Jaffa's Juicy Bits | Categorised ContentA blog about gadgets, babies and green stuffhttp://www.jaffacake.net/en-usThu, 25 May 2006 16:05:31 +0100 The EndSun, 15 Oct 2006 20:44:00 +0100
With my house move some]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-endSonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-end?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-end http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/the-end http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-end?opendocument&comments Review - myFairTunes6 v0.5.5bSun, 17 Sep 2006 10:30:27 +0100myFairTunes6 claims to assist customer locked into Apple's DRM scheme with removing the copy protection from the music stuck in their iTunes library.



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The end result, according to the documentation, is an Apple Lossless file that you can then leave as is, or convert to other file formats. The author made a good decision here, iTunes downloads are already less than CD quality and re-compressing them to another format like mp3 will further degrade the track so it makes sense to let the user decide the destination format. As you'll see from the screenshot, the 0.5.5b version recognises and supports the new iTunes 7 release. But does it work?

I never really got into the iTunes Music Store, thankfully realising early on that not only were they crippling my music but it was not CD quality either. If the downloads won't play on the Sonos system then it's not much used to me, but that wasn't a problem to Jo. All she wanted was some music to play on her iPod at the gym and that's what it allowed her to do quite conveniently without a trip to the music store.

There's a handful of DRM protected tracks in her iTunes library so I thought I would throw myFairTunes at it to see what happened. It did exactly what it claimed.
]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/review-myfairtunes6-v0.5.5bSonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/review-myfairtunes6-v0.5.5b?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/review-myfairtunes6-v0.5.5b http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/review-myfairtunes6-v0.5.5b http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/review-myfairtunes6-v0.5.5b?opendocument&comments Lotus Notes - New Feature Requests - how?Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:24:12 +0100 http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/lotus-notes-new-feature-requestsSonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/lotus-notes-new-feature-requests?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/lotus-notes-new-feature-requests http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/lotus-notes-new-feature-requests http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/lotus-notes-new-feature-requests?opendocument&comments Sonos V2.0Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:45:00 +0100Sonos will today launch V2.0 software for their popular digital music]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/sonos-v2.0SonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/sonos-v2.0?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/sonos-v2.0 http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/sonos-v2.0 http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/sonos-v2.0?opendocument&comments Logitech Wireless DJ Music System - Poor Man’s SonosTue, 12 Sep 2006 17:25:23 +0100Sonos, but don't think you can afford one, then you could always look at the http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/poor-mans-sonos http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/poor-mans-sonos http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/poor-mans-sonos?opendocument&comments Gareth has a new baby!Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:56:10 +0100Gareth "webmail" Cook had but one baby...the webmail redirect (WMR) tool that shipped with ND]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/gareth-has-a-new-babySonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/gareth-has-a-new-baby?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/gareth-has-a-new-baby http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/gareth-has-a-new-baby http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/gareth-has-a-new-baby?opendocument&comments eMusic intros UK MP3 download service Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:12:54 +0100The Register it seems we now have A UK based DRM free]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/emusic-intros-uk-mp3-download-service-SonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/emusic-intros-uk-mp3-download-service-?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/emusic-intros-uk-mp3-download-service- http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/emusic-intros-uk-mp3-download-service- http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/emusic-intros-uk-mp3-download-service-?opendocument&comments Another Sonos Lover...Boing Boing!Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:21:50 +0100
The results, unsurprisingly, are very positive.

Experi]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/another-sonos-lover-boing-boingSonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/another-sonos-lover-boing-boing?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/another-sonos-lover-boing-boing http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/another-sonos-lover-boing-boing http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/another-sonos-lover-boing-boing?opendocument&comments Who makes the best selling digital music player?Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:20:40 +0100
http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/who-makes-the-best-selling-digital-music-player http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/who-makes-the-best-selling-digital-music-player http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/who-makes-the-best-selling-digital-music-player?opendocument&comments The future of DRM - Jessica Simpson?!?Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:01:13 +0100As reported on th]]>http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-future-of-drm---jessica-simpsonSonosBen Rosehttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-future-of-drm---jessica-simpson?opendocument&commentshttp://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-future-of-drm---jessica-simpson http://www.jaffacake.net/dxcomments/the-future-of-drm---jessica-simpson http://www.jaffacake.net/dx/the-future-of-drm---jessica-simpson?opendocument&comments