Find and Embed Album Art in Your MP3 Collection. @Al Iguana: Actually iTunes will embed the album art.
It just takes a small amount of massaging the interface to do it. You have to have the album artwork downloaded, or at least copied onto the clipboard. 1. Click the button on the bottom left to show artwork in iTunes. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. It's a lengthy process to do an existing library (mine took me two weeks at about 2 hours a night).
Also, as a side note, I have to second the Wikipedia comment. How to identify chip packages. Partfinder [AdaWiki] Think of this as an expert system for picking parts… Almost everyone pretty much picks the same part for a purpose.
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With lots of practice, you can easily figure out what the 'most common' part is but it's always good to get some help along the way! Electromechanical Switches - Switches, slide, toggle, buttons and jumpers/shunts Sockets - IC sockets (not female header) Passives Capacitors - All sorts of capacitors, from 10pF to 1000uF! Semiconductors Diodes - Power, Schottkey, zener, etc. Other Electronics Crystals & clocks - hmm this should probably go under a different, larger group but what? Craft Supplies Packing/shipping supplies Workbench Storage - Storage bins, drawers and boxes Tools - Soldering, cutting, crimping and workholding Suggestions/Discussion. Top 10 Ways to Organize and Streamline Your Workspace. @MaxellDVD1: I dislike people using technological terms to describe non-technical actions.
Reboot should be Clean-up! Reboot should, as your tip suggests, mean to restart a computer. Get More Done by Organizing "Just Enough" @strongworm: Same here, I can't explain it either!
@strongworm: I do the same thing with my books. A) It's a zen thing. B) It's a reminder of what I actually have so I don't buy duplicates. @strongworm: I'm the same way, but I would classify that as something outside the spirit of this article. If you're an enthusiast, categorizing your music is something you enjoy doing so you don't really have to worry about that "good enough, moving on" mentality. I can't even tell you how much it bothers me when I pick up somebody's iPod and see duplicate names, the gray "missing artwork" music note, or worst of all "Unknown Artist.
" Sometimes Getting Organized is a Big Fat Waste of Time. For many of us, getting organized is the fun part.
We love buying materials for new craft projects. We love school supplies. We’ll make our lists and schedules, and even organize our recipes. We’ll spend all of our time planning and getting ready, but then starting to work on those projects stumps us. CSS Templates. DIY: how to create an invisible cable holder in less than 5 minutes. In my work desk, I have these loose cables coming from below that allow me to connect some of my gadgets to their corresponding chargers: One is for connecting my Nokia N80, the other is to connect the Bluetooth headset Nokia BH-210.
The grey USB cable is connected to a 4-port Hub where I connect some other gadgets such as my printer, a mouse and the iPod dock that you can also see on the image. This way, I can have all of these connected to my laptop by just using one USB port. The problem with these loose cables is that they are loose…obvious, right? And because of that they’re always falling, which means that then I have to go under the desk to fetch them and gently putting them back on top of the desk, hoping that they won’t fall again.
What I really wanted was a way to maintain them easily accessible (and obviously not loose), yet not visible, in order to garantee a pleasant view of my desk. 25 clever ideas to make life easier. Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com Why didn’t I think of that?!
We guarantee you’ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve everyday problems … some you never knew you had! (Above: hull strawberries easily using a straw). Via: apartmenttherapy.com Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes. Via: unplggd.com Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40 (also works on walls). Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band. 25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier. .
We heard you loud and clear. When we published our first list of clever ideas to make life easier last year, we received an overwhelming response. So without further ado, here’s another 25 ingenious household tips and organisational tricks that will have you saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Source: chezerbey.com Got an empty kitchen shelf? Source: maillardvillemanor.com Wall mount cutlery trays and add a cup hook in each compartment for brilliant jewelery storage. Design Evolution. Design Philosophy Too many of us are afraid to do something because it's dangerous, or we will likely fail. But what inventions and discoveries are we missing because we teach our children to never take a risk? Is there no place in life for danger and adventure? Isn't it possible to lose your life because you are so worried about protecting it? If design by experimentation and courage scares you then fine, go on and copy someone else's work, and make sure your children wear their bike helmets.
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