A Service Registration Web-Service API

It's been a while since I have last blogged... been very busy with my company Data-Tester Inc.

I have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of another Web-Service hosted on Systemical : ipreg.  This service allows, for example, mobile devices (such as Android) to "discover" available LAN services).
Why is this useful at all you might ask?  For the curious:  it boils down to limitations related to multicast support in mobile devices.  For more details, read the details here.

iTunes playcount updater script

I am pretty busy these days with my new job ( I am heading a start-up in the telecommunications market ) but I took a couple of hours to craft a couple of scripts.

The first script (lastfm_gettracks) downloads all of a user's song track information from Last.fm. It can be found on Pypi here.  More information can be perused here.

The second script takes as input the file generated by the former script and updates the iTunes database on an OSX machine (sorry, I don't do windozes). Documentation for this script can be found here whilst package details can be found on Pypi here.

Logo contest

Help me choose a logo for my new company.  The logo contest on 99designs has ended and it is now time to vote!

VOTE HERE

Thanks!

Chrome Framed extension

I have just published my latest Google Chrome extension:  Chrome-Framed.  The extension allows opening a tab with 2 columns 'frame'.   This functionality enables a user 2 pages side-by-side in the same chrome window.

Enjoy!

Musicbrainz and Last.fm proxies updated

Just a quick note to let users of musicbrainz-proxy-dbus & lastfm-proxy-dbus applications that new versions are available on my PPA.  Notable changes include:

- Tray icon support: the main application window can now be closed and a tray icon can control them
- Help button linking to a web accessible page