Running GNL.tv with PHP5

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Unfortunately the xmlrpc Library used by the GNL.tv web standings display is not compatible with PHP5 and the library seems to be no longer supported by its developer. So if you want to run GNL.tv with PHP5 you need to patch that library, which is actually pretty easy to do.

Open the file xmlrpc.php in your favorite text editor and go to line 436. You should now see the following code:

$this = &$array["methodResponse"]["fault"]["value"]["struct"]["member"];
$this[0]["name"] = "faultCode";
$this[0]["value"]["int"] = $faultCode;
$this[1]["name"] = "faultString";
$this[1]["value"]["string"] = $faultString;

We need to rename $this to $temp, so change the above lines to this:

$temp = &$array["methodResponse"]["fault"]["value"]["struct"]["member"];
$temp[0]["name"] = "faultCode";
$temp[0]["value"]["int"] = $faultCode;
$temp[1]["name"] = "faultString";
$temp[1]["value"]["string"] = $faultString;

That’s it. Now everything should work fine in PHP5.

Woes and bliss of a musician

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This weekend I have been playing 2 gigs with my band Seventy-Seven. Funny how completely different these 2 gigs can turn out. We played the first gig on Friday night in a trendy venue named Schranne in the city center of Munich. Our mix of 70ies & 80ies Disco with a little bit of Pop and Rock seemed to be exactly what the audience wanted to hear, so we had a real party going on in there and overall it was a great success.

Then on saturday we were booked to play on a summer party at a local soccer club. We have been playing there last year on a similar occasion and we had quite a good time. But this year was completely different. It seems like there were completely different people. Most of the time we had the feeling that we were disturbing the audience instead of entertaining it. In between our sets they have been playing folk music from CD. No wonder we did not fit in there. German folk music is like the musical counter pole to Disco & Pop. Luckily we had to stop after 2/3rd of our program because the police paid a visit as the organizer did not register the party with the authorities.

So the bottom line is: If you are hiring a band for an event, do not search for a band that meets your personal taste, but try to find a band that meets the taste of your guests. This will make it a far more pleasent experience for everybody.

Welcome

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Does the world need another blog? Probably not. But nevertheless here I am and I have decided to convert my existing website to a blog. Until now I used my web presence to distribute my two open source applications GNL.tv and TIR2Joy. This will stay the same and you will still find these applications on this site for download.

A big part of the blog will be dedicated to various development topics. I work as a Java developer in a software company in Munich so there will probably be some topics around J2EE development. In my spare time I administer virtual-racing.org, a large computer gaming site, which is based around PHP and Typo3. So I will also cover the topics administration, content management and PHP development a little bit.

Recently I got hooked on OSX. I bought a MacBook and originally planned on primarily running Windows XP on it in Bootcamp. But as time progressed I found myself booting more and more into OSX and now I am really impressed by this operating system. I just started learning Cocoa and Objective-C and will soon start a software project in the area of audio applications. Of course I will keep you updated on that one.

So, just stay tuned, I hope there will be some interesting pieces of information that you will find on this page.