Archive for April, 2008
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Environmental responsibility is everyone’s responsibility. With that in mind, here are nine tips to reduce your computer’s impact on the environment. These tips are platform universal, you may use them just as easily on a Windows or Linux machine.
The Easiest and Cheapest Way to Convert Your Records, Tapes, 8-Tracks and More into CDs or .MP3s - Part II - Advanced Techniques
Comments: 0Apr 10, 2008 in Music, Photography, and Video
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In Part I we learned how to get the audio into the computer. Now we will expand upon that using Audacity, an Open Source audio editor. We will examine four different situations and how to correct them - Silence or unwanted noise at the beginning and end of a song, Multiple songs [...]
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AppleCare - The extended warranty that salespeople will try to sell you when you buy a nice new Apple computer. I know, its Apple so you want to think its actually good and worthwhile but lets face it, AppleCare is just an extended warranty. Like any other warranty that a salesperson at [...]
The Easiest and Cheapest Way to Convert Your Records, Tapes, 8-Tracks and More into CDs or .MP3s - Part I
Comments: 0Apr 3, 2008 in Basics for Beginners, Music, Photography, and Video
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Just a few years ago, before it was easy and cheap to record onto a CD, we used cassettes for recordings, mix tapes, band practice, and tons of other purposes. Before cassettes, it was 8-Tracks, Reel to Reel and Vinyl. Now that old collection of cassettes, records, and other media is gathering [...]
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