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October 2008

68 posts

Pimp Your MP3 Player

I just saw a cool open source product to freshen up an old mp3 player from Rockbox. It is a firmware product to improve the user experience if your outdated player needs a kick and it is free of course. It supports a lot of Apple’s players obviously but also does not leave out the less popular players which is

Using the Web to Carpool

I may be the only one who has noticed that gas prices are ridiculously high now days. Ok maybe not the only one. Heck, even finding gas was a problem here in Georgia the past 2 weeks. So I have been surfing around to check out carpooling websites. I even thought of creating a simple one for my area, but

GNC-2008-10-03 #413 Off on Vacation After Show

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How to fight The RIAA

It seems like the RIAA is unstoppable in its crusade to sue music lovers into oblivion. They are using the courts to get their way with ridiculous judgments being handed out. A single illegal downloaded song can cost a person thousands. The RIAA really does not want to go to trial; they hope to scare people into paying up when

Really? Paypal Can Help…

Back in June I did some work for a company overseas. It was all over the phone - I just had to talk someone through and be done with that. I suggested that they Paypal me to save on time and money, but they would have to talk to the accountant for payment. I waited one, then two weeks. No

Google Blogsearch Relaunches?

I have used Google Blogsearch for a long time. It has been mainly for entertainment. But today they re-launched the site and it could end up giving Techmeme.com a run for its money.

Apple relaxes iPhone dev restrictions

Apple has announced that it is removing some of the NDA restrictions on developers talking to each other about how their iPhone applications work. This restriction was widely criticised as stifling collaboration and innovation. Already developers are taking the opportunity to start sharing some of their frustrations with developing for the platform and the approval process for applications. This includes

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