tunequest

Note: The behaviors described below are from Mac OS X 10.4.10. Previous versions of the OS might not behave as described. YMMV. Keyboard shortcuts are the life-blood of the power user. Casual users know of the basic ones: Command-Q to quit, Command-W to close a window, Command-F to find, etc, but the power users have them all memorized for every program they use. For them, actions that would take 3-5 ...

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Yeah, What They Said, pointers to interesting stories. Some people call it "link sharing." "Same great Pabst taste, without the beer." PBR bottled water, available in China: Pabst Blue Ribbon Bottled Water from Dave Nemetz on Vimeo. Pi (π) played on a piano Each digit 1-9 is assigned a note and 0 is a quarter rest. Cumulative advantage Some things remain popular because they are popular. As the popularity of something increases, the likelihood that ...

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The iPod is supposed to be "iTunes to go" but as the little music player has advanced over the years, it still lags behind in some relatively basic features, features that have been a part of the desktop program for some time. iTunes' capabilities seem to be constantly improved and refined; its portable counterpart's behavior has remained relative unchanged, even as it has gained photo and video support. Forget touchscreens ...

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OK... CD and vinyl album covers generally come in the shape of a square. The iPod's screen is a 4:3 rectangle. It makes sense that when displaying album art at full screen, the display would be limited to the short edge of the display, thus the white borders on the left and right sides. So my question is, why, when I have album art that is not square, but closer to ...

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iTunes 7's built-in artwork finder is a great little enhancement to the program. But it does have it's limitations. It seems to require exacting ID3 tags or it won't return a requested cover. And if a particular song/album isn't sold by the iTunes Music Store, well, you can just forget it. Likewise if you're not running iTunes 7. Cue SlothRadio. SlothRadio.com is a streaming radio site and music blog who's self-described ...

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Tortoise at the Independent Originally uploaded by Luiza. Whereas my previous iPod, a 3rd generation model, could not display album art, my new one, of course can. So I spent a portion of my morning going through my library, searching for albums that were missing their covers. During the process, I ran into a couple live shows that, since they aren't formally-released albums, obviously don't have album covers. Specifically, I had a ...

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