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Fishy Cam down temporarily

Jeremy — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:42:28 -0700

OK, So I really wanted to install Ubuntu on my desktop and I need to have the Camera Offline for a bit. I know... AHHHHH!!!! The world is ending, right? What will I do without Fred? I need some time to figure out if the camera can be used in Ubuntu or if I need to get it running on another machine. I need to go through some things to see what will work... If not, there is another PC running our phone system 4 feet away and I will get it running on that ( I think )... That's all for now...

Fishy Cam Goes Infrared!

Jeremy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:14:48 -0700

As you may have noticed, the fishy cam looks a little bit different. That is because I took out the infrared filter. In doing this, the glare on the glass in nearly eliminated. The tank looks brighter too. Any comments or questions are welcome.

Fishy Cam Status

Jeremy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:09:18 -0800

OK, so I know that the fishy cam is not up and that is because I was upgrading some hardware on my computer. Well the motherboard had to be sent back and I should be getting a new one soon. I did acquire and new computer from Dave but i need to rig up a fan for the CPU. Thinking of making that the dedicated Fishy Cam Server. That would be nice... I would think that the Fishy Cam should be up by this time next week.

IRLP Status Script (PHP Embed)

Jeremy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:15:05 -0800

I now have another version of the status script available. This version is intended to be called from inside of a PHP page and rendered there. You are still able to define the requested node in the query of the url. An example on how you call the script is below:

include 'http://www.towerboy.com/irlp/script_embed.php?node=3808';

Anywhere you stick that code in your PHP webpage, the status of the node will be rendered. Change the node number and the node will change. You can also have as many nodes displayed as you want on a page. Just make sure that the code above is pasted as many times and where you want them to show up. Also, don't forget to change the node number or you will have a bunch of status scripts showing the same node.

I did not include the capability to set the color of the text in this script for the following reason. Since the text is embeded into the page just like native text, you will be able to define the text color and style just like all the other text on your page.

If you have HTML content on a PHP saved page, for example, your page is all HTML but the name of it is "index.php" then embeding the code is a little bit different. Here is an example:

<? include 'http://www.towerboy.com/irlp/script_embed.php?node=3808'; ?>

Now, defining the color of the text is really easy here. If you want the text to be a light blue, then you will need to wrap the above code like this:

That's about it. If you have any questions or need help, send me an email. If you really think the ability to change the color of the text in the query of the url (like the IFRAME script) would be better, let me know and I will add that to the script. Email me here: ns7r at towerboy dot com

IRLP Status Script (IFRAME)

Jeremy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:49:03 -0800

In the past I had a made a PHP Script that could be used to show the status of an IRLP Node on one's website. In early November I noticed that the file I was getting my data from was changed as to how it was served up. I had two choices on how I could fix the script. Choice one was to alter the script to unzip the text file and choice two was to completely rewrite the script to parse an HTML page the served live data. If you remember back to the old script, there was a two minute lag between updates. Now it is instantaneous.

The way you implement the script into your page is also a little bit different. You will need to use an "IFRAME" where you want the status to show up on your page. Doing this allows for two things. One is the ability to have the status script refresh while the page it is on does not refresh. The second, is the ability to have more than one node status displayed on a page in an easy, user customizable way.

There are some new features also. The first is the ability to change the background color and the text color by declaring what you want in the query of the URL called in the IFRAME. The second feature is the time values. The script will only show to measurements of time when it shows how long the node has been in the STATE is in. For example, if node 1000 has been IDLE for 0 Days, 5 Hours, 29 Minutes, 48 Seconds Then the status will read like this:

Node 1000 is IDLE for 5 Hours, 29 Minutes.

The script will only show the two larges time values that have any data in them.

There is one last feature and it has to do with the refresh rate of the script. By default, the ability to refresh the script is on and if the status is showing the seconds value then the script will automatically refresh every 5 seconds. If the status is not showing the seconds value, then the status is refreshed every minute. You also have the ability to turn off the refresh so that it will not refresh, thus saving a few KB of bandwidth.

Here is an example code of what you would put in your HTML page where you want the script to show up:

That code will display the following:
If you can see this, your browser doesn't understand IFRAME.

Notice that there is no color formatting. If you want your background to be black and your text to be turquoise, then you would add "&bgcolor=000000&textcolor=00CCFF" to the end of the URL in the IFRAME like the following example:

This will display the following:
If you can see this, your browser doesn't understand IFRAME.

If you want to disable the auto refresh, then you need to add "&refresh=off" to the URL also:

If you have any questions or have an idea on how to improve the script, email me here: ns7r at towerboy dot com

New Fishies!!!

Jeremy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:31:06 -0800

Hey!!! My water in the tank is fine says the local fish store and I probably just need some heartier fish... So, my sister picked some up for me... 9 to be exact!!! I now have 12 fishies in the tank and they are as follows:

1 Albino Cory Catfish (aka: Fred)

The Blue Tetras are not blue right now. My sister said they were in the tank before they started to get them so maybe they will get there color back after they calm down and get used to the new tank... The pictures I saw on the internet shows them to be very nice looking...

Last Glo-Fish died...

Jeremy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:58:11 -0800

So, the las of the Glo-Fish died in my tank... Not sure if it has anything to do with them being genetically altered or if it was my tank or just natural... Everything else seems fine... I was told that I should have a few Snails and at least two of the Albino Cory Catfish in there... That might make everything stay cleaner longer... Who know... Monday should be fish shopping day... :)

Chantelle is testing...

Chantelle — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:36 -0800

Do dee do dee do....

Blah blah blah.

It's raining today. :(

Windows 7 Multi Touch

Jeremy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:59:48 -0800

I went to Costco today so my sister could get some film developed and we killed time looking around... I saw this computer and had to play with it for a bit... I love touch, and multi touch is so much better... HP makes the one that I am playing with but it is an all-in-one computer... As of now, Dell is the only Company making a multi touch monitor that is only a monitor... It is a 21.5 inch widescreen and has VGA/DVI and USB ports and will run you about $470... Oh yeah!!! I'll take two please and biggie size it! :)

Cleaning The Fish Tank

Jeremy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:52:43 -0800

OK, as you all might have seen the tank got really green. YUK! Anyway, i am in the middle of cleaning their environment so that is why there is nothing in the tank except the heater... I am letting the water cycle through the filter and waiting for it to get unclouded and then I think I'm gonna vacuum the tank one more time and let it sit for a bit cycling...

Yes there is a new background behind the tank... I'm not sure I like how dark it makes it for the camera... It makes it seem to pick up a strong glare off of the front of the tank... I could reverse the background which on the other side is white rock and blue water... Maybe in a few days I will switch it and you can post a comment on what looks better, the Green, Blue or nothing...

Any other ideas or suggestions, let me know... :)