The Gel Lens page is ready for anyone interested.

I'm mildly confused - probably because I haven't been keeping up.

Do these replace the need for a lens - i.e., are they inserted instead of a coloured/smoked lens? Or do they supplement an existing lens?

Many thanks,

A.

Basically they are replacement lenses.

I, too, am a little confused. What are the differences between your normal lenses and gel lenses.

Oh, and BTW, where did you purchase the transluscent buttons for the unit (that are lit in shots on your page)?

Oh, and BTW, where did you purchase the transluscent buttons for the unit (that are lit in shots on your page)?

On the same page with those lit shots are two links to the lit-buttons site. As well as at the top of this page.

And he actually doesn't have any lit buttons, those shots are of my player anyway.

Heh.

Just after I posted, I saw the link to the buttons page (maintained by some other fella). I may have to splurge on those later.

In the meantime, I'm still in awe of the wonders of the hijack kernel. The HTTP and FTP servers make ALL of the difference! Being able to control the music played from any location that has access to HTTP is just totally unbelievably inconceivably fricking cool!

(maintained by some other fella)

Brian is by no means just "some other fella". Do you have any idea how much work he must have gone to in order to figure out the button hack and do those incredible castings? I'm still in awe of it. Sometimes I just sit and stare at how cool the backlit buttons look. (I have to look up when I hear the thump-thump-thump of the road reflectors under my wheels, though.)

I'm still in awe of the wonders of the hijack kernel.

You too, huh?

In fact, I'm in awe of all the work that everyone has done for this little player. From Darkstorm's lenses, to Brian's buttons, to Hijack (and Displayserver before it), to Jemplode... all of the hacks and customizations for this thing just totally blow me away.

The HTTP and FTP servers make ALL of the difference!

Have you tried CharcoalGray99's XML pages for Hijack? It gets even better!

So no luck with the Neon Blue, Steve?

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Brian is by no means just "some other fella".

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Speaking of Brian do you know if he is still making buttons? I asked to be put on his list a long while back and haven't heard anything since. I don't want to harass him since he might be slowly slogging through his list of people who want the buttons. It just seems that he has stopped - or he has something much more important going on his life which is quite understandable.

I wasn't disparaging Brian's work. I simply couldn't recall his name having only glanced at his website.

I'll have to looking into these XML pages that you mention. I'm thinking that this is some sort of slicker web-based interface to Hijack?

I'll have to looking into these XML pages that you mention. I'm thinking that this is some sort of slicker web-based interface to Hijack?

Yes. Found here, and looks like this:



And by the way, that's a live display, with working buttons and a working remote.

Just use FTP to put the files (in the proper folder structure) into the root directory of a hijack-enabled player and you're good to go.

Yup. I did a search of the forums and found it. I'll install it this evening when I get home.

XML/XSL is nice that way. The fellow who modified the kernel to produce Hijack ought to be thanked for having the foresight to allow it to output XML and apply a user-specified style sheet.

The fellow who modified the kernel to produce Hijack ought to be thanked for having the foresight to allow it to output XML and apply a user-specified style sheet.

As I recall, we had to beat Mark about the head and shoulders and threaten his pets in order for him to include it.

But after that, we did thank him.

Well, sure, I could see that. As a coder myself, I'd just as soon barf out some HTML than XML that would still require the application of a style sheet. XML/XSL can be a pain in the tuckus.

XML/XSL can be a pain in the tuckus.

I think Mark had a similar opinion.

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when I hear the thump-thump-thump of the road reflectors under my wheels

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...Ah, driving by braille. A skill that many, many Empeg owners learn.

I'm still around, and making buttons. I should have everyone's emails so its just a matter of time.

Whats the main purpose of controlling the Empeg via the web interface. You can't hear it through the web can you?

Greetings!

You can stream or download the files via http, download via ftp or remote control the player application.

...and remotely play/control one tune on the player (RCA outs), while streaming another tune to your computer...

/Michael

...Ah, driving by braille. A skill that many, many Empeg owners learn.

Until you posted that, I honestly hadn't an idea why Tony was talking about. I always forget how some of the warmer places put silly bumps in the road that are reflective.

Or more functionally, rumble strips on the shoulders to gently wake you before you careen off into the famous New Hampshire granite...

-Zeke

yep.. if they put those in minnesota, the snow plows would scrape them all up in a day.

I did see a design for reflective bumps for cold-climate.. they were spring-loaded so they would get shoved down into the pavement when run over.. and popup afterwards. also had a nifty relfector that would change color when it got iced over.. so you knew if the ice was bad or not.

This is really damn nice! My only question though: is the "Now Playing" feature broken at the moment? Mine never changes from reading "Now Playing: -"

Evan,

I think you'll need to put a notify=1 line into config.ini

Check the FAQ for details.

-ml

I did see a design for reflective bumps for cold-climate.. they were spring-loaded so they would get shoved down into the pavement when run over.. and popup afterwards.

In my town, they do something much simpler. The reflectors are mounted in little "troughs" in the road so that a snowplow can go over the top of them without ripping them up. The troughs are designed so that you can still see them while you're driving.

Not only do they spring down when run over but when they go down an eyelid wipes the little reflective eyes so evey time you run over one you clean it.

I saw a real cool thing in south england little reflectors with a small circuit in it so that a solar panal charges a battery and then at night when a headlight sticks the cats eye a small intense led switchs on lighting up the cats eye really well but the cool thing is it stays on for a few seconds though so you have a trail of lights following you.

Damn, where do they get the money for all this?

In my town, it's like pulling teeth just to get them to fill in a pothole.

I think you'll need to put a notify=1 line into config.ini

This is correct, I think the section is [output].

CharcoalGray99... Perhaps a future release of the XML files could make it so that the default text is, instead of a hyphen, "Need [output] notify=1 in config.ini"?

Not yet I'm afraid.