(09-23-2010) New Touchscreen Interface

I created a new touchscreen interface to display weather, radar and news data. The main difference in this interface is that it uses DirectX to make the animation much smoother.

(09-20-2010) GetData program

For my home automation suite I created a page scraping utility to get weather data (temperature, humidity, UV, pollen, astronomical data, etc), movie release information (both theatrical and home releases), news (a wide selection of different news feeds), weather radar (images hard-coded to my location) and TV series information to let me know when my favorite shows are back on and have new episodes. These feeds are designed to feed various displays in the home, but are mainly keyed to my touchscreen interface.

(09-15-2010) House Touchscreen

I've mounted a touchscreen next to the main entry door to my home, and have been writing some software to give a house overview and media interface application for this screen. Currently it only displays the weather radar, but soon it will have a completed weather page and will have an option to view the radar screen for tracking storms. Also, I have used RSS feeds to gather the latest movie releases and news stories and these will be displayed in a scrolly at the bottom of the interface. I will update when the next version of the software is up and running.