Writing Things Down So I Don’t Forget

When I was employed in my first “proper” job, which in fact I have to this day, I was always trying to find ways to organise my thoughts and notes in such a way as to record everything I needed to know, and to remember, and to write up elsewhere. I would watch respected senior… Continue reading Writing Things Down So I Don’t Forget

25 Albums – Pet Shop Boys – Actually

Part of the 25 Albums project. Spotting a trend yet? Not one for the rock music, me. Maybe later in the list. The Pet Shop Boys’ second studio album was the one that really pushed them out, with several chart hits. They had the 1987 Xmas Number One, with a song that still makes me… Continue reading 25 Albums – Pet Shop Boys – Actually

Restore An iPod Without Windows, iTunes Or A Net Connection

This is a continuation of an earlier post about getting music onto my iPod in Linux. After all the to-ing and fro-ing with various music software, my iPod went a bit strange. It showed all my music files on there, with album art where I had added it. But if I tried to play a… Continue reading Restore An iPod Without Windows, iTunes Or A Net Connection

Songbird, Amarok, Ubuntu and iPods

This is a marathon rambling one about iPods, MP3s and my struggles to get the two together. It’s been sitting in my Drafts folder for ages, and recent events have made me finish and publish it. When I first got an iPod (white 20GB color model in 2004), I was still running Windows on my… Continue reading Songbird, Amarok, Ubuntu and iPods