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Soundflower

gazza — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:17:12 +0000

Just testing a piece of software called Soundflower for mac osx. It allows you to reroute your audio to any program you want. I am using it to capture streams from Spotify and Last FM. I am using Audacity to record and save mp3 files.

Works as well as Audiohijack, but is free.

Is that free beer or freedom?

It works!

gazza — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:14:28 +0000

ubuntu loading with Ellie

Ubuntu 10.8 (IntrepidIbex) went on a treat, straight from the C.D. Ellie and I are well chuffed

all systems go!

Now we have to get a Speedtouch ADSL 330 modem going for internet access; not easy!!!! any help appreciated.

Ubuntu operating system

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:43:17 +0000

We downloaded the latest Ubuntu operating system here did a checksum on a mac. This varifies that the data has downloaded correctly. It’s getting exciting now!

Adding Processor

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:27:43 +0000

Whilst In Computer Exchange I bought a tested Pentium 4 3.2Ghz CPU. All the stuff there has a year warranty, It needed to be LGA775 compatible for our motherboard. This is the socket connection. The heatsink and fan we bought on e-bay: £3.99. Had to scrape off some paste with a credit card and add a dab of fresh (95p) before adding heatsink unit. Many how to’s on line

Adding RAM

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:07:52 +0000

Brand New RAM. We had to be careful here, we needed DDR2 RAM, and we need it to be reliable. Kingston seems to have a good name, again Amazon came up trumps at £8.95 for 1GB (free postage!). We also bought an anti static wristband from Maplins for handling this component: £5:95.

Adding an optical drive

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:57:28 +0000

IDE was the connection choice here. Our choice was a brand new LG DVD/CD rewriter, again from Amazon.co.uk. price: £22

Brand New LG DVD/CD rewriter (IDE)

Adding A hard drive

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:49:48 +0000

Compatibility is the major consideration when putting a computer together. I had a number of rescued hard drives around, but they were all IDE (ATA) connections. for our motherboard We needed SATA. Computer Exchange (Tottenham Court Road, near Goodge Street) was a good place to go as I wanted to see what I was buying.

There is also a computer fair in the same area on Saturdays where you can make bigger savings

Make: Western Digital, SATA connection, Capacity:80GB, price £23

80 GB space should be ok for a twelve year old?

Making a Gnu plus Linux box (Ubuntu) first stage

gazza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:27:40 +0000

In the next few posts I will be constructing the above with my 12 year old daughter. Our aim was to get a decent computer for her to use without having to turn her (and me) into a criminal (cracking software). It is also a good project for us both, never having built a computer before.

First component: We chose an Asus Barebones kit (Box, motherboard and power supply), £109, from Amazon.co.uk. Not the cheapest option, but Asus Kits were recommended here.

: our one was actually black

You could buy a box and motherboard cheaper (here for quick guide), but we wanted small. We chose the Intel over AMD as the fans are apparently quieter in these models. Shuttle also offer good barebones kits, but are more expensive and the cheapest kit seemed to have no space for an internal optical drive.

Processing

gazza — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:38:12 +0000

Processing is an open source programming language for artists, non proprietry it may be the thing for you if you like actionscript but don’t wish to jump on the Adobe bandwagon.

box.net

gazza — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:49:28 +0000

Go here for a reliable on line disk. I have had a free account for three years and have never been let down. Disk space:1Gb, max individual file size 10Mb.