Do you business, do art 
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 10:17 AM
An small application that turns mouse movements into a modern art: IOGraph. Seems to be available for Mac users only.

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What is a DJ? 
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 08:35 AM
Aus der letzten DE:BUG Ausgabe:
Es ist eine Illusion davon auszugehen, dass sich der Job des DJs fundamental geändert hat, nur weil er kein Vinyl mehr spielt. Die wahre Aufgabe eines DJs ist es, sich all die Musik, die es da draussen gibt, anzuhören und die fünf Prozent herauszusuchen, die wirklich gut sind. Er ist ein Filter für gute Musik. [...] Die Fähigkeit eines DJs liegt darin zu entscheiden, welche Platten er wann und in welcher Reihenfolge spielt. Das Publikum zu lesen und mit ihm in einen Dialog zu treten. [...] Die Art der Präsentation ist dafür nicht so wichtig.


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The right bank 
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 08:53 AM
It is a fact: nowadays banks, especially big banks, does not have a good image. To check whether you are at the right bank: banksecrets.eu or banktrack.org.

Ouf, I am relieved for now. I did not spot anything that would cause a problem to my conscience. We are at bkb. But I am also aware that the banking world is very opaque...

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Embedding Artwork in MP3 Files 
Saturday, 20 February 2010, 09:48 AM
While MP3 files were not originally intended to store additional metadata within them, the release of the ID3 tag protocol in 1996 suddenly made this a possibility. However, it wasn’t until version 2 of the protocol became available that MP3 files could actually contain embedded album art.

To embed an album cover to a MP3, you will need following tools from MacPorts:
  • eyeD3 (sudo port install py26-eyed3)
  • id3v2 (sudo port install id3v2)
Following script should simplify your life:

#!/bin/bash

# ${0##*/}: Removes everything up to the first forward slash in
# the command name.
usage() {
  echo "Usage: ${0##*/} <img> <mp3>" >&2
}
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
  usage
  exit 1
fi
IMG=$1
MP3=$2
COVER=cover.png
convert -quality 90 -geometry 300x300 "$IMG" $COVER
if [ -e $COVER ]
then
  # eyeD3 --list-image-types for available image types for --add-image
  eyeD3 --add-image=$COVER:FRONT_COVER "$MP3" >/dev/null 2>&1
  rm -f $COVER
else
  echo "Converting '$IMG' to '$COVER' failed."
  exit 1
fi
# Check whether the APIC frame has been set (cover image has been added).
HAS_APIC=`id3v2 -l $MP3 | grep APIC` 
if [ -n "$HAS_APIC" ]
then
  echo "Cover image has been successfully added to '$MP3'."
else
  echo "Adding cover image to '$MP3' failed."
fi


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How to add chapters to your podcast 
Monday, 8 February 2010, 09:12 AM


Recently I started to podcast some of my mixes (see DJ Ribose Podcast if you are interested). A podcast is actually just an audio file. But, like for a CD, I wanted to display the tracklist while the podcast is playing. I have already seen this and asked myself how they achieve that. The answer is Chapters. Here you can find a tutorial for adding chapters to your podcast. Unfortunately this only seems doable with GarageBand.

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