Alternatives to iTunes:
Songbird: Pretty much looks like iTunes, only it's black. =P
Audion: I haven't tried it, but it gets very good reviews.
Winamp has a plugin to manage the iPod library as well, and foobar has foo_pod. I haven't checked these either, though.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
CD Swapping!
I don't know about you, guys, for me music files are fine but nothing replaces the actual media. Be it a CD or its analog parents (LP's for example); I really love those and cherish them greatly.
I am not going to even start touching the somewhat itchy topic of "I don't have money to buy CDs! OMG! I have bought a new cellphone/color contacts/etc!" here because that always makes my eye twitch.
I'm simply going to talk to those of you who appreciate CD's (LP's, cassettes, etc.) more than mere streams of intangible bytes.
I think the growing trend in this aspect last year have been sites that facilitate CD-swapping. Real CD's, not copies.
Among those, perhaps lala.com has taken most of the credit. I think I blogged about it about six months ago, when it was still in "beta" and you could only join by getting an invitation code.
Right now, the invitation system has been dropped and everyone can join.
Basically, the site works as middle-man, getting people in touch so that they can exchange CD's that they no longer want for CD's they do want.
Lala.com is only available to users in the US ( =/) and it charges you 1.75 per swap, but facilitates the envelopes to send the CD's.
You can go to the site, or you can read a very nice and extensive review here.
Another good option might be SwapaCD, which -again- is only available to users in the US (so, half my flist has stopped reading by now. ._.) I think this is because of the different laws ruling in every country, and the owners of these sites not wanting to risk being issued a cease & desist order or facing a lawsuit.
You earn SwapaCD credits by sending out CDs, and receive CDs by spending earned credits.
On the other hand you have chancexchange, which allows users from every country to swap CD's. Where's the catch? You wonder. Well, you can only exchange CD's with people in your same country.
I am only listing the sites that do not seem to require paying a fee to join, and basically work as a peer-to-peer network where you don't have to "buy" a CD, but rather you simply exchange them for another CD.
There are numerous vendors that "buy" your old CD's and re-sell them; or even allow users to sell their stuff through their interface for a small (or not) fee. Amazon comes to mind.
=]
Well, I hope this is useful for someone.
I am not going to even start touching the somewhat itchy topic of "I don't have money to buy CDs! OMG! I have bought a new cellphone/color contacts/etc!" here because that always makes my eye twitch.
I'm simply going to talk to those of you who appreciate CD's (LP's, cassettes, etc.) more than mere streams of intangible bytes.
I think the growing trend in this aspect last year have been sites that facilitate CD-swapping. Real CD's, not copies.
Among those, perhaps lala.com has taken most of the credit. I think I blogged about it about six months ago, when it was still in "beta" and you could only join by getting an invitation code.
Right now, the invitation system has been dropped and everyone can join.
Basically, the site works as middle-man, getting people in touch so that they can exchange CD's that they no longer want for CD's they do want.
Lala.com is only available to users in the US ( =/) and it charges you 1.75 per swap, but facilitates the envelopes to send the CD's.
You can go to the site, or you can read a very nice and extensive review here.
Another good option might be SwapaCD, which -again- is only available to users in the US (so, half my flist has stopped reading by now. ._.) I think this is because of the different laws ruling in every country, and the owners of these sites not wanting to risk being issued a cease & desist order or facing a lawsuit.
You earn SwapaCD credits by sending out CDs, and receive CDs by spending earned credits.
On the other hand you have chancexchange, which allows users from every country to swap CD's. Where's the catch? You wonder. Well, you can only exchange CD's with people in your same country.
I am only listing the sites that do not seem to require paying a fee to join, and basically work as a peer-to-peer network where you don't have to "buy" a CD, but rather you simply exchange them for another CD.
There are numerous vendors that "buy" your old CD's and re-sell them; or even allow users to sell their stuff through their interface for a small (or not) fee. Amazon comes to mind.
=]
Well, I hope this is useful for someone.
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