Making a bookmarkable audio file from an MP3 CD

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Jun 272005
 

If you have an MP3 CD and you want to combine all of the tracks into one and make it bookmark-able so you can play it in iTunes or on your iPod and have the software remember where you stop, here is one way…

First, I use a program called Amadeus II to combine all of the MP3 tracks into one. You can get Amadeus II from http://www.hairersoft.com/. Then save as an .m4a file. I use a bit rate of 32 kbps.

Bring that into iTunes and then use the Make Bookmarkable script on it. You can download that script from here.

XCode 2.1

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Jun 072005
 

I just installed XCode 2.1 from Apple. One of the features of this version is the ability to create universal binaries; that is, Macintosh OS X applications that will run on both PowerPC and Intel processors. Given that is the case, I wonder how difficult it would be to also build binaries that will run under the Windows operating system? I think all one would have to do is import the Windows XDK libraries and headers and set the project up correctly.

Mac OS X on Intel

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Jun 072005
 

Yesterday during the keynote address at the 2005, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would transition to the Intel processor over the next two years. I think this is an excellent move on Apple’s part. Here’s why: As a developer that writes code for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux/Unix, I see real value in having one system that can run all three operating systems. Very convenient.

Netbeans 4.1 Migration

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Jun 032005
 

Today I have migrated all of my developers from Netbeans version 3.6 to version 4.1. It was a fairly painless process. We have the CVS repository setup with one module for the source code and another module for the project settings and build scripts.

So now, with a single click, you can build and package a complete deliverable application. Very nice.

iEmulator

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Jun 022005
 

As a developer I am always looking for ways to make life a bit easier. I read about a product called iEmulator. The companies web site is http://www.iemulator.com/. This is a very inexpensive PC emulator for Mac OS X.

I installed it yesterday and then installed Windows 98, Second Edition. After installing the operating system I installed all of the critical updates from Microsoft’s web site.

Today I installed the Java 1.4.x JRE from Sun’s web site and am testing one of our company’s Java-based Assists application. So far I can tell you that the emulation speed it pretty slow, even running on a dual 2 GHz G5 macintosh.