kale ([info]kalephunk) wrote,
@ 2009-02-17 15:46:00
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Shoutcast
I set up a Shoutcast server on my racker box so I can listen to my music from home when I'm at work, so I don't need to waste gibbies and gibbies on mp3s on my laptop.  An interesting exercise in RPM building (and rebuilding) and hacking makefiles.  You can enjoy the stream at http://www.superhappykittymeow.com/stream.m3u .  Note: this is music that *I* like, so suck it up if it doesn't tickle your fancy.

While setting this up, I figured the easiest way to stream the music would be to use the source on my fileserver, so I wouldn't have to shuffle files around.  I got it working, but my overall connection was suffering from it -- my poor Time Warner connection was being anally raped and I couldn't do anything else while streaming.  I used Time Warner's online chat to upgrade to their 15mbps package (special online upgrade price of only $5 more than what I'm paying now!), and one modem reset later, nice and zippy.  I hate Time Warner with a burning passion, but I gotta say, this upgrade was pretty painless and I'm pleased with the results.

I have exquisite taste in music, FYI. 



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[info]fubatsu
2009-02-18 09:16 am UTC (link)
The fact that you can get 15 Mbps back home is more compelling to me than it should be. One of the coolest things in the UK for me was getting a 20 Mb connection...and now you can get a 50 Mb one. Only problem is this nonsense rate-limiting/throttling they do based on extremely retarded thresholds and what not.

Basically during two time blocks that take up roughly 12-14 hours or so of a day, if I download 3 gig my connection gets throttled down to 25% for 5 hours.

Actually sounds not too bad given a 20 Mb line, *except* that the throttling seems to happen a lot closer to 2.5 gig and even though I don't expect to hit peak offered speed, going from a download speed of 1-2 MB/sec to 25-60k/sec is just nonsense.

I'm torn between the comfort and convenience of Texas (going home) and finding places that have 100 Mb lines and easier travel. Sad really.

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