On a positive side, I have made quite some progress with Pluto over the last 2 months. Ok, what the hell is Pluto? Pluto is the new name for SNDK, my UPnP SDK I have been working on for the last 2 years (I think?). I renamed it that way because I am using G. Neptune library. I just finished the UPnP A/V Media Server Device. I should have the UPnP A/V Media Server Control Point done in a few days. After that, I am going to put it on SourceForge just like G. did with Neptune. The next step is to integrate it in XBMC.

OK it’s been a while I haven’t posted but I need to vent a bit right now. I just learned today from my ex-boss N. at Listen/Real that he has been given the shaft. This is quite insane, I just can’t believe it. N. and I have had our share of disagreements for sure but I still respect the man and he surely didn’t deserve this.
Of course I don’t know all the details but for someone who puts his whole heart in a company like RealNetworks, trying to salvage whatever could be salvaged and being thrown like that, this is absurd.
Laying off someone due to financial reasons is one thing but getting rid of someone is another.
I hope that you, all my friends left there, see that as a sign that this company doesn’t and will not respect you or the work you do there. Real (meaning dickhead G.) killed the spirit behind Rhapsody. Leave before they kill you.

N., you are now free. Enjoy your new life.