[mythtv-users] Another Idea for Myth

[Shawn Edwards]

http://www.upcdatabase.com

My boss runs it.  It's currently running over an isdn line (can be pokey at times), but 
he has some neat plans for the near future for doing automated product lookups and for 
batch downloads.  Stay tuned.

I've been using myth for over a year now (wow, over a year...) and I've been poking 
around with doing something like this.  The main problem in my house for this is that my 
wife does not like to have tech gadgets scattered about the house, especially in the 
'living spaces' like the living room and kitchen.  The fact that she still isn't 
screaming about the front end box next to the television is amazing to me.

What I was planning was using a barcode scanner hooked to a palm-top of some kind that 
would collect the 'shopping list'.  Using myth for this might even get a computer into 
the kitchen.  Only time will tell...

Michael Starks wrote:
> Andrew Hogue wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just thought of something that might be cool for MythTV.  A nice
>> interface for Recipes.  I was thinking of putting a MythFrontend box in
>> the kitchen with an LCD screen and a few pushbuttons for navigation and
>> being able to view recipes would be ideal...
>>
>> What do you think?
> 
> 
> I think that would be cool.  Let's raise the bar...
> 
> How about a MythGrocery module...
> 
> There would be a bar code scanner in the kitchen near the fridge (maybe 
> a CueCat).  Whenever you finish a product you scan it.  If Myth doesn't 
> know about it, you create an entry in the database for it (perhaps some 
> kind of audible beep could distinguish a known product from an unknown 
> product.)  If Myth already knows about it, it adds that item to the 
> grocery list.  The list would be accessible from a Myth menu and from 
> MythWeb so when you're about to leave work you know what to pick up at 
> the store on the way home.
> 
> Thinking further, I wonder if there are any kind of Internet lookups for 
> bar codes similar to CDs...
> 
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Shawn Edwards
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On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray,
Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers
come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas
that could provoke such a question.  -- Charles Babbage