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My computer is down temporarily for upgrades that haven’t quite arrived in the mail yet. When these parts arrive, I will be resuming my work. The computer should be down until Monday at the latest.
I have started work on a new project for the PSP. It will be a TV guide in a way. It will use Zap2it as the provider of the data. You will need to create an account with them to set up the listings that you will receive. Once you are set up, you will use that login and password with the software I’m working on. Once it is logged in, it will download the list of shows on television based on your selection on their site. You will be able to browse ahead days as well. I will make a page for this once I have it completed and/or progress is moving along nicely. Until then, I will post all updates regarding it here instead.
I’ve begun work on WiFiController again. The TODO list has grown a lot and it’s time to knock those out. Basically the whole program is going to get a rewrite, interface revamp and more. I will be using a more recent version of my font renderer library and I’m going to be adding a lot of extra stuff. I will try to keep this compatible with as many firmware versions as possible. For the most part it should be compatible with v1.0, v1.5 and v3.00+ OE. There is no estimate I can make on time of release but I am definitely working on it. I will post any updates as necessary.
I just want to post an update on the progress of WiFiController v0.5. It is not a dead project but I have hit a spot where I’m not in the programming mood. However, this will pass soon and I’ll start working on this again. The new server is almost finished being written. I have some things to work out as far as the note combo buttons go but those aren’t that bad. I also need to look into all the new stuff for homebrew on 2.71 with kernel mode support since kernel mode is required for the note button to work.
If you have any feature requests or changes you might want just shoot me an e-mail. I will not implement USB cable support so don’t request that. Ad-hoc is in the works, though. I’m going to try to clean up the instructions some or provide an easier way of getting this set up. Some people just can’t figure it out. Mac OS X support will come later and maybe Linux or BSD. These require a great deal of effort and research of which I definitely won’t have for the time coming. They are on my TODO list and will eventually happen. If anyone wants to help out in that area just let me know.
Also, I might release a quick fix for v0.4.2 that fixes the menu flickering and difficult selection of multiple configurations. I thought I had implemented this in v0.4.2 but I guess I didn’t. It’s already fixed in v0.5 so I’ll just copy that code over to v0.4.2 and release it later as a newer version. Maybe some other bug fixes as well.
I guess just keep checking the WiFiController page for an updated version in the next few weeks (hopefully).
Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on my music list. The page was converted over from my directory listing script that I use on imk.cx. After converting it over the code was basically a mess and I just edited it and added stuff and it got out of hand. So for the last few days I have been rewriting the code for it, cleaning it up and converting it to a more object-oriented code base. It’s actually turning out really well; Better than I had imagined. There’s still some things to fix about it. When you click on a letter the information in the top bar should change to reflect what’s currently under that letter. I’m still thinking of a way to implement that without hammering the database.
If you want to check it out, I have a link to the music list below. There are links to the source code at the bottom of the page so you can check that out as well. If you have any fixes or anything you want to help out with just get in contact with me and I’ll look into it. Feel free to use it on your site as well. The details on setting up the database are quite vague at the moment since I haven’t really documented it or provided the source to convert the iTunes XML to SQL. All this will be provided soon hopefully. I just want to fix and clean up everything I can before packaging it all together. Enjoy.
Music List