MySQL

Getting current track information from VLC (using Perl!)

Posted by gkurts on February 9, 2010 at 7:16 pm

So I’ve already done a post on getting track information from Rythmbox, but VLC felt cold and left out, so here it is. The process is pretty much the same, just tweaked a bit for VLC.
First, go into VLC, Tools -> Preferences, click the “All” radio button (near the bottom), Interface, click “Main interfaces” and [...]

Putting a Recently Played Songlist in WordPress Sidebar

Posted by gkurts on January 3, 2010 at 1:39 pm

For no real reason other than saying that I did it, I wanted to have the last 10 songs that I’ve played on my PC listed in the sidebar of my blog. Simple enough..
Here’s what I have: I’m a fan of Last.FM, plus I have about 25Gigs of mp3s that I like to randomize. I [...]

Linkage for 1/1/2010

Posted by gkurts on December 31, 2009 at 11:53 am

Save MySQL and the Internet
So Oracle is buying Sun, and in-turn, is getting MySQL… Something they’ve tried to aquire several times in the past. Monty Widenus, the original founder of MySQL, is pleading for people to sign a petition for Sun to structure the sale agreement in such a way to prevent Oracle from getting [...]