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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: ot: xbmc remote control
don't have a droid just an ubuntu derivative

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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:

> Mike,
>
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
>> this is strange! the first url was supposed to be:
>> http://lifehacker.com/5501010/enhance-your-xbmc-experience-with-remote-controls-for-any-device
>> and the second was an image that is in the first:
>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg
>>
>> as such my post reads:
>>
>> I am trying to make it so that I can control my xbmc box from my laptop.
>> I followed the directions here:
>> http://lifehacker.com/5501010/enhance-your-xbmc-experience-with-remote-controls-for-any-device but
>> when I type in the xbmc server's IP,
>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg does not
>> appear but rather the 'website may be down' error appears. What am I doing
>> wrong? (both the laptop and xbmc server run an ubuntu derivative) (a
>> firewall is not running)
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
> I would go back over your HTTP settings and then run an nmap from another
> local system or your android to verify that port 80 is actually open.
>
> If the error says there is nothing answering there is nothing answering!
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:
>>
>>> I don't see the website might be down:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>
>>>> aren't you proud of me..... I did the ot thing! lol
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to make it so that I can control my xbmc box from my
>>>> laptop. I followed the directions here: http://tinyurl.com/lwsdkjr but
>>>> when I type in the xbmc server's IP, http://tinyurl.com/kl56lwn does
>>>> not appear but rather the 'website may be down' error appears. What am I
>>>> doing wrong? (both the laptop and xbmc server run an ubuntu derivative) (a
>>>> firewall is not running)
>>>>
>>>> This is the redirect I get when I click on your second tinyurl.comlink:
>>>
>>> http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18ixzpye9x9e7jpg/ku-medium.jpg
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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