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I love 10 months

Paul Westbrook | 27 June, 2005 21:04

Our daughter is almost 10 months old, and I love this age.  She is at a age where she is happy to fall asleep in my arms.  Before this age, she would only go to sleep after nursing.  I remember when our son reached the same age and was able to fall asleep with me.

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Using ecto

Paul Westbrook | 27 June, 2005 20:39

Adriaan, the author of ecto, has written a good article about all of the things that you can do with ecto. I really like using ecto as desktop blogging client, instead of using the web interface to post.

[via ecto blog]

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DVD jammed in changer

Paul Westbrook | 27 June, 2005 20:21

B00008A5Ww.01. Sclzzzzzzz This weekend, I put some DVDs that I got for Father's Day into our Sony DVP-CX875P DVD changer, and then I pressed the Load button.  While it was going through the DVDs, loading the information off the discs two DVDs got stuck in the center where the discs are read.  After this happened, when the carousel rotated, they rubbed on the stuck DVDs, and they were pushed off the carousel.

I decided to take the top of the changer, and remove all of the DVDs that had been knocked off of the carousel, and remove the two jammed discs.  This seem worked, and now it is working again.  But this made me think that if this dies, I may want to get one of the hard disk based video players.
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Smart random playlist in iTunes

Paul Westbrook | 27 June, 2005 15:05

I just found this blog entry that describes a way to generate a smart playlist that will contain music that you like, but mix in music that you haven't heard in a while.  Also this playlist prioritizes music that was just added to your library.

I actually like the results that the playlist returns.  The only problem that I have is that my "Expert Playlist" only has about 170 tracks.  But, that is probably caused because I haven't rated enough tracks.

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Standalone iPod adapter

Paul Westbrook | 27 June, 2005 08:34

3127802823501102I haven't been impressed with most of the current iPod adapters that are out there.  I don't like the fact that with most of these you can't see the track names on the head unit, and that you can't control the unit from the head unit.

Harman Kardon is coming out with a standalone auto iPod adapter.  You plug your ipod into this unit, and the display will show your iPod's controls.  To control the iPod you will use this unit's control, so you can put your iPod in your glove box.

This looks like the best solution for people who don't have a head unit that can control an iPod directly, like the Alpine units.

[via Engadget]

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