data from - <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/">Openstreetmap</a> or OCR - info gathered from a dashboard camera.</li> - - <li>Track automatic toll road passes and their cost, show total spent - and make it possible to calculate toll costs for planned - route.</li> - - <li>Collect GPX tracks for use with OpenStreetMap.</li> - - <li>Automatically detect and use any wireless connection to connect - to home server. Try IP over DNS - (<a href="http://dev.kryo.se/iodine/">iodine</a>) or ICMP - (<a href="http://code.gerade.org/hans/">Hans</a>) if direct - connection do not work.</li> - - <li>Set up mesh network to talk to other cars with the same system, - or some standard car mesh protocol.</li> - - <li>Warn when approaching speed cameras and speed camera ranges - (speed calculated between two cameras).</li> - - <li>Suport dashboard/front facing camera to discover speed limits and - run OCR to track registration number of passing cars.</li> - -</ul> - -<p>If you know of any free software car computer system supporting -some or all of these features, please let me know.</p> - - -