Category Archives: Art
Can MythTV Serve Your Neighborhood?
Sunday, April 1, 2007
It’s no secret that, here at home, I use and love MythTV. Part of MythTV’s beauty is it’s expandability. Record T.V. and video in one part of your home, watch it in another. Andrew Greig has taken this concept to a whole new level. Andrew’s video content comes from a C-band (big dish) satellite receiver [...]
iTunes, Make your audiobooks Audiobooks
Sunday, April 1, 2007
There’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to organize your own music using the programs that already come on your computer. Hello, iTunes, iPhoto? I’ve managed to finagle a seriously complex way of fixing exif data and properly organizing my photos in iPhoto but until now haven’t found a way to properly organize my [...]
Mac/Linux Join Multiple mp3 Files
Sunday, April 1, 2007
I’ve been looking for a quick and cheap way to join multiple mp3s together for an upcoming article. There are a few freeware or shareware applications, but I figured there’s something already on my computer I’m not using. Unfortunately this tip leaves Windows users out in the cold, I haven’t forgotten about you! For files [...]
The Way the Music Died
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Frontline provides a fascinating discussion of why the music industry is in such a bad way, and what it takes to “make it” in the business. The Way the Music Died is told through the eyes of four artists: veteran musician David Crosby, Mark Hudson; former member of the Hudson Brothers band; Hudson’s daughter, Sarah, [...]
Law Enforcement Turns the Tables on YouTube Lawbreakers
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
A few years ago it wasn’t unusual for law enforcement officials to get caught violating the rights of citizens on tape. Looks like someone’s wised up; U.S. Customs Enforcement has executed a search warrant to get some information on supposed death threats sent via YouTube. Link via Techdirt
It’s All Geek To Me
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Niel Stephenson takes on 300, or rather takes on those who take on 300… Link via Linkfilter Link to a PDF for posterity.
DockArt: Make the iTunes Dock Icon show Album Art
Sunday, March 18, 2007
DockArt is a free iTunes plug-in that displays the cover art for the current iTunes track in the dock. Link via tuaw
AFSCME, The Union that Works for You!
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Hilarious union video from the 70s with an alternate sound track. (NSFW) Linkswiped from BoingBoing
Encode770
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Encode770 is a shell script meant to encode video for Nokia 770. Unfortunately, this is Unix/Linux only; dependencies are mencoder and xterm. Once the script is installed in a file managers menu, Encode770 can be invoked from with a right-click. Great for re-encoding those T.V. shows recorded through MythTV.