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Songbird
Used version 1.2.0, which is the one currently being offered as stable. The application itself takes some extra work to get it going since it’s a XUL application. There are pre-built Ubuntu packages which you don’t get from the developers themselves, but rather from third parties who offer them. This means you have to trust these packagers when performing the installation.
The program doesn’t integrate into the desktop environment at all either. Sure, you can install “feathers” (skins) on it, but if you like a unified look across all your applications you’re out of luck. It can’t be that hard to use system bindings, surely.
Any playlists imported into it need to be coded in ANSI (ISO-8859-15). If you try to import anything in UTF-8 you will get lots and lots of ghost songs in the database. In my case I ended up with 4K ghost songs in a library of 13.4K songs. All these songs would have to be rated again. Screw that.
Now, here’s the kicker. It likes to eat RAM like a legislator takes money out of the public treasury, often going into the hundreds of megabytes of RAM usage.
Gotta keep looking for a decent music player. There’s gotta be something comparable to Winamp at the very least.
Exaile
After my update to Karmic Koala I found myself in need of a new music player, specially after using the godsforsaken mess that is Amarok 2. In my search for a new music player for Linux I happened to find Exaile. It describes itself thusly:
Exaile is a music manager and player for GTK+ written in Python. It incorporates automatic fetching of album art, lyrics fetching, artist/album information via Wikipedia, Last.fm scrobbling, support for many portable media players including iPods, internet radio such as shoutcast, and tabbed playlists.
It takes a lot of inspiration from Amarok 1.4 in its layout and design choices and since it’s written in GTK you don’t have to install any KDE dependencies.
Even though it’s up to version 3.0.2 at the time of this writing, it should be considered alpha software. Beta at the most:
- Playlist import/export doesn’t really work. You can import only from M3U playlists and export to XSPF playlists. The other choices don’t work.
- Overuse of playlist tabs.
- Most plugins don’t work the way they’re supposed to.
On the plus side, the developers offer a repository for it, so you don’t have to jump through hoops like you do when you want to use SongBird.
After attempting to use it for a couple of days, I’ve decided it’s not for me. Hopefully I’ll get SongBird working without too many problems.
VirtualBox 2.0.6
Actualicen. Hace que Las Cosas Funcionen.
Ahorita tengo mi Nokia E62 conectado a una instancia de WinXP si tener que hacer trabajo adicional aparte del que ya había hecho. Así que todo bien.
Mi iPod de tercera generación también funciona! Los añorados días de Winamp + ml_ipod han regresado. Ya nada de sufrir con Amarok o Rhythmbox! Una razón menos para probar Songbird!
Esto, señores, es Progreso.
No quiero sonar tan condescendiente… pero la mayoría de los programas en Linux todavía les falta un tramo por avanzar, es todo. Me siento mas cómodo utilizando Winamp + ml_ipod, así que si existe una oportunidad de usarlos, la tomaré.
VirtualBox 2.0.6
Do upgrade. It makes things Just Work.
Right now I’ve got my Nokia E62 connected to a WinXP instance without having to do any additional work than what I did before. So it’s all good now.
Hey! My third gen iPod works too! The halcyon days of Winamp + ml_ipod have come back. No more suffering around with Amarok or Rhythmbox! Even less reasons to try Songbird!
This, my friends, is Progress.
I don’t want to sound too condescending… but most music software on Linux still have some ways to go, is all. I’m most at home with Winamp + ml_iPod, so if there’s any chance I can use that, I will.
Miguel Bosé
So I went, and managed to stay in the area for people who paid $500 for a ticket when I just paid $250.
So?
I’ll upload some videos later. Links to them will go in the comments.
Miguel Bosé
Pos si fui, y me cole al área de boletos de 500 pesos aunque compre un boleto de 250.
Y?
Luego subo unos videos a algun lado.
Fabulosos Cadillacs
This past Friday the Fabulosos Cadillacs came to Tijuana. Even though the place didn’t fill up — I thought it would — the ambiance was great and I’m sure all those who went had a good time.
Because of the economy I got a ticket for $440 pesos. When I got to the Estadio Caliente and saw how the stands were organized I lamented my choice because it’s pretty big:
From where I was sitting I wouldn’t get to see anything, so when people got a bit unruly to get down to the bottom I had my chance to get down there. I do apologize to those who bought tickets for $550 pesos. There were a few impatient ones who ended up hurting themselves (picture three in the Frontera.info gallery) and probably didn’t get to see the concert at all.
Once down there I managed to get to the second row in front of the stage by shoving, kneeing and elbowing my way there. A hard labor that gave me good results you can see on my Flickr account. I uploaded the panoramic picture as well.
There are also tons of videos to be found on YouTube. I’m editing mine to turn down the volume a bit; I was in front of the loudspeaker tower so the audio is hideous at times. For now I’ve already uploaded one:
I’ll upload another two during the week, which you’ll be able to see in my YouTube account :)
The Good:
- A lot of porta-potties, which a lot of people were thankful for.
- Lots of food, if you were hungry.
- Lots of parking. I wouldn’t know if it was expensive or not, I don’t have a car xD
The Bad:
- Horrendous security. Some asshole could have introduced a gun and the security personnel wouldn’t have even realized it until it was too late.
- The Cadillacs began playing at 22:15. The damn ticket said the concert would begin at 20:00.
So there was more good stuff than bad. It was a good night to sing as loud as you could.
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Fabulosos Cadillacs
Este viernes pasado vinieron los Cadillacs a Tijuana. Aunque no hubo lleno total — que yo pensé si habría — hubo buen ambiente y estoy seguro que todos los que fuimos la pasamos bien.
Como la crisis esta dura me compre un boleto de $440 pesos. Ya que había llegado al lugar y vi como estarían organizados los lugares me arrepentí; el estadio esta grandecito:
Desde ahí no se vería ni madres, así que en una de esas que la gente se amontono para bajar a la cancha tuve mi oportunidad y me cole vilmente. Lastima por aquellos que pagaron $550 pesos por un boleto de cancha. Hubo algunos que por impacientes salieron lastimados (foto 3 en la galeria del Frontenis) y muy probablemente no hayan visto el concierto.
Ya estando abajo a fuerza de empujones, codazos, rodillazos y sapes me cole hasta la segunda fila enfrente del escenario. Una ardua labor que me dejo buenos frutos que pueden ver en mi cuenta de Flickr. La foto panorámica también la subí allá.
También están como muestra los vídeos que uno encuentra en YouTube. Yo ando editando los míos pa’ que no suenen tan gacho; como estuve enfrente de la torre de bocinas el audio se escucha bastante mal a veces, por lo cual les ando bajando el volumen.
Ahorita ya subí uno:
Faltan otros dos, que subiré en la semana y podran ver en mi cuenta de YouTube :)
Lo Bueno:
- Hubo cantidad de baños portátiles, para el gran alivio de muchos.
- Venta de mucha comida.
- Amplio estacionamiento. No se si haya sido caro o no, no tengo coche xD
Lo malo:
- Mala seguridad. Algún cabrón pudo haber metido una pistola y el personal de seguridad ni en cuenta.
- Los Cadillacs comenzaron a tocar a las 22:15 de la noche. No mamen, el boleto decía que a las 20:00.
Mas cosas buenas que malas. Fue una buena noche para cantar a todo pulmon.
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Boing Boing tv: Cafe Tacvba — Interview and Performance (Music)
JOJOJO, ahora si la van a armar mas en grande todavía con los BoingBoingueros de los intertubos.
Café Tacvba (MySpace, Wikipedia) are one of the most, if not the most, imaginative and recklessly experimental indie rock bands ever to come out of Latin America. They formed in near Mexico City in the late ’80s, and have been happily mutating ever since. I’m always kind of surprised when non-Spanish-speaking American friends don’t know who they are — they’re sort of like the Radiohead of Mexico.
A webo que lo son. Nada como un poco del Café Tacuba para pasar un buen rato.
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Boing Boing tv: Cafe Tacvba — Interview and Performance (Music)
ZOMFG, they now own the BoingBoing internets
Café Tacvba (MySpace, Wikipedia) are one of the most, if not the most, imaginative and recklessly experimental indie rock bands ever to come out of Latin America. They formed in near Mexico City in the late ’80s, and have been happily mutating ever since. I’m always kind of surprised when non-Spanish-speaking American friends don’t know who they are — they’re sort of like the Radiohead of Mexico.
Yes, yes they are. Nothing like a bit of the Cafe Tacuba to have a good time.
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Rockampeonato Telcel 2008
I wasn’t even going to go, but at the end I did and it was COOL AS HELL. The best part? Free entry! :D
I’ll post a few pictures and links to the bands who played.
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