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Help Needed

Posted in November 24th, 2007
by Mark in Audio

Hi loyal readers,
I’m doing a little background research for an article on music downloads, and as a result, need some people to fill out a survey.
The goal of the survey is to get a little background on people’s attitudes, plus a comparison of differences in attitudes between old people (me) and young people (?).
The […]

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Phishers take it to the next level

Posted in July 24th, 2007
by Mark in Scams, Audio

My email address shows up in a lot of public places, including domain registration records, hundreds of USENET posts, magazine articles, and various web sites. As a result, it has been harvested by every spammer known to mankind, and I get a lot of bad email.
This includes more than just spam. I show up as […]

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Yahoo Music Unlimited - you get what you pay for

Posted in November 27th, 2006
by Mark Nelson in Audio, Complaining

I thought Yahoo! Music Unlimited was going to be the next great thing - until I started using the service. Buggy software and brick wall support lines soon showed me that sometimes a bargain is not all it is cracked up to be. Fortunately, a white knight rode up to the rescue: Visa’s disputed charge system.

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Windows MCE Replacement On a Budget

Posted in August 14th, 2006
by Mark in Web Articles, Audio, Video

Dr. Dobb’s Portal August, 2006
Article on DDJ site

Over the years I’ve spent quite a bit of time and money experimenting with the best ways to implement networked music and video in my home. Back in 2004 I showed you how to build a home […]

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Intellectual Property: A Modest Proposal

Posted in October 3rd, 2005
by Mark in Web Articles, Audio, Complaining

My modest proposal could make the U.S. the first country to make a sensible adjustment of Intellectual Property laws to deal with realities in the 21st century.

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The Ultimate Home Jukebox

Posted in January 1st, 2000
by Mark in Audio, Data Compression, Magazine Articles

An article written with Charlie Munro discussing ways to convert some extra hard drive space into a jukebox filled with hundreds of CDs.

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