I've finally cancelled my Sky subscription! Moving house means that, in many respects, I'm starting out with a "clean slate". So while I was going through my "to do" list, which includes updating my address with a bunch of services, one of the items on there was dealing with my Sky account. Was it really worth my while moving my Sky box and dish to the new house? After … [Read more...] about Finally Cutting the Cord
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Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Conn and I did an experiment earlier this week with the technology.ie podcast. Instead of simply recording it and then publishing it we streamed the entire thing live using IceCast.We'd previously played around a bit with Google "hangouts', but running our own streaming server was fun and also gave us more autonomy. Media streaming always struck me as being incredibly … [Read more...] about Configuring Icecast Streaming Server On Debian
Digital Music via iTunes vs. Physical CDs
While I'm a big fan of digital music services like Last.fm and Spotify I've always had a very "mixed" relationship with digital purchases of music. I guess this stems from some bad experiences outside Apple's iTunes store. Having paid for an album I want to be able to "consume" it however I choose on whatever device I want. Unfortunately if the company you bought music … [Read more...] about Digital Music via iTunes vs. Physical CDs
CD Ripping To Ogg Vorbis And Other Formats On OSX
If you use a Mac you get used to using its tools. Why wouldn't you? They're easy to use and pretty intuitive. Unfortunately my iRiver H340 can't read audio files in the standard OSX / iTunes format. It'll happily take the files in, but then you can't play the audio, which defeats the purpose of the exercise. There are quite a few software tools, both commercial and open … [Read more...] about CD Ripping To Ogg Vorbis And Other Formats On OSX
Rediscovering My IRiver
I've had an iRiver H340 for a few years. I think I picked mine up a few months before iRiver stopped making them. I used it on and off for a couple of years, but for the last year or more it's been gathering dust. I used to watch films when travelling so I didn't really listen to music, but between Netflix, iTunes and the cinema there's less and less that I want to watch on … [Read more...] about Rediscovering My IRiver