it’s probably saying something that my own turntables are in a tiny nook with barely enough room to actually use them, but this Ikea setup that’s perfect for a pair of turntables, a mixer, and a pair of CD decks…
The Evolution of Music in Three Minutes
This is totally the work of a PR firm, but the video is so entertaining that I figured it was worth a look. After all, while it’s not quite “the evolution and history of music,” it’s definitely a fun look…
Sennheiser Offers Free Earbuds With Purchase Of HD 515 Headphones
I’m a huge fan of Sennheiser headsets and headphones: I have a trusty pair of PC 350s that I splurged on for voice communication in my PC games, and I’m seriously looking at the PC 360s since they’re the logical…
The Zune is Dead
Well, the social has officially ended. Microsoft has tipped to Bloomberg that the Zune line of hardware products is all but finished, but the name, the media player, and the software line will live on. I reported on this here…
Site Highlight :: Everything is A Remix
Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo. Everything is a Remix is something of a documentary project that’s done an excellent job of cataloging the fact that so much of the popular culture and media that…
Install iTunes 10 Without the Bloat
I think most people have a love-hate relationship with iTunes. If you’re using it on a Mac, it’s probably love-love, but on Windows there’s a lot more hate. It’s no secret that even though iTunes on the Mac is speedy,…
The Reviews are In: New iPods are a Mixed Bag
When I ran down the announcements from Apple’s big music event last week, I specifically mentioned that we’d have to take a wait-and-see approach to the new iPod models, specifically the untested and unproven new iPod Nano, which ditched the…
Lifehacker :: Start to Finish Guide to Whipping Your Music’s Metadata into Shape
Just posted today at Lifehacker; something that I think all of us want to do with our music – fix the metadata so we’ll never ever have to worry about not being able to make a playlist by album, genre,…
Spotify Coming to Android?
The fine folks at PC Mag caught this demo of Spotify running on an Android phone at SXSW, given by Spotify’s Daniel Ek. His phone is based in the UK, where (along with the rest of Europe) Spotify is amazingly…
Set Up a Fully Automated Media Center
This one goes in the box of “things I definitely need to do.” Lifehacker has an excellent wrapup of how you can build a fully and completely automated media center; that is, not only does it automatically snag the movies…