I’m always on the lookout for new widgets that I could make work with Snarl and the max7219 took my fancy. I ordered this one from Amazon as it came pre-assembled (some seem to be sold in kit form) and is compatible with the Raspberry Pi. Connecting it up is Read more…
More stability, new icons, some finishing touches, and even a new event log service going into Beta 1!
Alpha 7 is now available via the Downloads link. It’s a massive release with a new admin console look, new features and new extensions and services (previously known as redirects). We’ll be posting some tutorials that show off the new features over the coming weeks…
R5.0 is seriously taking shape – thanks in no small way to just how easy it is to create complex applications in C#! Just some of what’s currently in and working: Transports: Not yet, but you’ll soon be able to roll your own network transports to go along with the Read more…
Things are progressing well. I have a test bed system that creates the message handling window and processes requests sent to Snarl. So far ‘register’ and ‘unregister’ allow the most basic functionality but already they support advanced features such as base64 encoded icons! The web admin server is up and Read more…
Planning is underway for Snarl R5.0. The focus will be on the following key areas: Re-code into C# Full backwards compatibility with everything from Snarl 1.0 onwards HTTPS for web admin SSH for console admin Redirects Network forwarding and subscriptions In addition, Snarl R5.0 will become more targeted towards Enterprise Read more…
A simple Mac OS X Yosemite notification generated by Snarl! This was created using the OS X variant of snpd which effectively creates an SNP 3.0 daemon on the Mac. Notifications can then be sent to it using an SNP 3.0 forwarder from any machine running Snarl, or anything that can Read more…
Snarl chatting quite happily to the Notify-OSD daemon running on Ubuntu. Just needed a little bit of Python to glue it all together…
Throw away your mince pies and bedsocks because this… …is Snarl 4.0 5.0. Rules when stuff_happens() { tell_me(); } And it’s as simple as that. Pick a source event; pick an action and you’re all set. Own a Blink(1)? Have it flash red when a new email arrives. Own an Read more…
Hot on the heels of Beta 2, Beta 3 now includes the new SysDaemon extension, fixes to notification forwarding and plenty more besides…