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Plotting For the HeadFi Meet on Saturday
Wes Phillips
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 08, 2005  |  2 comments
Tyll Hertsens (on left), Jeff Wong, and I (in stripes) went to DBA in the East Village to drink cask-aged ale and plot about attending the Head-Fi meet on Saturday.
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Fetishes We Never Suspected, Pt 1
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 08, 2005  |  1 comments
A website devoted to pictures of women wearing headphones. Who knew?
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Use Your TV Tuner for an ADC
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 08, 2005  |  0 comments
I love http://www.hackaday.com, but today's entry is the dopest ever: How to use the bt878 chipset on your TV tuner card as a high-speed analog-to-digital converter. Warning: I haven't tried this myself, so I only pass it on as "interesting." As always when playing with the guts of an electronic device, don't mess with it if you're not technically adept. Word!
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Help Kids, Get Cool Stuff
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 08, 2005  |  0 comments
Auction of "fantastically rare original art and signed memorabilia from children's lit and entertainment giants." All proceeds will be donated to a special children's education fund for Katrina-affected students administrated by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.
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Stuff on my Cat
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 08, 2005  |  0 comments
There may be dumber ideas for websites out there, but I haven't found 'em yet. Still, I get a kick out of this one.
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One Man's Bionic Quest for Music
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 07, 2005  |  4 comments
Chris Sommovigo from Signals Super-Fi passed this one my way. A great read.
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Free Music
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 07, 2005  |  0 comments
Hey, it's only streamed audio, but Public Radio Fan is easy to navigate and offers lots of variety.
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Cool Idea
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 07, 2005  |  0 comments
Other than making you look like a dork, that is.
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Sony BMG Highjacks Consumers' Computers, "Apologizes" With Shoddy Fix
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 06, 2005  |  0 comments
On November 1, Window OS expert Mark Russinovich revealed that his root kit detection utility had uncovered the presence of some well-hidden, poorly written code that was clogging computer resources and could potentially crash his computer or, if removed, disable his CD drive.
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The RIAA's Digital Radio Copy Protection Proposal; Plugging the "Analog Hole."
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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 06, 2005  |  0 comments
The hits just keep on coming in fair-use land. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has proposed legislation that requires that all digital radio content be encrypted, including works that now exist in the public domain. The proposed legislation would apply to satellite radio (Sirius, XM) as well as conventional terrestrial broadcasting. As proposed by the RIAA, content could be recorded only in blocks of 30 minutes or longer, and the recorded data could not be exported from the recording device (in other words, you could only play it back on the device you had recorded it on—no more recording programs on your hi-fi to listen to on your way to work). To learn more about this legislation, go to Public Knowledge's two-page summary. While you're there, you might want to check out "Why These Issues Matter."
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