Coldplay (the band) have launched their latest CD (X&Y) with a piece of DRM that might make it impossible to play the CD in about any device you have, except for an ordinary CD player. Personally I only own DVD players, so I will not be buying this CD (I do own the others). The…
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Current version: exscalibar-1.0.4. Here you can find the latest ebuild for exscalibar. It will install support for the moodbar plugin used by amaroK. To use it: Add the ‘moodbar’ use-flag to your /etc/make.conf Download the package Check your /etc/make.conf and see what the value of your PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable is Change to one of your ‘overlay’…
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As of today I will not maintain this ebuild anymore. Please have a look at this post for more details. I would like to take the chance to thank you all for the positive feedback you have always given me. Current version: amarok-svn-1.4-r9 Here you can find the latest ebuild for amarok-svn. This ebuild will…
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The MiamiHerald has a good article about the wrongheaded approach the Bush government has taken after 911. The article does a good job in describing my feelings about that situation during the last four years. I even posted a comment on slashdot once, stating “Fear is the reason why people accept this”. This brought down…
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Current version: smartdj-1.0. Here you can find the dependencies for Smart DJ, an amaroK script. With all these dependencies installed you can go ahead and install Smart DJ. Smart DJ lets you find tracks based on how similar they sound to each other. It can also automatically add new tracks to your playlist based on…
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