I have completed the code for the implementation of the DesignSurface (The DesignSurface class implements what the user perceives as a designer. DesignSurface is the user interface the user manipulates to change design-time features. DesignSurface provides a completely self-contained design …

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A huge part of the equalization work is in CVS now. Seems like Aaron Bockover really dove into it after I’ve sent my patch to the list. He also made a redesign of the equalizer dialog and it looks extremly …

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What is it called when a blonde blows in another blonde’s ear? … Data transfer.

Ever wanted to use libxine to play stuff in Banshee? I’ve coded up the Xine Backend for you and here is how to install and activate it. Be aware that Banshee version newer than 0.10.10 is required. If you want …

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The following patches add the required in order to make the Helix backend in Banshee equalizable. It consists of 2 parts. The first one patches the Helix DBus Server and the second the Helix-Remote Engine itself. The patches: Helix_IEqualizer.patch helix-dbus-server_Equalizer.patch

I’ve redesigned my previous banshee equalizer as a core banshee component and also as a separate window. Screeny: [[Image:software/banshee-equalizer-3.png|center]] The initial version of the equalizer was based on the addition of the equalizer-specific virtual members to the PlayerEngine abstract class …

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What is the difference between Jurassic Park and Microsoft? One is an over-rated high tech theme park based on prehistoric information and populated mostly by dinosaurs, the other is a Steven Spielberg movie.

Erm. I wasn’t exactly planning to do so much Banshee stuff during the past few days (not that it’s really that much), but eh… After the Xine backendI hacked up an Equalizer plugin for Banshee. Bellow is the first public …

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Whoever for whatever reason wants to use LibXine in Banshee rather than Helix/GStreamer can now use my Xine-Engine. Big thanks to Aaron Bockover. More info here. I can continue my work on System.Design.* now.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: “If General Motors had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars …

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