tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146208242024-03-05T12:51:17.777+01:00gigajosh.blogspot.comJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.comBlogger489125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-50648785541984746862009-02-01T00:57:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.210+01:00Save That WordI was just alerted to an interesting website that tries to get people to "adopt" a word that is verging on extinction. Actually, if you see the words, you understand why they're becoming extinct.<br /><br />It's like one of the laws of web 2.0 - keep things simple, nobody really wants or needs lots of different ways of saying something, or words that encapsulate the meaning of 4 or 5 other words.<br /><br />It's easier to remember the 4 or 5 other common words than the one funny word that nobody ever uses.<br /><br />But despite the above reasoning, I do find new words interesting. And I reckon if one took my fancy, I may just be tempted to slip it into conversation sometime (sure, right, and I live in Holland so that's gonna go down great!.. we'll see :D)<br /><br />Here are 3 words that I just noticed on the site:<br /><br />Casitive - Has grammatical cases - e.g. you could call a language that uses cases a casitive language. ... I think German is a casitive language come to think of it... :)<br /><br />Lubency - pleasure/ willingness<br /><br />Impudicity - hmm. I've lost that word now.. but it sounded kinda cool :)<br /><br />The web site is: <a href="http://www.savethewords.org/">http://www.savethewords.org/</a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-50897707706040838752009-01-15T14:12:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.175+01:00Super simple Twitter bookmarklet (aka Twitlet)I just made a super simple Twitter bookmarklet. Here it is :::> <a href="javascript:void(document.location.href='http://twitter.com/home?status='+encodeURIComponent(location.href));">Twitlet+</a><br /><br />Here's the javascript:<br />javascript:void(document.location.href='http://twitter.com/home?status='+encodeURIComponent(location.href));<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.clipclip.org/clips/detail/34654/you-jerks-bookmarking-trick-replace-your-bookmark-urls-with-bookmarklet-urls-squareoak-search-engine-marketing-web-trends-social-media-%C3%82%C2%BB-blog-archive">ClipClip</a> for the tips.<br /><br />And by the way, if you need to find this blog post again, use the sn.im link <a href="http://sn.im/twitlet">http://sn.im/twitlet</a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-37339403245016181242009-01-02T13:03:00.001+01:002009-01-02T13:04:39.305+01:00Redirect for my Mac install listThe Mac install list you're looking for is here:<div><a href="http://gigajosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-mac-install-list.html">http://gigajosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-mac-install-list.html</a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-52571904688542016082009-01-02T12:49:00.003+01:002009-01-02T12:52:22.105+01:00Mac wishlist snurl renamed :)I renamed the original snurl (http://snurl.com/9cmq6) for my Mac wishlist.<br />You can find what you're looking for here:<div><a href="http://gigajosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-mac-help-wishlist.html">http://gigajosh.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-mac-help-wishlist.html</a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-23153380928275754862009-01-02T02:23:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.183+01:00Macbook apps & modsThis is just going to be a list of all the apps I install on my new Macbook :)<br /><div>Could get long. We'll see. [I've also decided to add any kind of customisations I make in square brackets]<br /></div><br /><div><br /> <ul><br /> <li>Skype</li><br /> <li>Adobe Air (for Twhirl)</li><br /> <li>Twhirl </li><br /> <li>OpenOffice (so I could view a darn Powerpoint lol!) (2/1/09)</li><br /> <li>MacPorts (so I can install aircrack-ng :)) (3/1/09)</li><br /> <li>Evernote (4/1/09)</li><br /> <li>Firefox (4/1/09)</li><br /> <li>[hide the dock: <a href="http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2168/os_x_hide_dock">http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2168/os_x_hide_dock/</a>] (11-jan-09)</li><br /> <li>uTorrent (11-jan-09) (surprised this didn't happen earlier :)) (<a href="http://mac.utorrent.com/">http://mac.utorrent.com</a>)</li><br /> <li>[TwitterFox add-on for Firefox] (this doesn't really count, but I'm kinda enjoying logging this stuff!) (11-Jan-09)</li><br /> <li>[Changed annoying Mac alert sound to "Hero" sound and reduced volume :)) - do this in Sound dialog - key-combo ctrl+F12] (11-jan-09)</li><br /> <li>GIMP (photo editor)</li><br /> <li>UnRarX (compressed file extractor - free - need it to unpack the VMWare download. Am wondering if there's a free rar/ zip decompressor for Mac out there with a nicer GUI)</li><br /> <li>[made TextEdit default app for opening NFO files] </li><br /> <li>VMWare Fusion</li><br /> <li>Quicksilver (31-1-09)</li><br /> <li>Google Earth (31-1-09)</li><br /> <li>Adobe Flash (prerequisite - kinda - for adobe air)</li><br /> <li>Adobe Air (oops, hang on, I already installed that..)</li><br /> <li>Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0.1 </li><br /> <li>Growl 1.1.4 (Because Peer Guardian suggested it)</li><br /> <li>PeerGuardian (to fight against baddies)</li><br /> <li>MS Office 2008 (v12.0.0)</li><br /> <li>[update Open XML File Format Converter for Mac to v1.0.2]</li><br /> <li>[update MS Office 2008 to v12.1.0]<br /> <br /></li><br /> </ul>Please feel free to suggest an app you think I can't do without :)<br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-43168513204026793912009-01-02T01:34:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.218+01:00Mac keyboard shortcuts and other tips<style type="text/css">.nobr br { display: none }</style>I've just bought a Macbook (13.3" aluminium, 4gb ram, lovely | battery, non-backlit keyboard, less lovely) and cos I've always been a Windows user there's a lot that is new to me.<br /><br />Before I give up and install Bootcamp I'll probably discover a bunch of things that I'll want to remember. So I'm going to record them here.<div><br /></div><div>I definitely need a comprehensive reference to Mac keyboard shortcuts. I'm sure there are plenty out there.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's amazing how disabling it is not knowing all the keyboard shortcuts that one's gotten so used to over time. I shall battle on :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a list of URLs with keyboard shortcuts.</div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/axudxr">http://tinyurl.com/axudxr</a> (thanks <a href="http://twitter.com/vkoser">@vkoser</a>)<br /></div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5q86qh">http://tinyurl.com/5q86qh</a> (thanks<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <a href="http://twitter.com/murdamw">@murdamw</a>)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5jjp95">http://tinyurl.com/5jjp95</a> ( " )</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="nobr"><br /><table style="width: 682px; height: 229px;" border="1"><tbody></tbody><tbody> <tr> <td>Nr.</td> <td>Action</td> <td>Key combination</td> <td>Source</td> </tr><tr> <td>1.</td> <td>Make a screenshot anywhere where you can select the area of the screenshot with the mouse (screen capture)</td> <td> cmd+shift+4</td> <td>http://www.intermedia.net/support/kb/default.asp?id=923</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2.</td> <td>Safari: Jump to the address bar (or location bar)</td> <td> cmd+l </td> <td>-</td> </tr><br /><tr> <td>3.</td> <td>Safari: quick page search</td><td>fn+(search term)</td> <td>-</td></tr><br /><tr><td>4.</td><td>Minimise active window<br /></td><td>cmd+m<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>5.</td><td>Find my Mac IP address<br /></td><td>Apple -> System Preferences -> Network<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>6.</td><td>Show desktop(?) (hides like EVERYTHING on screen)<br /><br /></td><td>fn+F11<br /><br /></td><td>-<br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>7.</td><td>Hide window<br /><br /><br /></td><td>cmd+H<br /><br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td>-</td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td><td>-<br /></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><br /></div></div><br />N.B. Finally got a table going on in Blogger! Thanks to:<div><a href="http://mlawire.blogspot.com/2007/01/table-formatting-in-blogger.html">http://mlawire.blogspot.com/2007/01/table-formatting-in-blogger.html</a></div><div><br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-23851260347587306762008-12-29T16:59:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.191+01:00How to format (prettify) XMLToday I used Eclipse with the XMLBuddy plugin to format (prettify) a chunk of XML.<br />I then tweaked it with TextPad... as follows.<br /><br />1)<br />Get Eclipse at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/">http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/</a>. The <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/ganymede/SR1/eclipse-java-ganymede-SR1-win32.zip">IDE for Java developers</a> will probably be fine for you. (It may seem like serious overkill for formatting a bit of XML, but that all depends on how badly you want to format that bit of XML now doesn't it? :))<br /><br />2)<br />Get the XMLBuddy plugin: <a href="http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/download.php">http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/download.php</a><br /><br />3)<br />You just need to unpack the XMLBuddy plugin ZIP file to the Eclipse "plugins" directory, but here are some XMLBuddy install tips in case you have problems: <a href="http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/faq.html#install">http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/faq.html#install</a><br /><br />4)<br />Then just open your XML file with Eclipse and choose "Format" from the "XML" menu.<br /><br />5)<br />The only problem is that it uses tabs to indent the XML, which you may find a bit of a pain, so I then tweaked it in TextPad as follows:<br />Copy the XML you formatted in Eclipse into TextPad (or some other text editor with search&replace) and use F8 (find/replace) to swap the tabs for spaces, and you've got a decently formatted bit of XML!<br /><br />Good luck :)Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-82395060482170270422008-12-12T00:07:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.252+01:00Automatisch opnieuw opstarten in XP uitschakelenVoor het geval dat je het wilt weten, om te zorgen dat Windows XP zich niet automatisch herstart na het installeren van Windows updates, moet je de volgende stappen volgen:<br /><br />1. Ga naar Start -> Uitvoeren en tik <span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong>gpedit.msc</strong></span><br /><br />2. Druk op OK en komt het venstertje "Groepsbeleid" tevoorschijn.<br /><br />3. Deze instelling uitschakelen: "Niet automatisch opnieuw opstarten als gebruikers zijn aangemeld na geplande installaties van Automatisch updates"<br /><br />Je ziet het ook in het plaatje hieronder.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0j92EJfC7xRIf893CANkaeK0G-oPxkvcu4XPjKmqe3QkeGIJE6cBwYflEF5fCehsh6iDqVLPb8KSFHCvor2zz6svZadRlJ-SjTJx7g3x6R1l5embDyYTMzddKEuquQuoPOC7Tg/s1600-h/Stop-auto-restart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278673554316501570" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0j92EJfC7xRIf893CANkaeK0G-oPxkvcu4XPjKmqe3QkeGIJE6cBwYflEF5fCehsh6iDqVLPb8KSFHCvor2zz6svZadRlJ-SjTJx7g3x6R1l5embDyYTMzddKEuquQuoPOC7Tg/s400/Stop-auto-restart.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />bron: <a href="http://4sysops.com/archives/disable-restart-after-windows-automatic-updates/">4sysops</a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-86502832559231170642008-12-10T22:59:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.257+01:00Recover data on a restored iPhoneI haven't yet attempted to or succeeded in recovering any data from the previous increment of my 2G iPhone, so this is more of a note-to-self.<div>After screwing it up with a new version of Installer (don't touch Installer with a long barge pole people, stick to good old Cydia.. and u know what they say about curiosity and what it did to the cat, well I was the proverbial cat) I restored it in iTunes.</div><div><br /></div><div>My shopping list for trying to dump the iPhone disk image to my PC in URLs is:</div><div><br /></div><div>A tutorial from the people that know:</div><div><a href="http://www.modmyi.com/forums/file-mods/237321-how-iphone-data-recovery.html#post1484071">http://www.modmyi.com/forums/file-mods/237321-how-iphone-data-recovery.html#post1484071</a><br /></div><div>A guide to setting up an SSH server on Cygwin</div><div><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server-205090.php">http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server-205090.php</a><br /></div><div>And er, a newbie's guide to Cygwin</div><div><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/cygwin/geek-to-live--introduction-to-cygwin-part-i-179514.php">http://lifehacker.com/software/cygwin/geek-to-live--introduction-to-cygwin-part-i-179514.php</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Wish me luck!</div><div><br /></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-79737383937585038502008-11-07T17:18:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.246+01:00Found CSCCMD v1.1 on Jackson TechnicalCSCCMD, the Client-Side Caching Command-Line Options command-line tool is very evasive. One has to contact Microsoft to get it.<br /><br />But thank goodness somebody stuck it on their web site so as to help others in their quest for freedom (or something equally vallant).<br />Jackson Technical is the place where v1.1 of this little tool can be found. Check it out:<br /><a href="http://www.jacksontechnical.com/article.htm?id=34">http://www.jacksontechnical.com/article.htm?id=34</a><br />(<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=df78780fe58109c0d2db6fb9a8902bda">Can also be found here on MediaFire</a>)<br /><br /><p></p>What does this tool do you ask? Well, you can see that for yourself here:<br /><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884739">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884739</a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-74344758013274007212008-11-06T13:53:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.267+01:00Nokia PC Suite v7Looking for Nokia PC Suite v7? Frustrated that the links on Nokia's website are dead?!<br />The link below might help you.. until of course they remove the file, or rename it :(<br /><a href="http://snurl.com/nokiapcsuite7">http://snurl.com/nokiapcsuite7</a><br />Good luck!<a href="http://nds2.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/Nokia_PC_Suite_rel_7_0_8_2_wu_eng.ex"></a>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-65975663173267942812008-10-31T00:50:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.241+01:00Print those pesky PRN files with PrintFileHave you ever wondered what that little checkbox "Save to file" does when you go to print something?<div><br /></div><div>Well, guess what? It saves your print job to a file instead of actually printing it - uncanny huh? ;)</div><div>When you save such a file, it's a PRN file.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, that was kinda supposed to be funny, but the serious part of this post is that there's a utility out there that will let you print those otherwise useless little files. It's called PrintFile and you can get it here:</div><div><a href="http://www.lerup.com/printfile/">http://www.lerup.com/printfile/</a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Make a note of this, cos one day you'll be like - heh, I can't access the printer, but I know, I can save it to a file and print it off later (on another computer) with that cool little utility PrintFile.</div><div><br /></div><div>And by the way PrintFile is free. How about that :)</div><div><br /></div><div>EDIT: also check out EscapeE by RedTitan</div><div>NOTE: these apps won't always print your document perfectly! but if you're printer is messed up it could be a life saver.</div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-35519231531665476362008-10-29T23:12:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.272+01:00Toodledo - King of the to-do list managersI've been using <a href="http://www.toodledo.com/index.php?ref=td46efa4c220aed">Toodledo</a> for a good while now and it's a great to-do list manager.<div>It's free, and manages to offer lots of useful features for organising your tasks while still remaining very simple to use.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also there are 3 different mobile interfaces you can use on your mobile phone or PDA, and there are integration options with sites like Google Calendar, Twitter etc, so you can send yourself notifications and synchronise your tasks etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>All in all, a really cool to-do list manager :) so check it out at <a href="http://www.toodledo.com/index.php?ref=td46efa4c220aed">Toodledo.com</a></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-82113112236316627832008-10-28T13:42:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.279+01:00Computer Management in XP (MMC)This is more of a note-to-self than anything else, but nonetheless something that was bugging me.<div><br /><div>I'm in a locked-down work environment and couldn't open the Computer Management console. </div><div><br /></div><div>Pity, because I wanted to see if I was running XP with SP2 or SP3, and the only way I know to do that in my environment is via the Computer Management console.</div><div>Unfortunately in my environment:</div><div>- the "Properties" option in the My Computer context menu has been removed</div><div>- System has been removed from the Control Panel.</div><div>- and when you run the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';">sysdm.cpl</span> command from Start -> Run, nothing happens. (this should normally bring up the System Properties panel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I finally found the command to launch the Computer Management console directly:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">compmgmt.msc</span></span></span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This worked.</div><div>Then it was simply a matter of selecting "Properties" from the context menu of the "Computer Management (Local)" item on the left-hand side.</div><div>And voila, there was the System Propeties panel (only this way the title of the panerl is "Computer Management (Local) Properties".</div><div><br /></div><div>For a list of other .msc commands, take a look here: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.theeldergeek.com/microsoft_management_console.htm">http://www.theeldergeek.com/microsoft_management_console.htm</a></span></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-87644788537725281052008-10-27T16:06:00.001+01:002009-02-07T00:56:57.745+01:00Google Chrome in-page search shortcuts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">I couldn't work it out by myself: The keyboard shortcuts for jumping through one's Google Chrome in-page search results.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Well, I think I'll use Ctrl+G, hell, why not?! :)<br /><br /><table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+F</strong></td><td>Open find-in-page box</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+G</strong> or <strong>F3</strong></td><td>Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+Shift+G</strong> or<strong> Shift+F3</strong></td><td>Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-2694133470752781022008-10-27T16:06:00.000+01:002009-02-07T00:42:59.287+01:00Google Chrome in-page search shortcuts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">I couldn't work it out by myself: The keyboard shortcuts for jumping through one's Google Chrome in-page search results.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Well, I think I'll use Ctrl+G, hell, why not?! :)<br /><br /><table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+F</strong></td><td>Open find-in-page box</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+G</strong> or <strong>F3</strong></td><td>Find next match for your input in the find-in-page box</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ctrl+Shift+G</strong> or<strong> Shift+F3</strong></td><td>Find previous match for your input in the find-in-page box</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-23280199807011920012008-10-20T18:03:00.001+02:002009-02-07T00:56:57.745+01:00Audacity great choice for recording audio stream<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Just wanted to share my great experience with Audacity yesterday.<br/>I've always been annoyed with BBC online radio. Not because of its quality or content, but because I can't rip/ record/ copy the bloomin' stuff.<br/><br/>Now I tried recording the 1Xtra Drum n Bass chart, one of the shows I listen to every now and then, with some pitiful piece of recording software that I won't name, and it sounded rubbish. Like I'd used an old portable audio cassette recorder or something!<br/><br/>Yesterday however, I was listening to the MOBO awards, which you can maybe still catch here:<br/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/1xtra_aod.shtml?1xtra/mistajam_wed<br/><br/>I was once again determined to try to record the stream (it's a RealPlayer stream) so I did a quick Google for a recording software.<br/><br/>My Google search returned Audacity as the first result. Obviously I'm slightly confused as to why it never popped up before. Anyway here's the Audacity link: <a href='http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/'>http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/</a><br/><br/>I just downladed the <a href='http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win-zip/audacity-win-1.2.6.zip'>zip file for Windows</a> and unpacked it.<br/><br/>I fired up the program and there was a record button staring at me. I pressed it and baboom, a sound wave signal thingy started moving from left to right. It looked like it was recording.<br/><br/>So to check it was working, I stopped recording, stopped the stream, and pressed the play button (in Audacity) and it played back the little gem it had just recorded. It sounded great, no crappy cassette-like sound.<br/><br/>I've used Audacity in the past to edit audio (had to get that one in so as not to sound like a pleb) but never knew it could record (maybe it couldn't back then).<br/><br/>Anyway, Audacity is my recorder of choice for the time being. And it's damn well free!<br/><br/><br/>P.S.<br/><br/>I'd just like to add, so as not to mislead anybody, that Audacity doesn't actually record the stream directly, it records the audio channel on your PC.<br/>So be careful you don't play any other sounds on your PC or mess around with the volume (I think you can safely change the main volume, but not the others - you'll have to test it and see). Basically, any change to the sound you hear will likely be captured by Audacity.<br/><br/>Obviously, if you are able to record an audio stream directly with another software, this will probably be a better option. This is an EASY option for recording ALL TYPES of audio, but essential for audio where the stream can't be recorded directly.<br/></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-20518857755441987752008-10-20T18:03:00.000+02:002009-02-07T00:42:59.292+01:00Audacity great choice for recording audio stream<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Just wanted to share my great experience with Audacity yesterday.<br/>I've always been annoyed with BBC online radio. Not because of its quality or content, but because I can't rip/ record/ copy the bloomin' stuff.<br/><br/>Now I tried recording the 1Xtra Drum n Bass chart, one of the shows I listen to every now and then, with some pitiful piece of recording software that I won't name, and it sounded rubbish. Like I'd used an old portable audio cassette recorder or something!<br/><br/>Yesterday however, I was listening to the MOBO awards, which you can maybe still catch here:<br/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/1xtra_aod.shtml?1xtra/mistajam_wed<br/><br/>I was once again determined to try to record the stream (it's a RealPlayer stream) so I did a quick Google for a recording software.<br/><br/>My Google search returned Audacity as the first result. Obviously I'm slightly confused as to why it never popped up before. Anyway here's the Audacity link: <a href='http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/'>http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/</a><br/><br/>I just downladed the <a href='http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win-zip/audacity-win-1.2.6.zip'>zip file for Windows</a> and unpacked it.<br/><br/>I fired up the program and there was a record button staring at me. I pressed it and baboom, a sound wave signal thingy started moving from left to right. It looked like it was recording.<br/><br/>So to check it was working, I stopped recording, stopped the stream, and pressed the play button (in Audacity) and it played back the little gem it had just recorded. It sounded great, no crappy cassette-like sound.<br/><br/>I've used Audacity in the past to edit audio (had to get that one in so as not to sound like a pleb) but never knew it could record (maybe it couldn't back then).<br/><br/>Anyway, Audacity is my recorder of choice for the time being. And it's damn well free!<br/><br/><br/>P.S.<br/><br/>I'd just like to add, so as not to mislead anybody, that Audacity doesn't actually record the stream directly, it records the audio channel on your PC.<br/>So be careful you don't play any other sounds on your PC or mess around with the volume (I think you can safely change the main volume, but not the others - you'll have to test it and see). Basically, any change to the sound you hear will likely be captured by Audacity.<br/><br/>Obviously, if you are able to record an audio stream directly with another software, this will probably be a better option. This is an EASY option for recording ALL TYPES of audio, but essential for audio where the stream can't be recorded directly.<br/></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-11804641286896764042008-10-20T17:30:00.001+02:002009-02-07T00:55:11.769+01:00Import Tiddlers from another TiddlyWiki<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This TiddlyWiki plugin (below) lets you import Tiddlers from another TiddlyWiki.<br/><br/>I was actually looking for a plugin to import a text file as a tiddler. But this is also nice. I'm sure It'll come in handy some time. :)<br/><br/><a href='http://www.tiddlytools.com/TW+ImportExport.html#ImportTiddlersPlugin'>ImportTiddlersPlugin</a></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-84659932674082285252008-10-20T17:30:00.000+02:002009-02-07T00:42:59.297+01:00Import Tiddlers from another TiddlyWiki<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This TiddlyWiki plugin (below) lets you import Tiddlers from another TiddlyWiki.<br/><br/>I was actually looking for a plugin to import a text file as a tiddler. But this is also nice. I'm sure It'll come in handy some time. :)<br/><br/><a href='http://www.tiddlytools.com/TW+ImportExport.html#ImportTiddlersPlugin'>ImportTiddlersPlugin</a></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-78553725668875199402008-10-17T18:31:00.001+02:002009-02-07T00:55:11.769+01:00Installing the CoreTweaks plugin for TiddlyWikiAs mentioned by <a href="http://mnteractive.com/archive/how-to-install-a-tiddlywiki-plugin/">Darrel Austin on the MN Interactive blog</a> it's not easy to figure out how to install a TiddlyWiki plugin. He describes it nicely, but even so, I couldn't quite work out what I had to do on the <a href="http://www.tiddlytools.com/#CoreTweaks">CoreTweaks plugin page</a> to get the thing installed!<br /><br />It's a piece of cake once you know how of course. This is what I did:<br /><br />1. Click the "view" link on the top right-hand side of the CoreTweaks tiddler (because yes, this is actually a tiddler, even though it looks nothing like an out-of-the-box tiddler. It's been customised you see to look cool ;))<br />[If you're still lost, note that the "view" is only visible when your mouse is actually hovering over the browser window]<br /><br />2. When the "view" link has been clicked, you can see the source of the tiddler. Just copy this, create a new tiddler in your own TiddlyWiki and paste the CoreTweaks source into your new tiddler. I don't think you have to call your new tiddler CoreTweaks, but I did anyway just to be safe.<br /><br />3. THE IMPORTANT PART is that you add the tag <span style="font-weight: bold;">systemConfig</span> to your tiddler. This makes the TiddlyWiki actually use the content of the tiddler.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-11863871973987144532008-10-17T18:31:00.000+02:002009-02-07T00:42:59.302+01:00Installing the CoreTweaks plugin for TiddlyWikiAs mentioned by <a href="http://mnteractive.com/archive/how-to-install-a-tiddlywiki-plugin/">Darrel Austin on the MN Interactive blog</a> it's not easy to figure out how to install a TiddlyWiki plugin. He describes it nicely, but even so, I couldn't quite work out what I had to do on the <a href="http://www.tiddlytools.com/#CoreTweaks">CoreTweaks plugin page</a> to get the thing installed!<br /><br />It's a piece of cake once you know how of course. This is what I did:<br /><br />1. Click the "view" link on the top right-hand side of the CoreTweaks tiddler (because yes, this is actually a tiddler, even though it looks nothing like an out-of-the-box tiddler. It's been customised you see to look cool ;))<br />[If you're still lost, note that the "view" is only visible when your mouse is actually hovering over the browser window]<br /><br />2. When the "view" link has been clicked, you can see the source of the tiddler. Just copy this, create a new tiddler in your own TiddlyWiki and paste the CoreTweaks source into your new tiddler. I don't think you have to call your new tiddler CoreTweaks, but I did anyway just to be safe.<br /><br />3. THE IMPORTANT PART is that you add the tag <span style="font-weight: bold;">systemConfig</span> to your tiddler. This makes the TiddlyWiki actually use the content of the tiddler.Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-13604903925049844332008-10-12T23:25:00.001+02:002009-02-07T00:55:11.769+01:00Retrieve lost download on iTunes<div>If you ever lose a song you were downloading in iTunes - i.e. you thought it was downloaded butit wasn't (I don't mean you deleted it) try the following.</div><div><br /></div>Go to iTunes -> Store (menu) -> "View My Account" -> (you'll need to sign in probably)<div><br /></div><div>Then IF there are downloads still waiting for you to finish off or start, they'll be sitting right at the top of the Account Information page above your Apple ID. There should be a button called "Download now" or something just a above the "Edit account info" button.</div><div><br /><div>If not, and you've paid for music that you haven't received. Contact Apple.</div><div><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/">http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/</a><br /></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-69933061158991291962008-10-12T23:25:00.000+02:002009-02-07T00:42:59.307+01:00Retrieve lost download on iTunes<div>If you ever lose a song you were downloading in iTunes - i.e. you thought it was downloaded butit wasn't (I don't mean you deleted it) try the following.</div><div><br /></div>Go to iTunes -> Store (menu) -> "View My Account" -> (you'll need to sign in probably)<div><br /></div><div>Then IF there are downloads still waiting for you to finish off or start, they'll be sitting right at the top of the Account Information page above your Apple ID. There should be a button called "Download now" or something just a above the "Edit account info" button.</div><div><br /><div>If not, and you've paid for music that you haven't received. Contact Apple.</div><div><a href="http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/">http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/</a><br /></div></div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14620824.post-75459846105366450312008-09-23T10:50:00.001+02:002009-02-07T00:55:11.769+01:00Stanza eBook reader for iPhone looks and feels greatI've only just installed the free eBook reader, Stanza, on my newly upgraded iPhone and I already feel compelled to write about it.<div><br /></div><div>To cut a long review short it looks and feels great. </div><div><br /></div><div>- It's free to download in the AppStore</div><div>- You have access from inside the app to an online list of publications, including plenty of free ones</div><div>- You can change the font and the size of the text</div><div>- You can change the text colour and backgorund colour (I prefer light text on darker background)</div><div>- The page turning is quick</div><div><br /></div><div>God I love the AppStore and the fact that there are so many great free applications to download :) </div>Joshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09098461771622863529noreply@blogger.com0