So.. I received my iPod Touch today. It was pre-ordered mid September through the Apple website, with a customization on the back. Announced to be available on the 28th. Shipped and received within two days – not bad. Nevermind the fact that the Touch was already available in stores at the same time the Apple site was listing it as…
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Support Internet Radios
Music for inspiration, without the brainwashing of ads. More signal, less noise. Support internet radios such as Radio Paradise – eclectic online rock radio or Radio Akasha These radios, like many others, are under direct threat from the music industry to fall under the weight of a royalties system not adapted to an internet age. The sad thing is that…
The Filter
I discovered The Filter in one of those ‘Top 10 software you can’t miss’ articles. At first, it seemed a little esotheric – would it really create a useable playlist from a sample of only 3 songs ? After using it for a few months, I can say yes – it is working fine on both Mac and PC. This…
iTunes 7 and a tip to refresh of iTunes library
iTunes 7 is out, and it looks good so far 🙂 …. a good occasion to add a nagging tip to this little collection. As I was trying to keep my iTunes library synchronized between my desktop (windows) and my laptop (mac OS), I found it frustrating to have to delete and reload my library each time I did a…
Cover Art
Found in a recent link from Slashdot to an entry of Phil Ryu’s blog about the top ten most beautiful Mac OS X apps – coverflow puts to a good use these neglected cover art pictures in your iTunes library and turns them into a fluid, intuitive interface to select albums you want to listen to. Now if only Apple…
Smarter Playlists
So I have spent some time recently making sense of my little collection of songs. 4214 songs. 11.3 days. All paid and accounted for 🙂 … and always listening to the same 2 or 3 static playlists. Something had to change. I picked up some great advices from Smart Playlists.com and came up with the following tips to help organize…
iCleaner revived my iPod
I made the mistake to keep my iPod for a few weeks in a jacket, with keys and coins… and no protection… while I was waiting to receive a Vajacases leather case. Needless to say, the scratches that ensued were as nagging as grain of sand under an eyelid. It took me a while to find a good solution. Unfortunately,…
Eyecandy for Windows XP
While I was away at a conference a few weeks ago, I found myself surrounded by researchers and students all typing away on their cool Mac laptops. Seeing the eyecandy of Mac OS-X, I wished I could find the same vidual comfort on my windows XP desktop. A few weeks later, I found the right combination of desktop gadgets to…
iTunes time travels
With all that hype surrounding it, it is easy to overlook a very simple reason that makes a service like iTunes so attractive. iTunes is a Time Machine. I spent a few hours (and dollars) going over their catalog, looking for particular albums and as I was coming across some unexpected titles, it hit me – there are so many…
iPod tricks
A few links to better use your ipod : iPod Lounge – All things iPod. Featuring the gallery of iPods around the world. Where did your iPod go today ? SmartPlaylists.com – Explanations about the concept of smart playlists (really, just a wizard to build queries to the database created by iTunes). The site hosts examples of smart uses of…