Pluto … my upnp sdk got some setbacks a few weeks ago after I found out that a company had been using the name ‘pluto’ for their sdk. I wouldn’t care much but they are doing some sort of ‘UPnP’ like Home thing. What are the odds!
Of course, I found out right after I posted the request to host Pluto on SourceForge. So I had to withdraw it and come up with a better name. Don’t know if you know what CVS is but it’s a pain in the a*** to change file names once it’s on the server. So the requirement was to keep my filenames intact. They all start with PLT_ . The new name had to have these 3 letters in it.
I came up with 2 contenders: Platinum & Plutino. The latter one being a real name for the ‘little’ plutos orbiting around the earth seems to be a good analogy for the P2P world I am trying to build with my sdk.
Continuing my domain buying frenzy (whopping $8.95 a year), I found out that https://plutinosoft.com was available so I bought it. We’ll see what I do with that …
Don’t know what took me but yesterday I decided to buy the domain name http://www.plastoc.com. It’s the french slang for ‘plastic’. Although I don’t know what I am going to do with this, I figured it was pretty rare to get a 2 syllables 7 words domain name so I took it.
In french, someone would refer to that word about something that feels cheap and is about to break. Hmmm
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.
So this week-end, we were in New York for a business trip. Kelly and I were walking and something caught my attention. A giant PSP! So I got closer and you’re not going to believe what I saw. Maybe we should mention it to someone at Sony?
Click here for a better view.
Finally, it paid off. Rhapsody 3 is out and my blogging feature is still in there.
Hopefully you’ll try it.
