Sample the Web

The following is an experiment in podcasting. For the most part, it went horribly horribly wrong; thus, why it is appearing here and nowhere else. Word: The Unofficial TUAW Podcast 1 Sample the Web podcast.
I recorded this on a whim, avoiding getting to work grading papers, and via my Powerbook’s internal mic (thus [...]

This is a rant, albeit an interesting one if you can get past all the expletives early on:

I don’t want any of them controlling how I use the stuff I paid for. They have shown themselves to be bad stewards of their customer’s trust, more concerned with the needs of the fatcat labels than the [...]

Crazy! One of my weekend posts at TUAW got picked up over at Apple - Hot News:

Trent Reznor’s GarageBand Release
“Trent Reznor just did one of the coolest things an artist could do,” writes C.K. Sample, III, for tuaw.com, “and he did so in a specifically Apple-centric way. He released Nine Inch Nails’ new single, The [...]

Read this: AdPulp: Try To Make It Real Compared To What. A snippet:

The entertainment industry’s panic attack over digital content is beyond absurd. . . . By encouraging, or at least allowing, peer-to-peer distribution of such samples, the music industry can create more fans for the music they market. These fans of the music will [...]

Read this: If video games kill, what about the Bible? | Perspectives | CNET News.com.

Oooooooh, I want this:

Economy of Scales: Groove with Your Fingers and USB : Gizmodo
M-Audio’s upcoming USB-powered Trigger Finger (see CDM for details) costs just US$199, works with Mac and PC, and doesn’t even need drivers. (via GearJunkie) If your fingers are itching to groove, this could be for you. Just start thinking about what your [...]

My ukulele came in today. I had to figure out how to tune it, and it is an odd tuning. May retune more like a guitar eventually. Anyway it is teeny and I like it. I’ll post some pics later if I get a chance.

This is amazing: http://www.pisher.com/steppinstone.mpg. That’s a cool kid.
Laurie, from tuaw pointed me to it.
I want that ukulele.
UPDATE: So, I just bought that ukulele. It’s my “congratulations for getting the gig at tuaw” gift to myself. Here’s a pic:

It’s also an Ovation electric ukulele; Back in my Richie Sambora days, I used [...]

Coolness:

Playlist: Plantronics headset connects iPod, cell phone—Plantronics on Wednesday announced availability of the MX100-s, a stereo headset that simultaneously connects music players like Apple’s iPod and a mobile phone, enabling you to listen to music while answering phone calls.

I’ve been wanting something like this for a while.

My article, How to Autofill your iPod Shuffle from your iPod Or iPod Mini, is up and ready for reading over at AppleMatters. An excerpt:

In last week’s article, I took a look inside the invisible folder on the iPod Shuffle and talked about methods for moving your music off of your iPod / iPod [...]

Cool: HOW-TO: Turn your Mac mini into a low-cost recording studio - Engadget - www.engadget.com.

Read this article: JHymn Goes Behind Atoms and Apple To Bring DRM-Free Music :: Open Source, Linux News & Software - OSDir.com :: Linux & Open Source News from Across the Community. Good stuff. I particularly like the ending:

Obviously, I rather like my iPods. And my G5 PowerMac. And my G4 PowerBook. And [...]

Ability to resist buying a Mac mini waning…

I’ve been playing guitar since I was eleven and I own a 1977 Gibson The Paul (a very good guitar which quickly became a lesser guitar in the 1978 production line). I dream of one day buying a Paul Reed Smith, but I’m also eager to see more about the MaGIC Les Paul with Ethernet:

Gizmodo [...]

Downhill Battle - Postal has a “Home Taping is Killing the Music Industry AND IT’S FUN” T-shirt for sale. If you like this site and would like to buy me this T-shirt, contact me (click on my picture to the left) and we’ll discuss shipping.
If you actually know me, remember: my birthday [...]

13 free songs available in the form of the iTunes Music Store Sampler (link to iTMS; will open iTunes). Get ‘em, put ‘em on your ‘Pod.
My guess is that these freebies are the same mentioned in this earlier post. Now you can avoid that whole backup and restore fiasco to get them.
Razorlight’s Golden Touch is [...]

Down with the RIAA!

Boing Boing: EFF helps beat RIAA in privacy for accused infringers case The court ruled in Charter’s favor yesterday, saying that just because you’ve been accused of infringement, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have the due process right to privacy until you’ve been proven guilty.

Up with the EFF!

Check out CC Mixter:

This is a community music sharing site featuring songs licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. To get this project started, we’ve dedicated the space to WIRED Magazine’s November 2004 Issue, which featured 16 songs on THE WIRED CD [...]

I just returned from the Westchester Mall in White Plains, New York. If you live in the New York vicinity and you’ve been wanting some e2c or e3c earphones from Shure, but don’t want to spend the money, you should stop by the Apple Store in the Westchester. They currently have a ‘refreshed” e2c [...]

Excellent argument by Cory over at Boing Boing:

Boing Boing: Cory sets DRM strawmen ablaze
The final straw-man here is about whether DRM is “too restrictive” — whether it impinges on “reasonable expectations.” But that’s not what anyone in this fight actually is arguing about. It’s about the ability of the studios to change the rules of [...]