Youtube Subscriptions in Google Reader and Boxee
Posted on June 13, 2010
Filed Under Tech | 1 Comment
So I got fed up of not being able to watch my youtube subscriptions in google reader or boxee. If you make an embed video file in the body of the text of a blog post, you can see that video in Google Reader. Well Youtube’s feed for subscriptions http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/user/newsubscriptionvideos doesn’t include an embed. So I did my magic and made it make an embed, I skipped yahoo pipes because, honestly it confuses me too much. I wrote a quick something in php to take care of it. Just hit http://webutils.bryanprice.info/YoutubeSubscriptionEmbed/?user=yourusername replacing “yourusername” with your username and you will have a feed with the embeds that you can pop into google reader. If you want to view your subscriptions in Boxee, take an extra step of running the feed through feedburner make sure you choose the option “i’m a podcaster”. Now add this subscription via the Boxee web interface and now you have your YouTube subscriptions in Boxee!
SageTV Rename
Posted on June 6, 2010
Filed Under Tech | Leave a Comment
Many of you may remember that I wrote a script for BeyondTV (BeyondTV Renamer) that utilized a command line tool that someone had written to create an XML file giving detailed information about the given file. My script compared the airdate from this dumped XML file with airdates of matching shows on TVRage.com to rename the files in such a way that XBMC or Boxee could read the file and get the metadata (like show description and images).
Well today I’m releasing a script that I wrote that does something similar for SageTV. Technically speaking, it does not actually rename the file. It creates symlinks to the files named in such a way that XBMC or Boxee can read the files and pickup the metadata. And instead of needing the command line tool, you need the SageTV Web Interface that was written by Neilm. By creating symlinks, it allows for only 1 true copy of the file to exist and for the show to remain in SageTV and in Boxee or XBMC.
Original BeyondTV Renamer | New SageTV Rename
Tags: BeyondTV, BeyondTV Rename, SageTV, SageTV Rename
Meeting with the Pope
Posted on April 22, 2010
Filed Under Entertainment, Video | Leave a Comment
So a while back I came across Old Jews Telling Jokes. This one is great. Enjoy!
Tags: fun, humorous, Video
Agile Development
Posted on April 8, 2010
Filed Under Tech | Leave a Comment
So the software company that I work for 3-GIS has decided to start to adopt some agile development practices. This document describes a little bit about why the waterfall process isn’t that great. It’s a primer for “The Daily Scrum” which prepares developers for a “sprint” which is an iteration of work for the team.
http://www.rallydev.com/documents/scrumprimer.pdf.
Ford, We Make Hybrids Too
Posted on March 19, 2010
Filed Under Entertainment, Video | Leave a Comment
I almost fell out of my chair over this. Too funny!
I Conquered The Mountain
Posted on January 30, 2010
Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
I conquered the mountain,
I went amongst the titans,
I went through a long, strenuous marathon,
Over the mountains of the moon,
And down the valley of the shadow,
And Now I’m here past the finish line
I’ve found my El Dorado
The finish line was always the goal,
The El Dorado was what I thought I wanted,
But it was the hunt that made it worth while,
The journey is what I loved,
And now it’s time to find a new path
There’s something that we are all looking for,
Purpose.
Without this convention,
we roam aimlessly
So we give ourselves purpose
we work towards a goal
not for the goal’s sake,
but for the hope that the goal gives us
I need to find this hope, this goal, we all need to find this.
Tags: inspiration, poetry
Hello My Abandoned Blog
Posted on January 23, 2010
Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
It’s time to start writing in this blog again. Remember when I use to write a lot more? Well, it’s time to start doing that again. Since the last time that I’ve given an update, I have graduated with my Master’s Degree and moved to Decatur, AL. I’m enjoying being out on my own, but definitely missing friends and family. But two hours away from the place I should always call home in my heart isn’t too bad.
I’m working for a company that does map software. Currently I’m doing some project for the State of Mississippi. I’m writing in ASP, so it’s good that I’m familiar with the language. The timeline for the project could be a lot better though. But giving enough time to get the job done right, that would of course be wrong 
My parents came up today to visit. It was good times. I burned that famous BCS Championship disc with Eli Gold that I’ve been talking about on the twitterverse/facebookverse.
I also bought a book at Books-a-million this afternoon. I bought a book entitled “World War Z” by Max Brooks. It is of course about the zombie apocalypse. It should be an interesting read 
Tags: Alabama, asp, blog, book, football, work
Use Onenote As A Diary/Journal
Posted on November 30, 2009
Filed Under Tech | Leave a Comment
So, I really like Onenote. One of the things that I don’t like about onenote is that I cannot view items in a calendar view (to use it like a journal). But someone apparently thought the same thing. Here’s the link so you can view your onenote entries in a calendar view .
Download OneNote Calendar Version 1.0.2680
Tags: calendar, diary, onenote
Hammer Time
Posted on November 30, 2009
Filed Under Tech | Leave a Comment
Gotta Love "Hey Okay"
Tags: code, music
How to Get A Job in 2009
Posted on October 11, 2009
Filed Under Video | Leave a Comment
So as you may know, I’m graduating at the end of the year with my Master’s degree. I will once again be looking for a job. Here’s a quick tip on finding a job in 2009 .
Tags: fun, humorous, job, Video
« go back — keep looking »
