Category Archives: music

Me and Technology: A quick 20 year debug

Posted on July 5, 2010 by the_seamonkey

Well, I thought I’d post a less serious and more fun one today. I, like most that are reading this, have been a big tech geek for most of my life. As a kid, we did not have netbooks or iPods or heck even free long distance phone service. No, I grew up fantasizing about such gadgets and technology. I grew up watching movies about the future and lusting over the then cool devices (now retro, hehe) and hoping we’d see them eventually. Nope, I had my cool game watches (super mario bros and tetris FTW!!), super small FM/AM Radios and of course my dreams of things to come. Continue reading →

Posted in android, apple, applications, console, culture, fanboy, gaming, geek, general gadgets, google, handheld, hardware, htc, iphone, laptop, launch, life, mac, mobile, music, n1, nexus one, opinion, palm, ps3, tv, web, wii, windows, x360, xbox | 24 Comments

PS3 and PSP remoteplay styled (video)

Posted on December 10, 2009 by the_seamonkey

Most people I know haven’t really messed around w/the PS3s remoteplay features since well, it requires a PSP and PS3. One feature that was recently added is the ability to output audio via the PS3 and in turn your stereo/tv. … Continue reading →

Posted in console, gaming, music, ps3, psp, pspgo | 2 Comments

my msi wind and osx audio workaround (plantronics audio 480)

Posted on November 4, 2008 by the_seamonkey

(thanks Q for the skin!) if you have a msi wind and are running OSX Leopard on it, you probably have found out that yes the speakers work but the mic and headphone jacks do not. as of right now, … Continue reading →

Posted in apple, mac, modding, msi wind, music, netbook, osx86 | 5 Comments

My eeExperience (video)

Posted on March 21, 2008 by the_seamonkey

as promised in my previous post, here is a somewhat longer video of me and my eee…  my eeExperience…. i have  an Asus 4G Eee PC with 2GB DDR2, 16GB SDHC class 6 running my customized XP Prof lite version … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, eee, fanboy, geek, hardware, life, mobile, music, opinion, web, windows | 4 Comments

Livingroom Standoff: My Playstation3 vs My HTPC, Part 1 (PS3 video)

Posted on March 6, 2008 by the_seamonkey

This entry is one that i’ve been waiting to do for quite some time now.  Today i’ll will be pitting my PS3 up against my Home Theater PC(well, mine is a Frankenstein’d laptop w/o lcd, hehe).   Sony has boasted about the PS3′s multimedia … Continue reading →

Posted in console, culture, dvr, fanboy, geek, hardware, hd, htpc, life, music, opinion, ps3, psp, review, tv, vista, web | 7 Comments

Handbrake.. how i love thee…

Posted on March 4, 2008 by the_seamonkey

yup, what was i thinking not taking a look at this app earlier when davak mentioned it in his blog….   handbrake is an all in one video converter program.  its for both apples and pcs and does basically all the … Continue reading →

Posted in apple, console, gaming, geek, hd, htpc, iphone, mac, music, osx86, ps3, windows, x360 | 2 Comments

my new desk internet radio.. err.. my sony psp

Posted on February 12, 2008 by the_seamonkey

If you don’t mind me asking, how do you use your PSP?  do you game on it mainly or use it for movies or music? or is it your portable emulator?  I use my PSP for almost everything besides gaming … Continue reading →

Posted in console, culture, fanboy, gaming, geek, general gadgets, handheld, hardware, life, mobile, music, opinion, psp, web | 1 Comment

My PS3 and PSP w/CFW 3.90 and remoteplay (video)

Posted on February 5, 2008 by the_seamonkey

todays video post will be a look at my PS3 running v2.10 firmware and my PSP running CFW 3.90 M33 (Dark Alex styled) and Remote Play.  i’ll be honest and admit that i’ve contemplated selling my PSP on quite a … Continue reading →

Posted in PlaystationStore, console, culture, fanboy, gaming, geek, hardware, mobile, modding, music, opinion, ps3, psp | 3 Comments

my ps3 and adding music album art (video)

Posted on January 20, 2008 by the_seamonkey

this year i’ve decided to take up a few of my older projects that i never really got very far on.  another one of those projects was ripping of all of my movies from dvd to a high-quality digital format, … Continue reading →

Posted in console, culture, gaming, geek, hardware, hd, music, ps3 | 9 Comments

zune software and understanding how syncing works

Posted on November 23, 2007 by the_seamonkey

well, after messing w/my Zune Flash 8GB continuously for the last 3 days, i think i finally understand how syncing and managing media on the zune works. at first, it is not very intuitive and a bit backwards (at least … Continue reading →

Posted in Zune, culture, fanboy, music, windows | 3 Comments