So yesterday we finished ripping our entire CD collection – we’ve now completed our switch to digital music at home. It’s done. It amuses me to think of the statistics: We have 11,284 tracks stored, including 279 Christmas songs and 549 kids songs! Most songs were ripped using LAME at the VBR3 setting in joint […]
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iTunes Redefines the Holiday…
So my family is going to see the Nutcracker ballet this weekend – a beautiful holiday tradition, I think. We wanted to rent a copy on video so the kids could get ready to see what it’s all about, but no dice. We can get Barbie, Tom & Jerry, and even Robot Chicken, but no […]
Organizing Classical Music in iTunes
I’m not really a classical guy, but I do have a few favorite classical selections in my collection. If you’re got any non-pop music at all, you’ve run into the same problem I have (and many others besides – you there, Jim?): the default way iTunes organizes music is really not any good for music […]