Random Articles

• RE: Crushing the life out of the iPhone ecosystem A couple years back, after ‘getting’ the idea of having all my favorite audio with me at a moment’s click - I had grown bored of my then new 40gb iPod. A few minutes of searching and I found Doc Searls link about the iPod Platform. Suddenly, I was neck-deep in podcasting. Even in those
• DRM: Doesn’t Really Matter It’s no secret that folks looking to pick up some new tunes would like to avoid DRM at all costs, but instead of seeing CD sales skyrocket, there’s simply been a general decrease across the board in the whole “music buying scene.” - Darren Murph, Engadget If I buy CDs these days, it’s directly from the
• Backing Up with rsync, iCal, and Applescript This morning marks the completion of the first full backup I’ve done in quite a while. But not the last. For the past 3 months, I’ve been working on an automated backup system - so I no longer need to wonder if things are backed up. They are. In at least two places. A little background: I
• Internet-to-TV: How to Beat TiVo “Sling Media’s entertainment division, told B&C that through SlingCatcher, users will be able to…bring online video content to the TV.” [via Fimoculous] The idea of getting any internet-delivered video presented on a television is something I’ve talked about here and here. ELSEWHERE “the SlingCatcher is different from other digital media servers because it just relays whatever is on your
• Finally - Multiple Speakers in iTunes AirTunes  Spent a few moments over lunch refining my wireless network, while making sure everything worked as expected, I noticed a ‘Multiple Speakers’ option in my iTunes v6.0.5 (20). About Frigging Time! When we first set up the Airport Express, I was baffled why I couldn’t have the same music playing in the room with the laptop as