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inspired by sbisson, we put Andromeda on our iMac to stream MP3s round the house. It seemed like a good idea as a) the house jukebox has just been put on external 160Gb firewire drive attached to said iMac, and b) said iMac does bugger all else. Andromeda turned out to be one of those packages that was very nearly wonderful, but failed at the last hurdle - it didn't stream. Now, call us picky, but that was something we really wanted from a streaming MP3 server.

of course, we had the bit between our teeth now, and a bit of rummaging round Sourceforge brought forth Netjuke which, on a brief acquaintance, seems to fit the bill admirably. God knows precisely how it's working behind the scenes - I leave that sordid grubbing about at command line level to perlmonger, but it seems to do everything we want, including things like latest music in, most played, etc.

anyway, this posting was prompted by the fact that Netjuke will generate random playlists, and this is what it has just generated for me - we certainly have catholic tastes in this house

Sam Jones	Richard Thompson	A Little Comedy, a Little Agony
Lou Boussu	Cantaloube de Malaret	Chants d'Auvergne
Rockhard in a Funky Place	Prince	The Black Album
Come to my Aid	Simply Red	Picture Book
Tiny Daggers	INXS	Kick
Upside Down	Hawkwind	Space Ritual
Meurglys III (Edit)	Van der Graaf Generator	The Box - CD4 - Like Something Out of Edgar Allen Poe
Facility Girls	Soft Cell	The Twelve Inch Singles
St Nicolas. Op. 42 - Nicolas and the Pickled Boys	Benjamin Britten	St Nicolas Christ's Nativity, Psalm 150
Can I Get a Witness	Marvin Gaye	The Very Best of Marvin Gaye