How to Pirate a Vinyl Record

This does not mean hooking up your turntable to the computer and hitting record. Its actually a tutorial on how to make a physical back up of your vinyl that can by played back on your record player.

[ I can only imagine the fun some musical types would have with this ]

Bittorrent PVR

BitTorrent has been around for long enough that most people are aware of what a terrific tool it is for the TV lover. As clients like Azureus and µTorrent keep getting stronger and more user friendly, it’s easier than ever to find and download your favorite TV shows on BitTorrent. But the fact is, relative to the easy television scheduling found in the DVR world, it could be a whole lot easier.

Unless you’ve decided to take the plunge and build your own DVR, most BitTorrent clients don’t quite size up when all you want to do is set up a recording and let the shows come to you. Instead, you have to go hunting for new torrents each week and fire up your client to download them. Luckily, things are getting easier. This week I’ll show you how to set up and automate BitTorrent downloads so that you can quit your weekly search for torrents.

The method I’m describing here uses the previously-mentioned free, open source torrent episode downloader, Ted. While Azureus and µTorrent both have built-in RSS parsing and downloading features, Ted is the most user-friendly, simplest solution I’ve seen for downloading television on a schedule, and since all it does is download the torrent and open it in your favorite BitTorrent client, you can use it in conjunction with most popular BitTorrent clients.

[ Awesomeness ]

[ TED ]

Transferring music ruled legal

TRANSFERRING music from CDS onto iPods and other MP3 players will no longer be illegal after federal cabinet agreed to make sweeping changes to copyright laws.

But beware the trap of downloading from the internet. The Government will increase surveillance and fines on internet piracy in a package to be announced by Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today.

[ Yay! ]

60 versions of Stairway to Heaven

Here are 56 60 versions of the song that doesn't remain the same, depending on whether it's the the Australian music hall version, the Gilligan's Island version, the backwards version, the backwards splice-and-dice quarter note version, the glass harmonica version, the Doors version, the reggae version and on and on (all MP3s). Much of this came from former FMU DJ KBC's CD of the same name, which took much of it's content from this 1992 LP.

[ Stairway to hell ]

Earth Gets Converted to Death Star

Pictures of how dangerous lasers are.

[ Starfire Optical Range Eyeball ]