I finally finished my second real electronic project: The Pocket Theramin. I made a few changes/improvements to the design found here, and I really like my result. The basic circuit is exactly the same, but I added an LED and a toggle switch so I can keep it together as one unit all the time. Also, I discovered that MAKE: Electronics is an awesome book. I highly recommend purchasing yourself a copy.
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 [...]
I’m very happy with my new CD player.It came with an older firmware on it, and supposedly the new ones will play OGGs, so I decided to upgrade.
It’s a sad day when a random one-hit wonder band who stole your name gets a higher page rank in Google than you do. Poor Franz Ferdinand. I’ll bet he’s rolling in his grave. He should Black (back)Hand that band.
I was having a bunch of trouble today importing my old MySQL amarok database into the new nightly version of amarok I installed. The Amarok Wiki had a great section on how to convert a MySQL Amarok collection into an SQLlite one. This was the key to importing my old 1.4 collection into the new 2.2 nightly version of Amarok.
Here’s a really awesome movie trailer if I’ve ever seen one. It makes me wonder if this will excite the neo-Nazis… Get the Flash Player to see this content. A really cool music video follows (Warning: Lyrics are profane, and probably not safe for work without headphones): Get the Flash Player to see this content.
Sometimes, I want to hear classical music, but it helps if I can relate to the music being played and really get into it (see: John Williams). Walt Ribeiro recently has awoken me to some awesome arrangements like Pork and Beans and The RickRoll Song that he has produced. You should buy them here if you like them, as I did. Here are some nice samples: Actually, truth be told, I bought Pork and Beans, and Walt was cool enough [...]
I love the SixtyOne. It uses a point-based system to allow me to vote up my favorite music, which accrues me more points when more people vote it up. It’s basically like digg for music. Not all the songs are free, but you can listen to the full versions of the songs on demand without buying them. Try it!
But Slash isn’t one of them, obviously I love this picture. Source
Radiohead made an album recently, and you can buy it for however much you type in. I spent $5 on it, and downloaded it immediately. It made me feel good. It’s too bad more artists don’t do this.
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