User talk:Speedevil

Random thoughts on accounting package.

Core features would be similar to [1] .

Several use-cases.

I am out shopping, and want to know how much I can spend before having next weeks bills bounce.

I want to track how much I've been spending on petrol over time.

I want to look at payments to my power company, to check they have billed me correctly.

I want to enter my upcoming bills, and their amounts, as well as income, so I can keep track of them.

There may be multiple accounts - and it should be able to handle transfers between them - say I transfer $47 on the 3rd of the month from my current account to my savings account.

Warnings of upcoming balances falling below limits, to avoid fees.


Some notes on sound.

Edit /etc/asound.conf to add the latter half referring to the real soundcard. 

pcm.!default {
   type pulse
   hint {
       description "PulseAudio (default)"
   }
}

ctl.!default {
   type pulse
   hint {
       description "PulseAudio (default)"
   }
}

pcm.real {
       type hw
       card 0
}

ctl.real {
       type hw
       card 0
}

Play sound through the media player with headphones. 

alsactl -f headphonestate store 0

stop media player.

Kill pulseaudio. 

stop pulseaudio

Now, you can do 

aplay audiodump.wav -D real
Dr Johnson - Dictionary writerBoswell - BiographerSir Joshua Reynolds - HostDavid Garrick - actorEdmund Burke - statesmanPasqual Paoli - Corsican patriotCharles Burney - music historianThomas Warton - poet laureateOliver Goldsmith - writerprob.The Infant Academy 1782unknown paintingAn unknown portraitservant - poss. Francis BarberUse button to enlarge or use hyperlinksDining room with nine men seated around a table. The dinner has been finished, and a large man at the head talks and gesticulates while the others eagerly listen. The men wear wigs and clothing of late 18th century Britain, and the furniture, hangings, and chandelier are of similar vintage. A liveried servant is entering with a tray bearing two high-shouldered decanters of wine.
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