atmaspheric | endeavors

Last.fm is my usual streaming source when I’m at work and even when I am at home where I have access to my pretty extensive digital music library. I use the desktop application for Mac and Windows which lets you access your library, friends and loved tracks directly for streaming. If you use [...]

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That’s about as racy a headline as I could think of for the Kindle, and though it might grab your attention!  I picked up an M-Edge Executive Jacket and e-Luminator on Matt Miller’s recommendation and know immediately this was a wise move.

If you have one, you know the Kindle’s case is lame.  It only holds [...]

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I was playing with Yahoo Pipes tonight to get Netbooknews translated from German when it occurred to me that there might be an easier way….  And there is!  Google Reader offers a translation option right in the feed settings.  Just choose Translate into my language and you are ready to go.  A nice bonus is [...]

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Just listening to my Last.fm recommendations and came across this interesting mash-up of Dan Zanes and Natural Born Killers:

In case you are curious, the audio was from the soundtrack…
Technorati Tags: last.fm, Dan Zanes, Natural Born Killers

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I just installed the Helvetireader Greasemonkey script for Google Reader and it’s awesome. I’ve been browsing in full-screen mode while on my work machine though using Chrome on and off with Firefox and this might be enough to get me to stick with FF for the moment. I can’t get the userscripts to [...]

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One considerable annoyance of the E71 is the 2.5mm headset connection which makes using your high end headphones impossible… at least without an adapter.
I had an adapter from a few years ago when I ran into a similar situation with the Treo. That adapter unfortunately was only dual-mono which works fine for calls [...]

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I have no idea when this was added, but I just noticed there’s an option in your Last.FM profile to subscribe to a recommended selection podcast. This is a great option for anyone looking to expand their musical discovery on the go.

The Podcast feed is standard and should work on any device or media [...]

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Last night I had an interesting conversation with my wife.  She asked if I had purchased a few albums we’d previously discussed recently.  I mentioned that I had downloaded a bunch of things to my Zune (love that subscription!), but realized while saying this that there was no way for me to share these albums [...]

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I’ve had a pair of Shure EC4 in-ear phones for a few years and I recently shorted out my second pair. I’m not sure what the deal is with my usage, but I tend to kill mobile headsets and earphones far too easily.
Tonight while waiting in Atlanta I decided to go for it and upgrade [...]

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Nokia released an official Internet Radio application (today?) which I’ve been checking it out tonight and definitely like what I see and hear! I had last used streaming internet radio on the N91, but that open source application lacked some polish as well as integration with my device as is found in today’s release. [...]

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Just caught this one in the inbox… I think the machines lose this round.  Have a feeling this was a less than enthusiastic review…

Technorati Tags: Broken, Mahalo, Mediapost

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I had a nice discussion (mp3) with Ricky and Dameon last night on Nokia and the mobile market. We talked about possible future directions for Nokia, the Internet Tablet and the N95 among other topics … probably something we’ll be doing again soon!
I also created an enhanced version (itunes .m4a) with links and images [...]

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Bandwagon which launches this week is going to enable simple point and click backup of your iTunes library to Amazon’s S3 storage cloud!! This is awesome! While I’ve got my library sitting on a local RAID, having an offsite location for over 200GB of data is a great feeling of security.

Seriously looking forward [...]

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This sounds like a great read… and is formated beautifully for small ebook readers like the Nokia N800. I’m sure it looks great at full screen and printed out as well.
Investigative reporter Kim Zetter spent a year probing the life of David Thomas, a high-tech grifter who became an FBI asset.
In interviews with Thomas, [...]

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I had read about but was struggling to recall an app that could easily sync content from iTunes to a mass storage device (mounted memory card for example) and finally re-discovered SyncTunes today!
Through the magic of this application I can now VERY easily sync content to either memory card in the Nokia N800 which is [...]

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Fred notes a problem and recommends a solution for sharing music regardless of how you choose to listen…
Some people use Napster. Some use Rhapsody. Some use Yahoo Music. I think these services should get together and let their users “roam” onto other networks. Let’s say my brother uses Napster and he wants to send me [...]

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John Hodgman (Get a Mac, Daily Show) has released an audiobook for free on iTunes … check it out!

Technorati Tags: Audiobook, John Hodgman, iTunes

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I’ve been a longtime NetNewsWire user and lover, but since I really started reading feeds on my mobile device, I’ve been searching for a way to keep my reading locations in sync easily. NetNewsWire can sync through Newsgator (which I use) but Newsgator mobile sucks compared to Bloglines and … Google Reader.
I was [...]

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Two new mobile bookmarks for business readers… WSJ and BusinessWeek. Interestingly, both are sponsored by Microsoft Windows Mobile. BusinessWeek even sprung for a new .mobi domain.
http://mobile2.wsj.com/
http://businessweek.mobi/

Technorati Tags: BusinessWeek, E61, Marketing, Microsoft, Mobile, Travel, WSJ

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Orbitcast reports on the launchh of Sirius Internet Radio, which I really like in theory. What I don’t like is the Windows Media Player requirement which makes the interface on the Mac a total kludge.
You have to use Safari (no firefox) and you have to run the browser and an external [...]

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