Jsd is a novel way to play tunes, and it's probably safe to say you've never seen anything like it. He felt that traditional mouse and command driven MP3 player interfaces were a little cumbersome, especially when coupled with a roommate making song requests all hours of the day and night. Instead of pointing and clicking to control the music, Abzug decided to take matters into his own hands, quite literally by creating jsd. Using jsd, you can control the flow of the MP3 tunes on your computer with the help of the joystick. Use the buttons on your game controller to start, stop, or pause the music.
Additional buttons control the volume and manipulate the play list for the player.
This program can even play well with other programs for other purposes. It's even possible to turn jsd into a joystick-controlled image viewer. You're going to need a fairly recent joystick driver included with versions of the Linux kernel 2.2 or later. System administrators worried about security have the developer's assurance that jsd is secure enough to even grant access to users without giving them direct access to the joystick. For the full scoop on file permissions and hardware settings, be sure to check Abzug's page for all the juicy details.