I had such a nice weekend. Why does it have to be ruined by being followed by that employment thing?
I finally got the new Chupacabra server built, so that is a relief. It was a lot easier than I thought. I just installed a small Debian footprint, and then used rsync to mirror the ENTIRE server (–exclude=/proc/ –exclude=/dev/ –exclude=/tmp/). Then I modified /etc/fstab, /etc/modules, and /etc/network/interfaces. Installed the Grub MBR, and rebuilt my /boot/grub/menu.lst and rebooted. The server came up beautifully and is happily serving requests. The only problem I had was when I first built the box and gave it power the CPU fan would spin for a half a second and then stop. After a lot of futzing with it, I figured out it was due to a bad motherboard. That's okay though. I've had that board for over 5 years and it has been thrown around more than an old shoebox full of photos. Plus, I had a spare. Now I just have to clean my shit off the old box and then I can give it back to sn0w_cr4sh.
I'm trying to build a MP3 jukebox for the living room. I am attempting to build it with a nice XML based interface so I can make several different interfaces including a GTK based GUI and something that listens to IR. I found a piece of software called juked that does exactly what I want, but it is pretty buggy. It dies constantly, and gives parse errors at the wrong times and for no reason at all.
Once I get that up, I might consider putting a nice LCD panel on it, or better yet, giving it video out with some type of OSD. I thought about using XMMS to handle it all, but I decided I didn't like that. It would be much cleaner to make a curses, GTK, or SVGA based OSD that merely monitors what is being played. Let the clients do the work. Since the box wont have a keyboard or mouse attached, accepting anything other than IR directly from it seems a bit pointless. Then again, if I got a wireless keyboard, that wouldn't be too bad.
Does anyone know of software already written that will accomplish any of these steps?
I got a disconnect notice from the electric company in the mail Saturday. Unfortunately, I cannot afford the bill until this Friday, which is also my disconnect date. Hopefully they wont turn it off before I get a chance to pay it.
How much would it cost me to hire someone to rid me of this condition? They would be required to analyze my income, draw me up a budget, read my bills, pay my bills, and move a proper amount of money into a spending account. This way, my spending account would only hold money that I can spend without worry and all my bills would be paid on time, all the time.
Any volunteers?
