June 1st, 2008

Shion 1.0b7 is now available. This release is a major bug fix release that addresses reliability and timing issues in the application. I spent some time going through the code and addressing timing and reliability issues. If you’re having problems, please do the following: 1. Reset your PowerLinc USB by unplugging it for at least [...]

May 30th, 2008

I just saw that Shion was mentioned in a Wired article today:   http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Automate_Your_Home  Shion is a work in progress, but if you have any questions, feel free to post them below or send an e-mail to shion@audacious-software.com. Thanks for visiting!

May 14th, 2008

I’ve been having increasing issues and less reliability with Shion lately and wanted to post an entry for any users experiencing similar problems. At the moment, there is a significant delay in communicating from the PowerLinc USB to other devices on the network. The problem appears to be one within the application. I am working [...]

March 21st, 2008

Cidney is a small app that I’ve been tinkering with over the past couple of months. It aspires to be a flexible Caller ID system that allows you to associate ringtones with particular callers, filter incoming calls using a rule-based system, and use AppleScript to take action based on specific callers. I’ve gone ahead and [...]

March 8th, 2008

Shion 1.0b6 is now available. This is a minor bug fix release that addresses the following issues: Fixes the “activate” AppleScript command that deactivated a device if the fully active device was activated once again Fixes the repeated Growl notifications for devices not connected to the local power network This release also adds support for [...]