Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Rhythmbox and AAC issues

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

What does it take to get rhythmbox to work with m4a (aac) files? Specifically files that were ripped from iTunes or downloaded from iTunes (and then "scrubbed" a little) gst-launch-0.8 plays them fine without turning any "!"'s on. It identifies them as AAC files. rhythmbox -d gives as nice output when ...

Flickr Backups

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

I have been putting up a bunch of photo's on Flickr and am pleased about its ability to keep the high resolution copies. There is however no easy method of retrieving them -- or is there? This program boasts an ability to grab them for you. ...

whitehouse.gov

Monday, April 25th, 2005

This is a rather interesting view from whitehouse.gov, or perhaps I'm just easily amused. I think my favorite is the QA test. Edit: A followup article. This appears to be something old I stumbled upon.