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canadrian started following the question "Connecting to Airfoil Speakers Linux crashes it" in Rogue Amoeba.

canadrian reported a problem in Rogue Amoeba on September 02, 2009 18:08:

Airfoil Speakers on Ubuntu crashes because it can't connect to audio device

When connecting to Airfoil Speakers on Ubuntu Jaunty, it crashes saying it can't connect to the audio device. I use a M-Audio Transit USB S/PDIF output.

canadrian marked one of Trevor Creech's replies in PostRank as useful. Trevor Creech replied to the problem "On Linux, greader GM script just greys items instead of hiding".

canadrian reported a problem in PostRank on August 07, 2009 16:33:

On Linux, greader GM script just greys items instead of hiding

On linux, the postrank google reader greasemonkey script just greys out items instead of hiding them. On Windows and Mac OS X it hides poorly-ranked items. Why doesn't the script hide items on Linux like it does on Windows and the Mac?

canadrian replied on July 18, 2009 00:57 to the idea "64-bit Boxee" in boxee:

I'm not touching Boxee until it's native 64-bit on Ubuntu. No way am I going through the rigmarole they link to on the FAQ documents. Add to that the fact that last time I tried Boxee (on my Mac) the UI was annoying, there's no progress indicator when it scans content, and there was no way to manually tell it what was TV and what was movies (the auto-recognition is dubious at best), there just no point in forcing 32-bit boxee to run on 64-bit linux just to see if it doesn't suck as much as it did a few months ago.

It's aggravating. Everyone talks up Boxee like it's the shiznit (Cali Lewis on GeekBrief.tv, various tech blogs, etc.) but it's not 64-bit and it's taken so much control out of the hands of the user that it doesn't work properly half the time. XBMC on the other hand is so arcane, complex, and poorly-documented that it's impossible for any normal human being to use half its functionality.

I just wish Plex worked on Ubuntu. Then I could officially rubber-stamp it "problem solved."

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canadrian started following the idea "Edit a Smart Folder?" in The Cosmic Machine.

canadrian replied on March 24, 2009 20:43 to the idea "Growl only for @ replies and direct messages." in The Cosmic Machine:

Perhaps just more granular control over growl notifications within the Growl application settings. (System Preferences > Growl > Applications > EventBox > Configure > Notifications, add subsections for @ replies and direct messages)

canadrian started following the idea "Growl only for @ replies and direct messages." in The Cosmic Machine.

canadrian started following the question "iPhone App?" in The Cosmic Machine.

canadrian replied on February 25, 2009 20:27 to the idea "Add a logout menu item" in boxee:

Yeah, I think this is a sorely missing feature.

canadrian started following the idea "Add a logout menu item" in boxee.

canadrian replied on February 25, 2009 18:26 to the idea "Facebook full integration (notifications, requests and more)" in The Cosmic Machine:

FMenu seems to support most of these things. It's what I was using (along with Twitteriffic) before I switched to EventBox. What method are they using?

canadrian shared an idea in The Cosmic Machine on February 25, 2009 18:24:

The HUD should be a Dashboard Widget

For notification of new events, Growl works great, and the auto-appearing HUD is overkill (plus it gets hidden under other growl notifications). For reading particular subsets of events, the HUD is a bit under-powered, and I would rather be able to click on the EventBox dock icon to bring up the full window and not the HUD. Where the HUD is useful is when I want to quickly read say, my latest unread items in all categories or a particular category. But I can't bring up the HUD quickly - I'd have to either replace the main window with the HUD, open the main app and open the HUD from a menu, or have it appear automatically and get in the way all the time.

Now I tried this "global hotkey" thing, but it wouldn't let me map F5 to bring up the HUD. It just ignored the keystroke. I think it has to do with the function keys on my Macbook. I don't want to disable the function keys so I have to hold down FN every time I change my volume.

Can't the HUD just be a Dashboard widget? Why does it have to be an entirely new kind of beast? Bringing up simple windows for quick glances at things is exactly what the Dashboard is already for. I think this would be a much better place for the HUD. We don't need to reinvent the wheel when this sort of functionality is already built into the OS.

And don't give me no jibber-jabber about the Dashboard using up RAM or CPU time. Seriously, on any modern computer there is no way the Dashboard is using enough of the user's CPU or RAM to affect their daily lives.

A comment on the problem "Auto refresh interrupts reading "Unread" items" in The Cosmic Machine:

Never mind - I just bought EventBox. For now avoiding the "unread items" folder works ok, and I'm sure updates and improvements will come regularly. – canadrian, on February 25, 2009 18:11

canadrian replied on February 06, 2009 22:38 to the problem "Auto refresh interrupts reading "Unread" items" in The Cosmic Machine:

Ok I got a couple freeware programs with which I should be able to make a screencast. Sadly it looks like my trial has expired. What is the address at which I should email you for the trial extension and debugging instructions?

canadrian replied on February 04, 2009 21:53 to the problem "Auto refresh interrupts reading "Unread" items" in The Cosmic Machine:

It's not enabled, and the problem is still occurring:

canadrian replied on February 04, 2009 21:24 to the problem "Auto refresh interrupts reading "Unread" items" in The Cosmic Machine:

Utterly, utterly, utterly frustrating. Infuriating, even. Looking forward to the next version. Only thing is my trial is nearly up, but I don't want to pay for EventBox until I can try out a version that doesn't display this behaviour...

canadrian started following the problem "Auto refresh interrupts reading "Unread" items" in The Cosmic Machine.

canadrian replied on August 16, 2008 00:59 to the problem "Poor video quality when pushed to YouTube" in Qik:

WOW that's bad video - I had to delete my Qik videos from YouTube out of embarrassment. :)