[AccessD] OT: Seagate Satellite

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Jul 14 16:24:02 CDT 2012


The results site was hosted by one of PNG's biggest IT companies, they charges the PNGEC 
an arm and a leg to develop and host an  Oracle based CMS for the results and it fell over 
completely - it couldn't handle the load.  

So I  wrote something in 24 hours to dump plain HTML files to  a server and we moved it 
over to  HostingPNG.  It's running fast and  flawlessly with about 1/4 million page views per 
day :-)

-- 
Stuart

On 14 Jul 2012 at 10:26, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Hi Stuart:
> 
> Looks very nice and obviously, from your comments runs nice as well. 
> 
> Your elecetion app seems to do the trick as well. So which of the dozen
> parties are you supporting?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:11 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Seagate Satellite
> 
> Talking of new toys...
> 
> I've just bought myself a Motorola Xoom.
> 
> We've been using them for recording and emailing results for the PNG
> National Elections.  
> Some else wrote the application to do that and I've written a system in
> PowerBasic/Access to 
> automagically collect the emails, strip out the results, store them in the
> database, print out a 
> copy on receipt and send updates to the website at
> http://results.pngec.gov.pg.   The Access 
> app also generated various printouts/reports.
> 
> Having seen what the tablets can do, I decided that I really had to learn to
> program  them.
> I've found a neat tool called Basic4Android and installed all the necessary
> bits but haven't 
> really started learning to use it yet.  It looks like a great way to develop
> Android apps for 
> anyone with VBA/PB etc skills.
> 
> I've spent the last couple of days playing with the Xoom and downloading
> various free 
> tools/apps. 
> 
> All I can say is - WOW!     I love it.   MS are really going to have to work
> to make a dent with 
> Win8 for tablets. 
> 
> -- 
> Stuart
> 
> On 14 Jul 2012 at 8:15, Tina Norris Fields wrote:
> 
> > John,
> > 
> > One word:  WOW!
> > 
> > T
> > 
> > Tina Norris Fields
> > tinanfields at torchlake.com
> > 231-322-2787
> > 
> > On 7/14/2012 12:25 AM, jwcolby wrote:
> > > I bought a Seagate Satellite to pack with videos to stream to tablets 
> > > / phones for the kids on the vacation this summer.
> > >
> > >
> http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004
> Z0S7K6 
> > >
> > >
> > > It works though the interface is pretty stone-age.  I am using DVD 
> > > Catalyst to convert the movies on my server at the house to MP4s which 
> > > can be played by the droids.  So far I have converted and pushed 73 
> > > movies at about 80 gigabytes total.
> > >
> > > This beast basically creates a wireless network which any wireless 
> > > capable device can request data from.  Using the Kindle fire, I open 
> > > the Dolphin browser, go to 192.168.0.1 and hit the wireless created by 
> > > the Satellite.  Select Videos and it displays a alpha list of every 
> > > video that it found on the disk, sorted in alpha order.  Double click 
> > > on any .MP4 and it starts to play the video.
> > >
> > > Likewise with my Droid II or Droid Razor smart phones.
> > >
> > > The Satellite can (theoretically) stream to three different devices 
> > > independently - different movies etc.  In fact with the latest 
> > > software, possibly as many as 7 devices.  Of course that all depends 
> > > on the bandwidth each device requires.
> > >
> > > It does in fact work.  I have simultaneously streamed two different 
> > > videos to two devices (the Kindle Fire and my Droid II phone).
> > >
> > > In years past we have used the typical DVD player with multiple 
> > > display heads, with all the attendant "It's my turn to pick the movie" 
> > > whiney stuff that kids are famous for.
> > >
> > > If this works...
> > > 100 or so videos to select from...
> > > A private WiFi right inside the car...
> > > A private WiFi in the hotel...
> > > A private WiFi at Aunt Janices house...
> > >
> > > Plus the Kindle at least can play a ton of games.
> > >
> > 
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