Set Up a UPnP Media Server with Foobar2000

As the title implies, this guide is for advanced users, but the payoff is huge. By following my guide you can turn your home computer into a media server, which allows you to stream music to any of your other computers anywhere in the world. In fact, it will work with any device that can [...]

Songbird 1.1 Released

If you’re looking for a good open-source media player alternative to iTunes or WMP, consider Songbird. Songbird 1.1 was released today and shows significant improvement over previous versions.

Find, Write, and Rearrange Church Music with Ease

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NPR’s All Things Considered reported yesterday on an interesting web-app that allows churches to write or rearrange hymns and easily distribute new music. It’s called SongMap and is available through LifeWay Worship. NPR explains:
The Southern Baptist Convention has introduced a new Web-based application called SongMap, which allows music ministers to rearrange hymns and [...]

Multitasking Mondays: Access Files on Your iPhone

The best kind of multitasking system is the one available to you anytime and anywhere. In today’s electronic world, that often requires having access to your files. What articles do you need to read? Or maybe you have some sermons or lectures you’d like to listen to? Regardless of your specific needs, if for whatever [...]

How I use drop.io for Sermons, Papers, and GTD

The web service drop.io is an excellent site that allows you to store just about anything you might want—text, pictures, audio, video, phone calls, etc.—in a secure, easily accessible “drop.” This may sound pretty basic, and it is, but what makes drop.io worth your time and attention are all the fancy features surrounding it. Let [...]

How to Keep your Greek

There is nothing worse than learning Greek again. Learn it once! Constantine Campbell has some sage advice on how to keep up with your Greek so you can spend time improving your Greek, rather than learning it over again each time you need it. Here is an excerpt:
From my background in music, I’m absolutely convinced [...]

YAPFA (Yet Another Plug for Archice.org)

Though I’ve mentioned it several times, it’s worth repeating: the Internet Archive is a truly wonderful resource. It contains a wide variety of legal downloads in the open domain. I’m currently reading a little Origen (disseration work) while listening to recent Béla Fleck Christmas Concerts.
For the latter below, go here or here, or just listen [...]

Livedrive Offers Unlimited Online Storage

It’s a good idea to have an online backup of your important files, provided the service that provides the online space is reliable and secure. There are many such services (I have previously recommended Dropbox and Mozy). Those who need lots of space (for pictures, for example, or to have your music available anywhere you [...]

Desperate Times: Reinstalling Windows

One of the real difficulties with Windows (at least versions prior to Vista) is the reinstall problem. After about 2 years or so your computer starts getting too slugish to be productive, and no amount of tweaking, defragmenting, or otherwise coaxing your computer to behave normally seems to help. Or perhaps something else has gone [...]

Amarok 2 (Finally) Released

Amarok is a Music Player that not only plays any music file you decide to throw at it, it also supports iTunes, can sync with your iPod, is (theoretically) cross-platform, and is generally pretty slick. The latest release has been a long-time coming, and is now finally available. If you are a Linux user, definitely [...]