I just played a little bit with APRS igate on Linux. There are some igate software available on Linux but the most supported package (javAPRESSrvr) is not available today because of an error on Yahoogroups where the files are hosted.

Therefore I installed xastir from Sourceforge and connected the the local running instance with the APRS-IS network. Now DM1AS is visible on FINDU.

Nice side effect on this, the server generates an Google Maps page every 5 minutes with APRS stations around my home. Maybe tomorrow I connect my radio to the igate and there will be more local stations available.

So far you can see the map here:http://tinyurl.com/nacc5k

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Thanks to Oli (@EOLUS) I am now Beta Tester of Pachube. Cool Web 2.0 Service for Real Time Data exchange. People are streaming their measurement data with geographical informations in CSV or EEML XML format and can exchange their data.

I am now streaming my server temperature just for testing. Check out

http://www.pachube.com/api/1287.xml

Hope more will follow soon.

Its very easy to send your data from linux. For example with curl and csv:

/usr/bin/curl -X PUT -H “X-PachubeApiKey: abc123″ -d “`/bin/cat  /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature | /usr/bin/cut -c 26-27`,” http://www.pachube.com/api/1287.csv

Important is your Pachube key in the header of the PUT request. And your feed ID. With this example I am catching the acpi CPU temp and send them to Pachube.

Starting today with the “Otherinbox“. Nice combination of instant email service and web emailer. If you subscribe to the service you get a domain like ansi.otherinbox.com where you can use several email addresses like facebook@ansi.otherinbox.com or intershop@ansi.otherinbox.com. The service accepts all emails for this domain and shows them in a web based mailer in seperate folders. Nice and usefull. At the moment they are in closed beta but you can follow them on twitter at @otherinbox.