Comments on: May Randoms

By: Tom Oakes

Tom Oakes — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I thought you were talking about the other Mike D.. I use fooBar 2000 pretty religiously for file conversion and tagging, but it just occurred to me that you're on a Mac. I don't buy Coke any more at all, because I drink way too much of it when I'm working. The water cooler is a poor substitute, given it's lack of fizz. This comment-preview-thingie is brilliant, BTW.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I must say that I felt is was the best season of 24 so far. I guess its all in the eyes of the beholder becuase I couldnt even watch this seasons Survivor. I stopped about half way in since i already knew who the final 3 would be.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

San Pellgrino rocks but if it’s the lower fizz factor that pulls you in, I recommend Badoit.

I’m not sure if it’s available in the States in a big way, but you might try any shop that specialises in European or French food.

It has a certain…

…je ne sais quoi!

By: loki der quaeler

loki der quaeler — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

nah, you’ve got it all wrong: gerolsteiner! (when i had the pleasure of living in sf, i could always find it at trader joes; i hadn’t yet discovered it while living in c-attle)

By: Eric Jasso

Eric Jasso — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Strange…some of my nicest recent evenings were spent watching the Contender while drinking Pellegrino! I buy that stuff by the case.

By: Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like to mix a little bit of lime juice and sweetener with club soda, myself. A nice, fizzy limeade without any weird ingredients.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

for music conversion, try shn2mp3. works beautifully. http://etree-scripts.sourceforge.net/

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Telling me to lay off Coke is like telling me to commit suicide; it’ll never happen. :)

By: Nick Fitzsimons

Nick Fitzsimons — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like that archive.org listing page – most bands have 2 or 3 recordings, one or two have a few hundred, and the Grateful Dead – 2789! Just shows the benefit of open source concerts :-)

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

For tagging mp3s you might want to try iEatBrainz http://www.indyjt.com/software/?show=ieatbrainz#ieatbrainz

By: Rick Martinez

Rick Martinez — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

j, I completely disagree about your opinion on this season of 24, heh. So far here are my ratings of the seasons:

Season 1 (9.5 of 10)
Season 2 (8.0 of 10)
Season 3 (1.0 of 10)
Season 4 (5.5 of 10)

Hope somebody agrees. Some hardcore 24 fans I know won't but when Season 2 of 24 was on (which was the season that got me hoocked) I was one of those extremely hardcore fans so we'll see.

By: j

Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

By: Jeff Wheeler

Jeff Wheeler — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

When I glanced at your feed, I saw the header "The Other Big D." I was sure you were talking about Mike D. who I know loves your blog.

By: Raj

Raj — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mike,

For your audio conversion issue, have you tried using Media Rage? It’s a powerful program that friends on the Mac side of the tracks seem to use as an accessory to iTunes or Audion.

Raj

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh nice. sIFR 2.0.1 released! I’ll experiment with this ASAP. How does the version system work though? If one little bug/features is fixed/added, the 3rd number after the decimal increases by 1?

(Editor’s Note: Generally the first number is for major releases with major new features. The second number is for minor feature improvements. And the third number is strictly for bug fixes.)