{"id":301,"date":"2009-10-14T18:05:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T23:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=301"},"modified":"2009-10-14T18:05:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T23:05:38","slug":"what-exactly-is-a-waitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"What exactly is a Waitting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more obscure things I can do is program readerboards. Those LED kind of displays you see under a big business sign that scroll images, show what&#8217;s on sale, display the time and temperature, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Problem is, most readerboard software I&#8217;ve had to use is complete junk. They&#8217;re horribly unstable, crash often, and are not put together in any form of English I&#8217;m aware of.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4012834354\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Waitting in progress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2549\/4012834354_c649f5890b.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Waitting in progress\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waitting in progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The thing is I don&#8217;t know anybody else who does this. Most of the bigger companies have someone specifically fly out from corporate relations to change their readerboards, and they don&#8217;t like to talk about what they use. 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