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Life according to one Marv.en-us2007-09-27T07:55:06-06:00Apple puts the lid on free-for-all iTunes artwork, again
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I hope you album art addicts out there went on a rampage for these few weeks iTunes turned off their album art authentication, because they just flipped the switch back to the "on" position. I guess you can go back...iTMS Artworkdkordik2007-09-27T07:55:06-06:00A year later, Apple stops encrypting artwork. Def.
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A year ago, Apple began encrypting their iTMS artwork to prevent non-iTunes users from accessing it. It worked pretty darn well. A year later, they suddenly have stopped encrypting artwork. Maybe they caught wind of my secret project? (more below)...iTMS Artworkdkordik2007-09-17T22:40:57-06:00Telekinesis
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requirement 1: brain interface requirement 2: nano machines that can fly and work together to lift things thousands of times their size In 40 years, I WILL move things with my mind....Meaningless Ramblingdkordik2006-10-27T09:43:50-06:00IM threads (concept)
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You've been there- you're talking to someone about multiple things at once and having trouble keeping track of the topics. Enter IM threads. A way to physically separate the different things you're talking to someone about so you don't lose...The future of computingdkordik2006-10-17T14:38:52-06:00Apple encrypts their free artwork
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As of the latest iTMS update, Apple is sending encrypted copies of their artwork to iTunes when you select "Get Album Artwork". The only people who probably noticed anything happened were those who used means other than iTunes 7 to...iTMS Artworkdkordik2006-10-05T00:12:03-06:00UNIX: iTunes 7's .ITC album artwork to JPEG/PNG
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iTMS ArtworkMarv2006-09-14T11:10:13-06:00The return of free iTMS art
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Since you can find it on a thousand other blogs right now, I won't go into all the neat stuff in the new iTunes 7. I will quickly say that gapless playback made me jump up and down. But onto...iTMS ArtworkMarv2006-09-14T04:01:19-06:00QTFairUse6 reaches maturity
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The latest effort to remove the DRM layer from iTunes Music Store purchased music, QTFairUse6, and its sibling GUI spinoff, myFairTunes6, have been kicking around for a couple of weeks now, but I'd say in the past few days they...Digital MusicMarv2006-09-08T11:30:03-06:00FairUse4WM, will anyone learn this time?
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If URGE+Zune doesn't fail for being more of the same, it will fail for URGE's clumsy interface (check out the 14-day trial to see for yourself). But in a smaller way, it will fail because Microsoft is fumbling with their...Digital Musicdkordik2006-08-28T16:34:58-06:00MP3Toys, my favorite music player for Windows
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A few months ago while browsing Last.fm's plugins area, I noticed a player that I had never heard of with built-in Last.fm support, called MP3Toys. I gave it a whirl, became hooked, bought it, and 5 months later here I...Digital Musicdkordik2006-08-14T12:28:54-06:00URGE+Zune
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Imagine, if you will, a mentally handicapped man. In front of him is a wooden puzzle with triangular holes in it. In his hand he tightly grips a square block. He tries to push the square block into a triangle...Digital Musicdkordik2006-08-01T05:06:41-06:00Applescript: Auto track# to selection (iTunes)
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Well I guess one AppleScript just wasn't enough. This one will assign consecutive selected iTunes tracks with track number tags. Make sure you have your tracks in the correct order or they will get the wrong track numbers. While this...Applescriptdkordik2006-06-14T13:53:58-06:00AppleScript: Refresh Selected iTunes Tags
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If you are an iTunes user who edits their tags outside of iTunes, you know that it can be a bit of a pain for iTunes to see the changes to the tags. Normally you would either have to go...Applescriptdkordik2006-06-06T06:30:16-06:00Stealing IMs
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You have either done it or had it done to you. You are typing a message and you press enter, only to see that while you were glancing at your keyboard, a new IM window has popped up, and you've...Societydkordik2006-06-01T21:31:33-06:00No more free iTMS art?
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As of today's iTunes Music Store update, methods of retreiving it's high quality artwork for free use in your own music collection have stopped working. Examples: -The original web-based search by Tristan (UNEASYsilence Mirror) -A sweet Mac app implentation, Corripio,...iTMS ArtworkMarv2006-05-23T17:22:05-06:00