I wrote this article 12 years ago and it took me until I saw my own name in the comments to realize it was my own article. Now I want to take the advice of the commenters and make it work for YouTube videos our animated gifs - except have them play on a large LED array.<p>This brings back some great memories if trying to explain to my the girlfriend why I didn&#x27;t want to go look at engagement rings, &quot;Y&#x27;know that old computer under my desk with the noisy fan? Right now thousands of nerds are visiting it to read an article about how I used the printer system to play music.&quot;<p>Fwiw - the original is still up: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patrick.wagstrom.net&#x2F;weblog&#x2F;2003&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;lpdforfunandmp3playing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;patrick.wagstrom.net&#x2F;weblog&#x2F;2003&#x2F;05&#x2F;23&#x2F;lpdforfunandmp...</a>