Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

iTunes struggles when dealing with large amounts of files over a network - at least when managing the files.

I've been spending some time recently trying to update the tagging on a remote server, which has been slow and tedious. The thought suddenly occurred to me: it would be faster if I ran iTunes on the server. Then I remembered Rendezvous collection sharing.

Doh.

Of course, now I need to see if it works...

[Update: it works - apart from Party Shuffle]

...looks like someone didn't plan a network software upgrade properly!

It looks like LJ now handles the <a href="callto://username"> syntax on the user info page, so while there isn't an official Skype block on the "manage info" form, you can add something like this to your bio:

skype: sbisson

<b>skype:</b> 
<a href="callto://your_skype_ID">your_skype_ID</a>
<img src="http://goodies.skype.com/graphics/skypeme_btn_small_white.gif" border="0">

[update: looks like LJ proper supports that URI format too!]

...is an augmented reality game which adds a "magic lens" to a Brio train set using PDAs to view (and control trains).

So, can Network Rail keep two trains that aren't really there from colliding with each other?

(link via Gizmodo)

... and both playing with Alan Parsons. Progtastically psychedelic.