My Blog

I suppose that this is really a blog, though I hesitate to call it that. The real bloggers seem so much more interesting. I cover stuff which I find interesting, and I hope that you will too.

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For more information about what I'm interested in, see the Ponding pages.

This whole CARP thing is a mess
24 Jun 2002
If you have missed it, the Librarian of Congress finally issued the report which has set the rates for streaming music over the 'net. The net effect is that most small legitimate webcasters are forced out of business. It turns out that the rates were set based on a deal between Yahoo and the RIAA. This interesting as this deal was specifically designed so that small webcasters could not compete! Further they (Yahoo / Broadcast.com) had already figured out how to cheat the RIAA -- by using multicast and claiming only a single stream.
It is a sad day when US based net radio starts to die due to the greed of a few fat cats at the RIAA.
Why am I upset? I did the streaming support for JReceiver to allow the Rio Receiver to play 'net Radio streams. I'm also working on ffmpeg which allows streaming of live audio and video streams to RealOne and to Windows Media Player (and many other things as well). This is what drives the pondcam on this page.

Topic:

Rolodex

spf-pobox
Information about SPF (Sender Permitted From)

cwop
The Citizen Weather Observer Program is a loose collection of amateur weather station operators.

ffmpeg
Open source audio/video streaming software -- this drives my pondcam

jreceiver
Open source server for the Rio Receiver -- this is what I use.

gunnera
Neat description of the Gunnera Manicata -- a truly monstrous plant!

docsearls
The Doc Searls weblog -- he seems clueful and I read him.

Philip Gladstone