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Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

Chumby, http://www.chumby.com/ , is a device that's made to be easily hackable. However, the screen size is small.

The new Chumby makes me think of the monitor Riker and Picard used in TNG. I shall make me a captains chair as soon as I can get a chumby.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are we all doing this with RSS feeds? I want a frame that serves up a samba folder over a wifi network. That's all. I can make a dozen different things that stuff pictures dynamically into that folder, all the frame needs to do is cycle through them.

The Buffalo photo-frame does the opposite: read a samba folder over a network. It just ALSO has support for windows frameit, flicker and picasa. It's a pretty nice piece of hardware.

That sounds perfect. Thanks for the tip.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

#43
post #4

Working as a full time salaryman AND work on BCC AND hack out little side projects like this? Patrick, you must have ungodly time management skills.

You forgot to add his time spent on HN and writing all those awesome comments. 11 comments in the last 4 hours.

Re: Panic-inspired Dashboard Made From Photo Frame for ~$150. Code is OSS.

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post #14
post #9

Anyone know of a frame that works like this that can work without some third-party service for publishing? I'd like to do something like this on information that's under a strict NDA.

$95 http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-EasyShare-W820-Wireless-Digital/... Comments suggest you can place any RSS feed into it.

Sadly, it looks like that gets syndicated through Kodak's website, which isn't kosher for my needs. Sigh.
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