Year: 2008

Some CDs are just better when you hold down the Shift key before inserting in to your Windows PC. I’m starting a list of the CDs that autorun SunnComm’s “copy protection” software. If you hold the Shift key and/or disable autorun you’ll be able to copy your song to the device of your choice (they’ll also send you this information apparently). Please add any to the list in the comments if you know of more…

I’m a big fan of ebooks, eventually we’ll all be reading them in some way. The Sony e-ink Librie is the best device at the moment I think, hence my current obsession. But, that means there will be lots of how-tos and more here. This one is on English-izing the device since it’s in Japanse. The previous and latest version(s) of the Librie English GUI Firmware Patch includes a HOWTO TXT file, a few folks asked me for some help- so here’s the original how-to with my screenshots and comments…

ODEO, the podcast service is launching as we speak, I’ve been using it for a couple weeks and really like it. Thank you to everyone subscribing to MAKE audio in ODEO too! I’m working up a review and I’m also trying to do some weird things with it, and that’ll be up later- but for now, I have the goods a lot of your are looking for- tons of screenshots, so here you go…

I’ve been having a lot of fun with the Portable Rotary Phone from Spark Fun Electronics. It’s a GSM cell phone built inside an old rotary phone. You pop your SIM card in, it dials out, rings and acts just like an old fashion phone, but it’s now my full time cell phone. I’ll have a full review of it up soon, and will be using it at Gnomedex this week in Seattle. For now- check out the photos and video I shot so far…

Could “BadApple” the free podcast browser for iTunes be from MP3tunes.com? News.com points to some evidence of that here. Seems to be like that would be a way to eventually offer up some of the MP3tunes.com content right inside iTunes. Anyway, here’s a quick Flash movie of how badfruit looks/acts inside of iTunes 4.8- I really like it…

MAKE contributer Dave Mathews has cooked up how-to for all the Treo 650 owners out there! If you own a Treo 650, this guide will help you with setting up your PC for DUN after you have performed the 1.12 firmware upgrade. You will need a laptop with integrated Bluetooth, or an adapter like my favorite tiny Kensington USB Adapter model number 33085…