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28 Nov 2009
Remote+, Android remote control for Plex, XBMC and Boxee

Last weekend I decided to create a remote control application for Android devices, so that I could control Plex running on my Mac Mini, the current alternatives come with a confusing UI and only the ability to communicate with XBMC or Boxee. Remote+ is filling the gap primarily for Plex users but works out of the box with any of the XBMC forks (Boxee etc..). The application has a simple user interface with separate controls for playback and navigation, there's also full support for any physical keyboard's a device might have and a software keyboard (accessible via the menu). One of the best features of Remote+ is the ability to display notifications on Plex (or XBMC/Boxee) when the device receives an incoming phone call or SMS/MMS. The notifications that are displayed include the caller's name and phone number and for messages, the message body is included. Current Features Playback + navigation controls Incoming call ...
18 Oct 2009
Zenses2 update released

A new version of Zenses2 beta is available, 2.0.5b2 includes a number of fixes and improvements. The performance has been improved greatly and the user interface has been updated to display some progress when finding ...
05 Sep 2009
Zenses2 open beta

After a few months of private beta, Zenses2 is now ready for open beta. The new open beta version (2.0.3b2) contains various fixes and feature improvements, we have resolved the issues requiring elevated ...
20 Aug 2009
Flash version detection with Flex

Recently I've been working away on the new Videojuicer player and I came across a minor issue, Adobe decided to add H.264 compatibility to Flash in a minor release (9.0.115) rather than a major release. ...
05 Aug 2009
Zenses2 Beta1 - Preview

I’ve spent the past few nights finishing off the Zenses2 beta, I’ve made a few big changes in order to improve the application. Username and password authentication has now been removed instead Zenses2 authenticates via ...
18 Jul 2009
Zenses2 soon?

So I said the middle of July but that’s now been and gone, dont lose hope though the beta will be available shortly. In the mean time, here’s some teasers and a Zenses project ...
30 Jun 2009
Zenses, Yet another change

Zenses has gone through yet another change, I decided to drop the C++ and QT version because the smallest things were taking a long time and my experience with QT is very minimal. In the ...
04 Jun 2009
An update on Zenses

The new version of Zenses is in development at the moment, after a change of heart its being wrote with QT4.5 rather than XULRunner and XPCOM. I made this decision after spending a few ...
22 Apr 2009
Custom filters in jekyll

I’ve been using my own version of jekyll for awhile now, tonight I decided to upgrade my fork to the latest code from mojombo. I nuked my fork, and ended up re-implementing custom filters ...
21 Apr 2009
Logging to firebug from flex 3

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, which wasn’t what I had in mind but nevermind. I’ve been working on the next version of the Videojuicer Player and as part of the core I’ve implemented a ...
25 Mar 2009
Another change, away from github

Been using Jekyll to generate my blog and hosting the content on GitHub pages, but a few days ago I decided to use my own servers to host my content. Mainly because GitHub keeps going ...
16 Mar 2009
Zenses - a new direction

I’ve spent the past few nights looking into the different GUI frameworks to use for the new version of Zenses. The plan was to create the interface using QT4.5 but after much thought ...
10 Mar 2009
Return of zenses

This might of been said before, but Zenses is back in development well planning with two C++ developers. Zenses v2, is being rewritten from the ground up as a cross platform application using C++ and ...
10 Mar 2009
Back, this time with jekyll and github

Recently I’ve come across jekyll, a small ruby application that generates static html content from liquid templates and posts wrote in textile. Because the source of a jekyll blog is all flat files everything can ...