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Pandora on My Box

PandoraBoy Screenshot
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…

Podcast subscriptions

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…

Mmmm….iPhone

Images snagged from Apple
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…

Replacing an iPod Hard Drive

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…

Re-download podcasts without subscribing again

macosxhints - Re-download podcasts without subscribing again

Macromedia Developer Relations Podcast

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…

BoingBoing Sounds

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

Smithsonian Global Sound

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…

iPodarmy

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”…

iPod Hacks: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod

iPod Hacks: The Latest and Greatest for Your iPod