From the category archives:

iPod

Pandora on My Box

February 10, 2007

I’ve finally decided to give the Pandora music recommendation service a try and enjoying it thoroughly. The system is built upon the Music Genome Project, which assembled “literally hundreds of musical attributes or “genes” into a very large Music Genome… [capturing] the unique and magical musical identity of a song – everything from melody, harmony [...]

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Podcast subscriptions

February 7, 2007

Here’s a list of some of the podcasts I currently subscribe to, all of which are available via iTunes in addition to the links below. I’ve set up a smart playlist (which I occasionally tweak by hand) to shuffle the shows, allowing me to interleave long episodes and short episodes, providing a nice bit of [...]

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Mmmm….iPhone

January 9, 2007

Images snagged from Apple
Just announced at Macworld: The Apple iPhone
iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based [...]

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Replacing an iPod Hard Drive

October 18, 2006

Josh Highland provides a great step-by-step tutorial demonstrating how to replace the drive of an iPod. Following the steps proved little trouble, allowing me to fix my mother-in-law’s hard drive after the iPod started misbehaving. As the new hard drive is much cheaper than the cost of a new iPod, and as Apple would [...]

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Re-download podcasts without subscribing again

December 12, 2005

macosxhints – Re-download podcasts without subscribing again

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Macromedia Developer Relations Podcast

August 9, 2005

I’ll be adding the Macromedia Developer Relations Podcast (found via moockblog) to my regular podcast list tonight. It appears to lean towards Flash, which isn’t a bad thing, but I hope they will spend some time discussing the new features in the recently released Studio 8. I am really interested in the changes [...]

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BoingBoing Sounds

June 3, 2005

Two interesting audio related links popped up on Boing Boing recently:

Webjay – “BoingBoing Found Sounds” by tomwsmf: provides easy access to “all the audio mentioned on Boing Boing” for your listening and podcasting pleasure.
Turtle’s “78 RPM” Jukebox: a collection of “MP3s made from hundreds of 78RPM discs recorded between 1900 and 1930. Included are notes [...]

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Smithsonian Global Sound

May 10, 2005

Smithsonian Global Sound “delivers the world’s diverse cultural expressions via the Internet in an informative way for a reasonable price. It also helps encourage local musicians and traditions around the planet through international recognition, the payment of royalties, and support for regional archives.”

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iPodarmy

May 8, 2005

iPodarmy “is a Web site and community focused on audio-based content and emerging technologies related to (but not limited to) portable audio, DRM, digital music delivery and sharing, podcasting and more.” This looks like a promising use of podcasting and “share-friendly” (Creative Commons and the like) music.

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iPod Hacks: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod

January 17, 2005

iPod Hacks: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod

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