• LAME presets

    mp3dev They’ve been changing the presets in Lame. With 3.96, the names changes from –alt-preset to just –preset. Here is a quick list: h3. –preset medium This preset should provide near transparency to most people on most music. The resulting bitrate should be in the 150-180kbps range, according to music…

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  • Getting Hit

    !{float:left; margin-right:10px;}http://www.velorution.biz/images/Velorution%20-%20passenger%20airbag.gif! As someone who has been hit, I can say I wish someone would spend the $150 and make cars safer when the monsters hit you 🙂

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  • WordPress

    WordPress Download. It’s a MovableType world for me and I’m spending more time figuring out BitTorrent and Podcasting, but sometimes I’m tempted to switch to a different blog tool. WordPress is one of those at the top of the list. Maybe the next blog I do I’ll use it.

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  • X-bit labs – Articles – Closer Look at 17” LCD Monitor Features. Part V (page 19). X-bit did their usual thorough job. The Samsung Syncmaster 710N was expensive but the best looking of the monitors. Of course these days I’d recommend getting a pair of 17 inch monitors or splurging…

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  • nVidia SLI

    AnandTech: NVIDIA’s GeForce 6 SLI: Demolishing Performance Barriers. The coolest thing out there. You can now slam two video cards into a single machine. The first board out is the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce4 SLI) Motherboard. Available for about $180. Its a dream motherboard if you want SLI, otherwise get…

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  • Accurate Rip

    “Accurate Rip”:http://accuraterip.com. An interesting idea works with either Exact Audio Copy (my favoriate freeware ripper) or with dBPowerAmp. It collects a database of folks who have ripped and compares your rip to make sure that it is in fact good. Make sense since every CD should be identical. Of course,…

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  • Windows Support Forums – Restarts in middle of boot-up (WXP-Pro). Proving once again how great the Internet is. Since I’ve installed SP2, I’ve been having all kinds of instability on two of my machines. I get hand the same symptoms where you’ll get a hang or you’ll be booting and…

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  • Podcast Software

    PodcastAlley.com — the place to find podcasts. A good set of reviews on podcasting software. The main ones seem to be “iPodder”:http://ipodder.sourceforge.net and “Doppler Radio”:http://dopplerradio.net. It also looks like there are literally hundreds of Podcasts. Most are nerdy topics like Slashdot. Perhaps the most interesting for those of us who…

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  • RSS and BitTorrent

    a little ludwig goes a long way: I need a meta-guide for TV. A great tutorial on how to stick bittorrent and RSS together to find things. Its much better than using a search engine like “isohunt.com”:http://isohunt.com. “Pealco.net”:http://pealco.net/archives/2004/11/08/how_to_never_miss_an_episode_with_bittorrent_and_rss explains how you never have to miss another show with RSS feeds.…

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  • a little ludwig goes a long way: Ignition blog round up 11/23. Great idea by John to just round up our dozen or so blogs. I particularly like the comment about the marketing playbook. It really isn’t marketing, don’t tell anyone that. Its really about strategy but those books don’t…

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