Tech Tips and Reviews
After Leo Leaving the country and not recording the tech guy podcast, I realize how few tech podcasts are left out there.
Linux action show is computer action show now, that’s fine but heck there used to be a tech podcast network. that network kinda fell off the blip now.
anyone know some good tech podcasts ? please leave the link or rss feed in response to this thread.
With the chiPod you pay an average of 30 buck a gig.
with the iPod you pay no less than 75 for the basic model.
with the Zune prices similar to iPod but start around 150+
iPod easy scratched and shattered.
chiPod, if you break it, oh well. You paid nearly nothing for it.
Zune is tough
iPod media is limited to only being played on iPod
chiPod, media is for old school p2p people, limited by only trends.
Zune same as iPod but both do play pirated stuff also. not vice versa. and not each other’s.
iPod gets updates to firmware when flaws are found.
chiPod you can complety hack the whole thing.
Zune gets mandated updates, I think.
OK, on to the good part
The iPod has a ton more content with iTunes being so poular and up and out and veterined to pleasing the customers with media they want. The iPod has tons of hacks that void the warranties, but you can do it anyway.
ChiPod has a comunity of freinds who all ban together to make and update and upgrade the firmware. Most of us have either a Zune or an iPod also but still love to mod our cheapy. the chiPod you can take anywhere without the stress of tearing up something good. My chiPod matched my iPod so no one knows the difference anyway when I am out and around. :P Battery life is pathetic, then again storage is not much greater.
Zune. This sucker looks like a tank and the whole software and interface is great not confusing , the storage on these is large and read times do not seem to be any worse than either of the other two. Battery life is awesome and amazing. Video suport very nice and looks really good. Dropped it and picked it right back up, no scratched even though it landed face down.
You make the decision from the observations I point out or just totally ignore me. I offer it’s up to you what to accept.
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Well I got into the mood to edit some audio. I cracked open my c drive in my trusty Xandros File manager and then the console and found my way to the magix folder. Well guys, you can edit audio under wine. With the use of magix music maker you can actually edit your mp3 files and do it in 16 tracks.
See I have been using magix for about 9 years now so I love that fricken audio editor and well not being able to use really upsets me, it seem with the latest version of wine you have a free shot at using magix on your favorite operating that does not seem to Microsoft.
I must warn that I just loaded it and ran the basic features and played some of the sound effects that come with it , before I wrote this. So even if it does not do the masterful audio editing that magix is commonly capable of, it is a huge move. I am quite sure the guys with wine might feel like upgrading it really soon to not have any issues.
16 tracks of editing fun! Bam!
well there is the screen shot of the mp3 and audio file editor running on linux, I hope you guys enjoy this.If you need help just message me and I will extend what ever help I can your way. Enjoy making your audio masterpiece. :P
Ok I bought a car, And gave up the old car with a very nice stereo in it that had many , many functions a tech geek like myself would like.
You know addons like sd and mmc reader and usb and aux connections. Well the car I am in, came with a clarion stereo and no manual. It has this screen saver feature so you can not see the clock, it just rolls lines and then zeros. Well that has been bugging me, the only time I see the clock is when I turn off the stereo. The clock is two hours off. NO FRICKEN MANUAL. I started a search and found some spam filled site that actually carried the pdf. First I skipped that site and hit a few forums in the links and found tons of lost and confused people, who missabreviated stuff and just made it seem hopeless. I really have no idea why I put so much freakin effort into this I really want to get another car stereo like the one I had before. But if you know me, I can not drop something without figguring it completely out and see all of it’s features good or useless. I of course will then decide what will be a handicap or an excelent feature.
Well it turned out devicemanuals.com had exactly what I needed. This stereo isnt half bad now that I can adjust the time and the bass & treble, bass boost and loudness. I will not be hanging on to it though much longer I am going back to the storage ready machine.