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Change Windows XP user password via command line
January 10, 2010 - 7:21 pm
Posted in Systems Engineering, Windows Media Center | 5 comments
I found myself needing to change the administrator’s password on my Windows XP machine today. I’ve used that account exactly twice; once to setup the machine and then to create the user account that I use every day. So no, I don’t remember the absurdly complex password I came up with 3 years [...]
Build a Live365 station using Linux – Part 2 (Song Data)
December 26, 2009 - 3:34 pm
Posted in Digital Media, Dreamland Blues Radio | No comments
In the first part of this series I explained how to build and configure the Music Player Daemon (MPD) for use with Live365. In this installment I’ll describe how to send the song metadata (Title, Artist, Album). This is a requirement for ‘live’ mode broadcasters; if you do not send this data your [...]
Build a Live365 station using Linux – Part 1
December 25, 2009 - 12:15 am
Posted in Digital Media, Dreamland Blues Radio | No comments
I’ve run Dreamland Blues Radio, a streaming internet radio station, since 1997. In the beginning I used WinAmp + Shoutcast streaming server on a Windows 95 machine. As the station grew in popularity and my then boss began to notice the bandwidth utilization of the R&D lab outside business hours (rats!) I came [...]
Software Refresh
September 5, 2009 - 9:52 am
Posted in Site News | No comments
Today I’ve updated much of the software that runs the site; fingers crossed that I haven’t broken anything.
Koko ‘Queen of the Blues’ Taylor dies
June 3, 2009 - 8:16 pm
Posted in Dreamland Blues Radio, Personal | No comments
No snappy headline this time…
I’ve got a list… a list of legends that I want to see perform before they pass from this reality. I’ve recently taken inventor of the electric guitar and modern recording techniques Les Paul — it was in a word, amazing. I think I’m still grinning from that show.
In the summer [...]
‘lossless’ and ‘MP3′ are no longer mutually exclusive
March 25, 2009 - 3:24 pm
Posted in Digital Media | 1 comment
Well, it seems that the folks at Thompson have been busy little engineers. They have released a ‘lossless’ version of the ubiquitous MP3 codec. The greatest benefit of the MP3 codec has been it’s role as lowest-common-demonator when it comes to compressed music formats. It is supported on every PC, Mac and [...]
