pippin;692323 Wrote: > Indeed. And no, it has nothing to do with Linux. > http://penguinlovesmusic.de/about/the-story/ > > Actually, the _true_ story is more prosaic, or is it? > > When I started experimenting with streaming clients (not yet the > Squeebeox back then, I came to the Squeezebox because of it's remote > control capabilities) I always said that I want an "iPhone without the > Phone" for remote control. Now an iPhone without a Phone is an "i", > which is pronounced like the German word for "egg" and that was always > my code name for the original skin. > > Then when I found others might want to use it, too, I needed an icon > and "egg" sounded like it fits a bird and then - my graphics skills are > really, really limited - I checked the icons I have around here and > there was the one with my penguin et voilà.... > And iPeng really _looks_ sooooo much like "iPhone" and "iPod" and all > of this which is also kind of cool.
Thanks pippin. Great story! -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93773
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