The joys of Classical Music and Opera -- but not necessarily with iTunes. One of the most frustrating things about operas in iTunes is finding that after spending time tweaking your settings and importing all 4 discs of an opera, that the tracks are all over the place and not in the correct order. In this post I'll talk about how to make sure all of your operas stay in order … [Read more...] about iTunes and Operas: How to Get Opera Discs in Order into iTunes – My iTunes CD Ripping Workflow
Hard Drive Purchasing: A 7200rpm or 5400rpm Hard Drive?
When you purchase a hard drive for a computer, one of the choices you may need to make is if the hard drive will be a 7200rpm hard drive or a 5400rpm hard drive. As you may have already guessed, the rpm of a hard drive is one of the factors that is considered in assessing a hard drive's speed, and a 7200rpm hard drive spins faster than a 5400rpm hard drive and therefore can … [Read more...] about Hard Drive Purchasing: A 7200rpm or 5400rpm Hard Drive?
Why I Chose Against the Roku Digital Video Player and Picked Insignia Blu-Ray – A Limited Review
I started up with Netflix again, I was thrilled to discover the possibility of watching streaming movies on my tv. I have no problem watching on my widescreen lcd monitor, but it is much more comfortable to watch on a big tv from the comfort of the couch. I came within an inch of purchasing a Roku Digital Video Player but eventually I did not make the purchase. Instead I … [Read more...] about Why I Chose Against the Roku Digital Video Player and Picked Insignia Blu-Ray – A Limited Review
ClipMate – A Superior Clipboard Management Program
We've all used the windows clipboard for cutting and pasting data. And we’ve all tried to go back to a clipboard item, only to realize that you’ve already pressed CTRL+C again and erased your previous “remembered” clipboard item. What if there were a way for you to never lose anything that you’ve copied or pasted to the clipboard. Sound too good to be true – well it isn’t. … [Read more...] about ClipMate – A Superior Clipboard Management Program
Cloudberry Online Backup for Amazon S3 – A Review
Those of you who know me or are familiar with my other articles about online backup know that I'm not a big fan of online storage for a number of reasons. That being said, I decided to take the plunge into the world of online backup using the Amazon Simple Storage Service (s3). To see why I chose s3 over the other online backup choices you can see this article. In my … [Read more...] about Cloudberry Online Backup for Amazon S3 – A Review