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Being off the net I didn't realise OS X 10.1 was out. I'm somewhat interested, but an OS 9 refusenik...
Not much been written here recently, has there? I am a bad blogger, possibly. Anyway, what's been going on? Well,...
In which I discuss automatic tagging of mp3s and a couple of apps I've run across that don't quite manage it.
Whereupon the author remarks that Apple's Airport Extreme is a damned fine thing, especially if they do cleverness with the USB port.
AppleEvents need a central hub so that you can stop pestering iTunes every second.
Ruminations on trackbacks after 2lmc goes ping crazy.
Jason Kottke proposed a retooling of Cmd-Tab and Exposé. I explain why I don't like it.
In, out, in out, Apple shakes IC all about. Third parties pick up the pieces.
A short exchange examining how timezone support in iCal works, because Cory didn't get it.
Stop iCal's annoying swooshing with the awesome power of AppleScript.
You have iBooks and PowerBooks. You don't have iPods and Xpods. Yet. What would the Xpod do, though? Are Apple even interested?
The BBC have a limited set of MP3 CDs available of their radio programmes, including HHGTTG. It seems like a good idea.
The iPod mini is surprisingly competitively priced, if you look in the right direction.
Yoz beats me to the punch about BBC Four's computing programmes. I still find stuff to witter about here though.
freshtunes.pl is a small script that finds new tracks on local iTunes shared libraries.
Blue Coconut 1.0 is out. Copy tracks from iTunes shared libraries, with a nice Macish interface.
Blue Coconut 1.01 fixes selection logic, after a change in iTunes 4.7.
Flame is a Rendezvous browser with a twist. Or a pivot, if you prefer.
iTunes 4.7.1 won't stream to more than five users a day. Looks like someone's trying to shut down DAAP copying.
Why doesn't anyone else do iTunes sharing, why don't I consider it streaming, and why's it so cool anyway?
On Mac OS X 10.4's supported hardware, and why you'll upgrade despite yourself
I delivered a talk. It was a bit obvious. I think I'd rather have spent more time talking to people.
On iTunes, remembering view options, CDs, BBEdit, and other miscellaneous ramblings
I've been neglecting Blue Coconut, but I have to stop. It needs to be Universal, and I have a plan to get it there. I just need to do it, now.
In which I muse about the durability and expense of iPods.
I was invited to fill in a survey about iTMS. I wasn't asked to post screenshots, but I did anyway.
Why Blue Coconut stalled and the reasons I might be able to get it going again.
With Tom's help and a bit of AppleEvent sniffing, here's a script/application that allows you to create shared playlists on a shared iTunes library.
Here's a proof of concept script for connecting to and searching shared iTunes libraries with AppleScript.
husk.org sports four shiny new Atom feeds. Here's where they are, why they are, and why I don't like you posting del.icio.us links in your own feed.