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December 7, 2005
by Robert
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agora 06 begins

https://www.uni.uiuc.edu/agoradb/ Cell Game submitted for Marquis and me, requested 3rd or 4th. Make sure not to put any really cool classes then! Props to Micah & Tom, the new site is pretty slick, even if it uses Flash in unnecessary … Continue reading

November 13, 2005
by Robert
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songbird sweet

I haven’t posted in exactly a month, so I figured I ought to write something up…. Of course, I can’t really think of anything to write about. IMEA District Festival is next weekend on Saturday. I still don’t get to … Continue reading

October 2, 2005
by Robert
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new theme

New default theme! I really like K2, so thats the theme I’m using now. I’ve changed the colors and whatnot, as well as adding a background image and the music script. My favorite thing is the Javascript search box… (I … Continue reading

September 24, 2005
by Robert
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last.fm

Okay, so the service that I was using (formerly Audioscrobbler) to do the music stuff changed their web services. So, i wrote a new Magpie thing (more or less) from scratch. Source is available at http://rcboyce.com/projects/php/as/audio.txt and is under the … Continue reading

September 8, 2005
by Robert
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iTunes 5

The interface of iTunes 5 is, i think, an improvement on 4.x. Playlist folders are nice, even if they don’t work on the iPod. (iPod nano looks awesome, but doesn’t support Firewire docking? Weird.) I have some issues with the … Continue reading

August 4, 2005
by Robert
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disappointing

Ok, apparently iTunes Music Store Japan is open. So, I open up iTunes on advice from Engadget comments or something and find that Anime and J-Pop are now top-level genres in the store. And there are artists listed under them.. … Continue reading

July 28, 2005
by Robert
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headphones

I got my Sony MDR-NC6 headphones. Pretty nice headphones, although the noise canceling isn’t perfect – there’s a bit of hiss when its on. I’m pretty happy with the design and audio quality of the headphones. I think the real … Continue reading

July 25, 2005
by Robert
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to fix:

Printer/scanner/copier thing. Won’t detect black print cart. Voyage 200. There’s something rattling around inside… iPod. I guess it wasn’t getting any power through the USB cable, even though it should work. Oh well. Firewire’s doing fine. ADDED: Panasonic multi-handset phone. … Continue reading

July 9, 2005
by Robert
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fc4

Ok I’m posting this from Firefox running under Fedora Core 4 on my PC. Pretty cool. I found a nice desktop too. :P Anyway, the contact link above now goes to a page with a little bit of extra information, … Continue reading

July 3, 2005
by Robert
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mouse

I got a nice new mouse. It works perfectly on the PC, and there’s just one small problem on the Mac: the included driver doesn’t allow you to set the scroll wheel (or any other button) to the middle click … Continue reading