Tag Archives: MP3

Guide to Recycling Electronics 3

In our household there are so many electronic devices that we rely on using to get through the day. But technology is always growing and changing, leaving many of our devices obsolete and in need of being upgraded or replaced. It is important to practice responsible recycling of electronics, for the health of our planet and even the health of ourselves. Let’s keep dangerous chemicals out of the mix with this guide to recycling electronics. Today, let’s talk about recycling cell phones and small electronic devices, such as MP3 players. Cell phones and small devices are some of the most … Continue reading →

Wal-mart MP3 Player Comes with Free Porn

Imagine giving your 10-year-old daughter a MP3 video player for Christmas only to find out that it was preloaded with video porn and explicit songs? That is just what happened to one family, according to the Associated Press (AP), who are reporting the story from Cookeville, Tennessee. According to the news report, Daryl Hill purchased an MP3 Player at a Walmart in Sparta, TN, as a gift for his young daughter. In fact, he purchased three of the players for his children. One of the devices was chock full of pornography that had his daughter in tears. “I wish I … Continue reading →

iPhone Discounted; iPod Touch

There has been a lot of new lately from Apple, thanks to yesterday’s keynote address. From iPhones to iPods to Wi-Fi news, everyone is buzzing about the announcements. One of the most exciting bits of news is the fact that the ever-popular iPhone now has a price reduction of $200, bring the cost down to only $399. Apple says that this price reduction was done to make the iPhone affordable to more users for the holiday season. Apple, it seems, would like to see an iPod under every pot, or at least in every household by the end of the … Continue reading →

Free Music – Legally

As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, my husband is an accomplished musician. His latest foray is into piano music. He’s been really happy to find so many people who want to use his music for other projects: church services, a public service announcement on television, videos, and more. He is part of a whole community of musicians who offer their music at no charge. No file sharing, no illegal downloads. Whether your taste runs more toward Bach or more toward rock, there are places for you to get free music. Here is a short list of sites I know to … Continue reading →

Putting Your Goodies to Use

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Last week, we talked a little bit about some downloads available at the LDS website. The simplest and most obvious uses include saving them onto your computer, playing them on your MP3 player, or burning them onto a CD in your car. However, I’d like to suggest a couple of alternate uses. Traveling magazines on CDs for your kids – Recently, with all of the traveling we do, I’ve been getting books on CD for my children to listen to in the car. I was amazed last week to realize that the Friend was downloadable. Since we already subscribe to … Continue reading →

Oboe Music Locker

I’m somewhat of an audiophile and have been searching months for a good service that would allow me to backup and remotely access my extensive digital media collection. While a number of services have been available, the storage offerings have always been too small (or the prices for more storage too high), or just haven’t worked well enough to be worth the trouble. I think, however, the Oboe Music Locker and I are going to make beautiful music together. The MP3Tunes.com team offers 1 GB storage (up to 1,000 songs) and synching for your digital music—“no catch, no credit card, … Continue reading →

Disney iTunes For You

iTunes subscribers can now enjoy live broadcasts through streaming of Radio Disney. They just have to search in the iTunes Radio Tuner in the Top 40/Pop section. Radio Disney can be a great deal of fun to listen to and from time to time, we’ll listen to it over the satellite. Available and open to customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, the iTunes Music Store is a great resource for finding musical tunes of all types as well as programming from many of the major networks and my daughter and I even purchased … Continue reading →

A Parent’s Guide to Music Sharing Laws

Kids as young as young as elementary school-aged are asking Mom and Dad to help them download music onto their MP3 players. Most people know now that there are legalities surrounding downloading music from the internet. What exactly are the rules and restrictions, though? Can parents buy one song and share it amongst all their children on several MP3 players? Can parents transfer music from their own music CDs onto their child’s MP3 player? Can children copy songs from their MP3 players onto their friends MP3 players? What is allowed and what isn’t? The answer is less complicated than you … Continue reading →

MP3 – Part 2 – Ripping a CD!

A few days ago we looked at what an MP3 was and talked about how they were first created. With that bit of history aside, now to the important stuff! How can we create our own MP3s? That’s what I will be showing you here today. Ripping – The process of digitally extracting audio from CDs to your hard drive in WAV or MP3 format. We will be ripping MP3s from any Compact Disk that you own. I will be using Windows Media Player (WMP) version 10. This is the free media player that comes with Windows. You can find … Continue reading →

MP3 – Part 1 – What’s an MP3?

What is one thing that almost all of us can agree to enjoy? That’s right! Music! At least in general, there are so many types and preferences and favorites that after we all agree on liking music, our tastes take us elsewhere. Our collective love of music has pushed technology for ages. Within the last century it’s been the capture of music and replaying it so that it sounds just as good as when it was recorded. If you have a computer, there’s a good chance you have heard of Napster. Napster was the first big program to allow the … Continue reading →