Random House dropping DRM for audiobooks

February 27, 2008

In a weblog post titled A Big Day For DRM, writer Maya Reynolds provides a concise (after three paragraphs about a hotel upgrade) and personalized look at this week’s news that Random House Audio Group is dropping DRM from their audiobooks.

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Managing audiobooks on a small-capacity iPod

February 15, 2008

Managing audiobooks on a small-capacity iPod is a new article I’ve posted in Aldo on Audiobooks, which describes some of the ways I manage what goes onto my iPod. The article is for anyone whose iTunes Library size exceeds the capacity of their iPod or iPhone, but it’s especially helpful to anyone who has a […]

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Complete set of Harry Potter audiobooks at Amazon.com

January 30, 2008

I’m still waiting for a deluxe boxed set of all the audiobooks, like the deluxe print books set, but if you’re just looking for a great deal on a complete set, packaging be damned, here’s all seven Harry Potter audiobooks at Amazon.com, at a 40% discount from full retail. It’s still $275, but considering what […]

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What’s happening in your neighborhood? EveryBlock.com can tell you!

January 24, 2008

There’s a new web site launched this week, EveryBlock, that aggregates together all of the “news” and makes it available on a very geographically-specific basis — that is, specifically for your block. They launched covering only three cities, but San Francisco is one of them. Want crime reports for your neighborhood? Got ‘em. Want restaurant […]

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How to join multiple tracks into a single audiobook file

January 16, 2008

If you follow the instructions I offer for importing audiobooks on audio or MP3 CDs into iTunes, you end up with a single album with the title of the book, that is composed of sequentially numbered tracks, which make up the chapters or discs of the book. These separate tracks are kind of painful to […]

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MacHeist II: 11 great Mac apps for $49

January 14, 2008

This year’s MacHeist includes 11 applications in the bundle, which individually would sell for $368.75. When bought as part of the MacHeist promotion, the whole collection is under $50. Now, it’s a rare person who would want and use every single one of these applications; there’s just too much variety to have everything fit perfectly. […]

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The Amazon Kindle does audiobooks too

December 5, 2007

If you pay much attention to the technology industry or consumer electronics, you may be aware of a new “e-book” reader from Amazon.com, called the Amazon Kindle. An ebook reader is an electronic device that can display the text of books or magazines onscreen, more crisply than a standard computer, and with the benefit of […]

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Where is TiVo Transfer?

November 20, 2007

Roxio recently released an update to Toast Titanium 8, which includes, among other things, TiVo Transfer, the officially-sanctioned application for using the TiVoToGo feature of a Series 2 or Series 3 TiVo with Mac OS X. This application is used to move recorded shows off of your TiVo and onto your Mac, where you can […]

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Announcing Aldo on TiVo

November 15, 2007

Instead of working on updated versions of my instructions for importing audiobooks into iTunes, I have instead branched out, adding a new section covering a new topic. Announcing Aldo on TiVo! Currently there is only one article in the section, Playing BitTorrent Downloads on a TiVo Series 3, reflecting a new trick that I figured […]

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Free this week: The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer

November 13, 2007

The unabridged version of The Millionaires by Brad Meltzer is currently free at the iTunes Store. Freebie audiobooks usually last about a week, so get this while you can. (Requires a valid iTunes Store account.) Here’s the book’s description (from the iTunes Store): What would you steal if you couldn’t get caught? It started as […]

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Gone, baby, gone!

November 5, 2007

On Saturday I took 13 BeBoxes to the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, with the intent of offering them to passers-by, getting them out of the house and into a good home. I spent a bit of time creating a flyer to advertise them, and packed up a kit with stapler, tape, marker, etc., […]

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Quotation of the year candidate

October 29, 2007

Overheard at the office: “I haven’t seen you in class recently, given up the gym?” “Yes. Vodka is the new Spinning.” (Spinning is a form of exercise, usually very high intensity.)

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