Tag: Electronic engineering
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Video Podcast #2 -testing testing
Testing my new camera I give a tour of NoNo Towers, as it is known. Interestingly I found a VCR recorder – a good Sony in the street today. If it works, esp. with SVHS (likely with one of these NICAM 4-head jobbies), I’ll be able to digitise my earlier vids. MP4 now available here……
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grr
Sony DVD-R’s are shit. Bought a large 50-stack of 16 speed ones them and about half have failed, even at 8 or 4 speed, where my usual TDKs are fine. AVOID! That is all…
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Cheap places to get iRiver iFPs (aka Welcome Long John iVer)
Ok as any fule knowz, the biggest podcaster’s friend is (and was) the iRiver iFP series. Why? Well they were cheap, portable, you can record on them via external microphones and do the sort of outside broadcasting/interviews you’ve heard here on Radio Clash and the likes of Bicyclemark, amongst many others. Problem is that apart…
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The Return of Charles
DJ Charles is in the House! The iPod returneth, weird having to create a new directory and dragging everything in and charging it via Firewire, but it’s cool. A sort of generation 2 chunky old-skool cool. Not sure it’s been treat well since John pointed out it was leaking a brown rusty susbtance…err…what has he…
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hack your iriver: for iRiver IFP-7xx/8xx owners
There’s a modified (ie unofficial) firmware that will allow uncrippled recording on the iRiver iFP7xx and iFP8xx series and works as UMS – ie. a proper flash drive, it appears as a hard-drive on your computer.(Misticriver is a great unofficial support site for iRiver products btw) Not tried it yet but will do shortly…note there…