Thanks Chris, it looks good. Its almost like the Comet/TCP hold thing those great guys did a while ago. http://www.sleevenotez.com
I'll add it to the backstage prototypes later today. Cheers Ian Chris Riley wrote:
Apologies for posting this to both lists, but it applies to both the masses on backstage and the developers on the developer list. I've coded a hopefully useful, if not idea stimulating web page. It is called Now Playing http://cgriley.com/nowplaying/ and shows you information about the artist currently being played on BBC Radio 1, BBC 1xtra, BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music. It is based on some BBC data released at hack day, with Yahoo Pipes and JQuery thrown in. I made it because when I'm listening to the radio I like to know a bit more about the artist. Have I heard some of their tracks or albums before? If I've no idea who they are what have they done in the past? How much can I buy their albums for, what has been released? What is on their website, do they have a website? Which artists are they like? All those questions are answered by this new page. It is designed to update itself in real time with the current artist being played, and seems to work quite well. As always the best way to see what it does is to give it a go, and if you want more info about how it works, data sources, known issues etc. then there is an obligatory about page. http://cgriley.com/nowplaying/about.aspx I know I could have just hooked into a Last.fm page and updated it as the artist changed, but I wanted to do this because I can, you know ;o) As usual your comments are welcome, but only once you've read the about page (I don't like time wasters). Enjoy! Chris Riley http://cgriley.com - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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