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From: Bob Jackiewicz 312.986.3418 <chds673_at_clearingcorp.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:01:57 -0500 (CDT) I was reading a recent issue (May 18) of This Is True http://www.thisistrue.com, an e-mailed weekly collection of bizarre/funny stories. In the editorial section I found this blurb: MY LATEST PROJECT is to "rip" (convert to MP3 files) my CD-based music collection. Over the years I've accumulated more than 300 discs. They not only take up a fair amount of room, I've found that I rarely bother to go get a selection to listen to them anymore. ... But how to make the music *portable*? Well, how about an MP3 player that's big enough to hold it ALL? With a 20 GB hard disk, I think the Archos jukebox will be able to hold pretty much everything I'd want with me. http://microURL.com/archos (Amazon link) shows the little cutie, which is a LOT cheaper than the (admittedly very cool) Apple iPod. But what sold me on the Archos was this: I found that some hackers in Sweden have written a new operating system for it, significantly adding to its functionality (and even its battery life!) http://rockbox.haxx.se is the URL for that. My player got here this afternoon; I'll report later on what I think of it. The mailing list, as I recall, has over 115,000 subscriptions. So much for Linus' "Let's not grow the project" comment. :-) Bob Jackiewicz Board of Trade Clearing Corporation Systems Administration Bob.Jackiewicz at ClearingCorp dot com Received on 2003-06-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |