FISTFULAYEN

See how I can show off what I’ve been listening to, what I’ve added, and what I have available to me via Muse.Net in the right margin of http://www.fistfulayen.com? Now you can do that, too, with the Muse.Net Plugin for Movable Type.

What is Movable Type?

Movable Type is weblog software made by the nice people at Six Apart. It’s probably the best web app I’ve ever used from a presentation standpoint. Very well done, very useful. And it’s free for individual use.

What is Muse.Net?

Muse.Net is a network media player. With Muse.Net you can bring together all the media on all your computers and access it all from anywhere. For example, in my house there’s media on my computer, my wife’s computer, my daughter’s computer, my apple laptop, and this little Linux file server box in the corner. I run a Muse.Net Agent on each of those machines and then I can login to My.Muse.Net from anywhere and listen to any of it. I can also get all that music direct from Winamp using the Muse.Net Winamp Plugin. Neat, eh?

Another feature of Muse.Net is the ability to show off your collection. Muse.Net can present a “non-playable” listing of your media, so you can show ‘em what you’ve got, legally. Fact is, you’ll learn a lot more about me by flipping through my albums than you will in a thirty minute phone conversation with me. So have at it.

What is the Muse.Net Plugin for Movable Type?

The Muse.Net Plugin for Movable Type is a way to have your listing nicely presented as part of your weblog, so while someone is reading your latest rant about your dog’s new shampoo, they can notice that you listen to Creed and remove you from their RSS reader.

How do I get it?

Right herrre.

How do I use it?

See the README.txt. Put questions at http://forums.muse.net and I’ll answer.

Enjoy!

ian