Onkyo 905 remote control using eISCP

I have made a small hobbyist program to remote control my Onkyo 905 receiver over ethernet.Read more here.
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Blog moved

I have started using a Blogger.com blog instead of the default blog instead of the default RapidWeaver blog I previously used. The RapidBlog plugin allowed me to migrate my existing blog entries. There is stuff that still doesn't work but I'm working on it.Also, I started using Flickr more and considered getting a pro account. I have moved my galleries on this page to point to Flickr using the
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Family tree/Geni

DSC_2187.NEF, originally uploaded by jensk_dk.At a family get-together we made this family tree on my father's side. Very funny to see, but given my geekiness I thought of a solution that involved more IT (just for the sake of it, of course).Then I discovered www.geni.com - give it a try!
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Update

Ok, så vupti gik der et halv år. Der har været 1000 ting jeg synes jeg burde ha blogget om (ikke at nogen læser det, men alligevel). I mellemtiden er vi flyttet i hus og som følge deraf er der gået en del tid i Silvan, Bauhaus eller bare gående rundt i et par arbejdsbukser og fuske. Det tager tid, men det er rart at få stimuleret håndværkergenet.
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Ramjet - underground band from Horsens, Denmark

I accidentally stumbled over Ramjet's website today and curious as I am listened to some of their music. I usually only buy records from bands promoted by the major labels - the ones being played in the radio and MTV until we either get sick of hearing them or buy their records (or both). But in this case I made an exception because their music is really happy, it made me smile and really
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Mozilla Rox!

As a part of my Linux upgrade adventure I got Firefox 2.0B2 as a part of Ubuntu Edgy Eft. I usually use Firefox on Linux and Safari on Mac. If I had to use Mozilla on Mac, I tend to use Camino because it's supposed to be more Mac like, but as a colleague of mine said: "It's like they have taken Firefox and torn all the cool things out of it". A few cool plugins that someone showed to me, nudged
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Linux experience - again

Because my Debian 'sarge' installation at work began giving me problems and still ran further and further behind on features (that's Debian, I know), I took the opportunity to follow my cleverest coworkers' advice and installed Ubuntu. Because the next stable version of Ubuntu reportedly is due in a fortnight, I went from an old, stable Debian release to a bleeding edge beta of Ubuntu, "Edgy Eft"
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Aperture 1.5 - getting better

Apple must have heard my grudging with Apertures lack of iLife integration that I mentioned earlier - either that or the thousand of other outcries. Anyway, with Aperture 1.5 I can now share my Aperture library with iLife programs. Still no solution for RapidWeaver or ComicLife though. Aperture is quickly becoming my preferred program for one-stop photography needs, but at least now I can import
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Downtime

In what can best be described as incredibly unfortunate events both personally and technically, the server and my Internet connection has experienced downtime of almost a week. Apologies to website visitors (not that anyone probably noticed). And now a message to my danish speaking e-mail users:Det er muligt at der er gået mails tabt, som var adresseret til jer. Det er umuligt at sige, da
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Mac Mini as a media server

I finally got the cables to connect my Mac Mini to the TV and stereo. What I needed was a DVI to CVBS/S-VHS adapter and a mini jack optical audio cable. The audio cable worked flawlessly - the Mini automatically detected the cable, began to output digital sound and the prefs panel changed to reflect that - neat.I connected to the TV via S-VHS to get the best analog quality for my widescreen TV.
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En bøvs - og en udfordring

Forleden kørte jeg på motorvejen bag ved en bil, der havde en af de her åndssvage "Rigtige mænd får tvillinger" streamere klistret på. Flot! Som om man er herre over det. Ikke at jeg er misundelig - jeg tror det er rimeligt hårdt at være tvillinge forældre. Der findes også en del andre "Rigtige mænd ...." streamere, men det er jo så fjollet at skamfere kareten på den måde. Dog vil jeg gøre
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Tunet HBX Bonzer in action

Fik lige nogle stumper til R/C bilen. Om det virker - well, døm selv. Filmen er taget på Alborgs Falcon BMX bane. Sammenlign filmen med en standard bil her. Husk Quicktime 7 på Windows/Mac og VNC/MPlayer/GStreamer på Linux.QT_WriteOBJECT_XHTML('http://www.migselv.com/page27/files/tunethbxbonerinction_1.mov', '640', '496', '', 'autoplay', 'false' );

AirTunes encryption - why, oh why?

In an attempt to replace my Airport Express with my Mac Mini, I was looking for a server program that would essentially "fake" to be an Airport Express. This would enable iTunes to recognize it as a "loudspeaker" and send audio to it. However my search was in vain - no such thing exist because the private key in the Airport Express has not been cracked.To explain briefly, Airtunes uses AES
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Got an Intel Mac Mini

By pure luck I got a new Mac Mini, smallest base configuration, for $500 at an Apple shop opening sale. These are usually ~$825 here in Denmark due to Apple's ridiculous dollar exchange rates and the enormous danish sales tax of 25%. I plan to use this machine as a combined media center, UPnP media server and mail/web server. With a bit of luck (and work), I can retire my Via EPIA Linux server,
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More ads -sigh!

Saw another RSS add similar to the one I mentioned here. This time however, it was a GIF anim or something like that. This will surely start an arms race with RSS readers/ad sites like it was the case with popup blockers in browsers :-( Unfortunately I think Apple has too many commercial interests to implement this in Safari. Yet another reason to switch to Firefox/Camino, I guess...
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Now what's this?

The prime reasons I started using RSS extensively was to get an overview of news and to get rid of advertisements. Now this afternoon I saw something new (to me, at least). Visiting my favourite pro-Linux news site, I saw that someone snug an advert into the RSS newsfeed. I don't know the technical details - this could just be a mistake on /.'s part, but I hope this is not something to stay:
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Bonzer in action

Flere har spurgt om hvordan den kører, den dersens fjernstyrede bil. så nu har jeg lavet en video til jer. Det er en HBX Bonzer Max med standard motor og udstyr. Husk nyeste Quicktime for at afspille videoen. Den er encodet i 250kbit/s H.264 video og 64kbit/s AAC lyd.QT_WriteOBJECT_XHTML('http://www.migselv.com/page27/files/bonerinction_1.mov', '352', '304', '', '
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En anden, men lignende ide.

1) Trådløst kamera med 360 grader pan/180 grader tilt servoer monteret på min R/C bil.2) Et "Head Mounted Display" med Head Tracking tilsluttet en PC.3) USB Rat og pedaler tilsluttet PC'en.4) PCen sender styre input fra rat og pedaler og sender det til bilen via sådan en svend her.5) PCen modtager billede fra det trådløse kamera via TV-in kort og viser det fuldskærm på grafikkortet, der er
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En idé

1) Trådløst kamera med 360 grader pan/180 grader tilt servoer monteret på min R/C bil.2) Et "Head Mounted Display" med Head Tracking tilsluttet en PC.3) USB Rat og pedaler tilsluttet PC'en.4) PCen sender styre input fra rat og pedaler og sender det til bilen via sådan en svend her.5) PCen modtager billede fra det trådløse kamera via TV-in kort og viser det fuldskærm på grafikkortet, der er
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Godt man er nørd

For nylig fik jeg repareret min Tamiya Striker med gaffa og superlim. For de der ikke ved det, er en Striker en fantastisk begynder fjernstyret bil fra sidst i firserne. Med næsten tyve år på bagen er det vel ikke noget at sige til at plastikket er ved at blive lidt sprødt. Da jeg så havde kørt halvanden batteris tid så brækkede der en ny plastikdims :-(Under et besøg hos min hobby-pusher i andet
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True Democracy

Ok, without further ado, here's a few links I have been reading lately.Definition of DemocracyBeyond PlutocracyFood for thought - especially for americans but unfortunately also seems to be relevant for many other "democracies".Before anyone feels the need to flame, let me say that I have no illusions that Danish democracy is perfect.
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Elektrisk mikro helikopter

Åh, nej. Jeg er lige kommet til at kigge på elektriske mikrohelikoptere igen. Jeg købte selv en Eco Piccolo i 1999 og senere også RealflightG2 simulatoren. Efter et par uheldige uheld (findes der andre?) kunne jeg finde ud af tail-in hover. Snart derefter kunne jeg gå rundt i lejligheden med helikopteren og lande hvor der var plads, f.eks. på sofabordet. De par gange jeg har vovet mig udendørs er
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More Aperture notes

I've found a few possible solutions to the iPhoto export that I mentioned earlier.http://www.lightboxsoftware.com/aperture/index.htmlhttp://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2357336http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1017&message=18085281&changemode=1Light Box Software's solution is close to what I want, except:1) It requires running a program when you want to access
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Pimp fælge

Oh yeah! Check dem her ud. Scroll ned og klik på Click here to see them in action. Gad vide om det giver Berlingoen lidt af den manglende street respect eller om det bare gør den endnu mere latterlig ;-)For et lidt mindre budget kan man også få nogen til cyklen.
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Aperture 1.1 first impressions

My first evening with Aperture went with importing my iPhoto library. This took about four hours. Granted, it was 9GB, 4500 photos which had to be copied and thumbnailed, but still... However, importing means copying the files into an Aperture "library" just like iPhoto does. This means another 9GB spent on my HD unless I find some way of sharing the data between the two programs - anyone got
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DxO

Just tried a demo of DxO optics Pro, which appears to be a very clever program to do image processing on your digital photos. This is done based on reference measurements of your camera/lens combination. This can compensate for lens and sensor imperfections such as noise, distortion, vignetting and other stuff that they really explain much better on their website. What I wanted to show was the
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Lego Mindstorm NXT

Gotta have one of these. Bluetooth, USB and open source SDKs. In the US they are available July 1st, but in Denmark it is September 1st. - what gives? Thank you Lego, for putting the grown up children of your own country at the back of the queue :-(
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