LCDproc - huh?
LCDproc is a brilliant deamon that will interface little LCD displays with
your computer. It runs off Linux (and maybe other platforms, you compile from
source) and is available from http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/. To
display things on it, you start up a client which connects to the deamon via
a TCP socket, so nearly all programming and scripting languages can be used.
Anyway, here are my clients: (Only one right now, will add more as creativity
requires)
I really need a better webcam...
LCDnews - A simple news reader
Update: Benjamin Chodroff pointed out it uses 100% cpu, fixed (now uses none)
This php script (to be ran from a command line, just set to be executable and then
call ./news.php) will fetch the RDF file specified inside, parse it then display it
on the screen, 1 headline at a time (horizontally scrolling), flipping through them at
a user set delay. It will refresh the headlines after x amount of minutes, set by
you as well. Check the first part of the php file for settings (they are in a marked out
area).
The file is currently set for Slashdot to refresh every 100 minutes. Many sites offer .rdf feeds, it's easily changed.
I hope you enjoy this one... It is useful anyway.
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