Schadenfreude » mp3 http://www.ralree.com Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:18:37 +0000 en hourly 1 Putting Music from Amarok 2 on the iPod Touch http://www.ralree.com/2010/02/10/putting-music-from-amarok-2-on-the-ipod-touch/ http://www.ralree.com/2010/02/10/putting-music-from-amarok-2-on-the-ipod-touch/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:56:34 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.com/?p=22773 In case I ever forget this again, I’m posting these instructions here.  It’s actually really easy.

  • Install OpenSSH from Cydia
  • Mount the iPod’s filesystem: mkdir -p ~/touch && sshfs -o allow_other root@192.168.1.7:/ ~/touch/
  • Then, in Amarok 2, go to the collection browser, and find all the songs that match your criteria (I use ratings):

  • Highlight them and right-click drag them into the Dolphin/Nautilus window showing the directory ~/touch/private/var/mobile/Media/Music/
  • You may have to create the above directory.
  • When you drop them, choose Copy. Then, wait, and they’ll all copy over the wireless to the device. It’s awesome.
  • Get PwnPlayer from Cydia and enjoy!
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Actually, truth be told, I bought Pork and Beans, and Walt was cool enough to notice and send me Never Gonna Give You Up for free! Please spend money on him!

]]> http://www.ralree.com/2008/09/09/classical-rickrolling/feed/ 1 Amie Street Review: The best music store ever http://www.ralree.com/2007/03/07/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever/ http://www.ralree.com/2007/03/07/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:04:00 +0000 Erik http://www.ralree.info/2007/10/13/amie-street-review-the-best-music-store-ever I’ve decided Amie Street is the best idea in music shopping for a long time.

  • Artists post there songs there, which are downloadable for free
  • As more people download them, their cost increases.
  • If they get really popular, they go up to 99 cents, but no higher.
  • The artist collects 70% of the money the songs earn!
  • Barenaked Ladies just released their new album there, which I bought within about 3 minutes getting an account.

It’s easy. You just put in your billing info, and get direct credit for your money. I put in $25, which was enough to but the whole album and then some. The album cost me $14.30, which means about $10 went directly to Barenaked Ladies instead of $1. I hope this catches on and completely replaces CDs and Record Companies.

3 Thumbs Up!

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