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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: Call for Input: Non-Poker Content on Console |
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I had an idea a couple weeks ago to have a console component that would display the current temperature. You'd supply the zip code and I'd use the Yahoo RSS feed to grab the current temp. Simple! (of course, this would assume you'd have a working internet connection)
While that's cool, there are a few issues:
- Shipping my app with code that gets content from Yahoo probably isn't a good idea if I want to stay in business
- People in the US don't have zip codes
- This is just an example of what can be done
So, what I'm thinking of is a way to let YOU define the RSS feeds that you want to pull data from, parse that data into text and then have console components that display that data on the console. While I won't ship the actual code for the feeds with the product, I'll have examples on how you can configure the app to do it yourself.
Imagine displaying the current temperature for your area. Imagine a marquee that displays current sporting news or scores.
So, what I want to know is this: What other ideas do you have for what data might be able to be pulled?
Here's Yahoo's RSS info page for a starter: http://developer.yahoo.com/rss/ _________________ --
Dr. Neau (not a real doctor)
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i8dbear Founding Father
Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 181 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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naw. poker is poker. who cares what it's like outside when you've been at a table for 8 hours? let them check their iphones. |
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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: |
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Too late.
I've got the next version pulling down the current temperature along with sports and news headlines.
Fun stuff. Fun stuff. _________________ --
Dr. Neau (not a real doctor)
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MissileMan "Miracle Flush"
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 107
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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drneau wrote: | Too late.
I've got the next version pulling down the current temperature along with sports and news headlines.
Fun stuff. Fun stuff. |
Can we disable this? |
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drneau Site Admin
Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Posts: 2385 Location: Woodbury, MN
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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MissileMan wrote: | drneau wrote: | Too late.
I've got the next version pulling down the current temperature along with sports and news headlines.
Fun stuff. Fun stuff. |
Can we disable this? |
Hell yes. Although, you'd have to take the steps to enable it before you could disable it. _________________ --
Dr. Neau (not a real doctor)
http://drneau.com
http://home.comcast.net/~jneau |
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MissileMan "Miracle Flush"
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 107
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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drneau wrote: |
Hell yes. Although, you'd have to take the steps to enable it before you could disable it. |
Funny guy! |
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boschie "A Set of Mop Squeezers"
Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 51 Location: Gramsbergen, Nederland
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:22 am Post subject: Re: Call for Input: Non-Poker Content on Console |
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drneau wrote: | So, what I want to know is this: What other ideas do you have for what data might be able to be pulled?
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Could it be possible to update de repository through rss?
Maybe to change the console at home and let the computer at the bar get update once it starts up or update the player list, etc, etc.
GRTZ
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MissileMan "Miracle Flush"
Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 107
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Call for Input: Non-Poker Content on Console |
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boschie wrote: | drneau wrote: | So, what I want to know is this: What other ideas do you have for what data might be able to be pulled?
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Could it be possible to update de repository through rss?
Maybe to change the console at home and let the computer at the bar get update once it starts up or update the player list, etc, etc.
GRTZ
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Now that's thinking!!! |
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