My Dad’s been figuring out how to convert his music records to a digital format, since his stereo no longer has a turntable. The post has an article title Digital Transformation Revives Old Records which mentions the Audacity software project. You can also use a free, open-source program, Audacity (Win 95 or newer, Mac OS […]
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A recent survey shows that Americans’ download media files from both approved and, well, less approved sources in about equal proportions (found on Smart Mobs ). An even more interesting statistic is that 48% of respondents cited using other sources, such as aim and email, than online stores and p2p networks. Coupled with that news,
I’ve held off on writing about my Nokia 6600 until the initial gadget shine wore off. I’ve recommended it to my friends, including Jason who’s already written about it. This is the smart phone written about on Slate. My friend Dave, who’s also a recent Mac convert, told me he used the iSync devices page
I haven’t written about Tivo’s TivoToGo features, even though I got the upgrade around mid-February. My Series 2 Tivo now serves web pages wirelessly to my home network showing what files it has on its hard drive. With any machine, linux/mac/windows, I can browse their interface and download files. At first I was really excited
There are some very interesting new features in the upcoming OpenOffice 2.0 release. The new database component will be very interesting indeed, especially if it can compete against Microsoft Access – the database development platform of choice for the technophobic. I’ve found its spreadsheet and work processing app to be more than competent in Linux
Hopefully this is really more of a hire-the-bad-guys-to-help-the-good-guys kind of thing but I severely doubt it. Seems that the Department of Homeland Security has made an executive from Claria, formerly Gator, to a committee on protecting privacy. The article also has an excellent content-free defense of the inclusion from chief privacy officer Nuala O’Connor Kelly.
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Our addiction to World of Warcraft has lead to the inevitable computer upgrade. Remember, gentle reader, that this game was already responsible for a video card upgrade on my own machine. But now that I’ve gotten Staci hooked on playing – she’s an elven hunter with a pet puma, we needed to upgrade the machine
A lot of hand-wringing is going on about EA’s monopolization of sports video games and exclusivity deal with the NFL, ESPN, and the imminent end of sports games. You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t think its time to panic yet. Now, before you label me an EA apologist or discount me as not
Sports Gaming isn’t dead . . .its resting its eyes. Read More »
Or how just chatting with Jason was just as likely to fix my PC. After installing a new 200G hard drive in my main desktop this weekend, the OS-that-will-go-unamed was not happy. Now, normally I wouldn’t care since up until very recently I was not using it at all but then came Warcraft and my
When I started working from home on Wednesdays, I dragged an old (from high school) bookshelf stereo system into our computer room to have NPR on for background noise. For some reason, I can’t work without some background sound. That doesn’t explain why sometimes at work I put on my headphones but forget to play