Archive for the Category: Music

CDex and freedb

January 13, 2021 Roger Lacroix

If you’ve been reading my posts, you know that my favorite gift (hint, hint) is music on CDs. (1) It is the best quality available for music and (2) the artists get paid the most from selling a CD (vs radio or streaming). I received a bunch of CDs for Xmas, so today I thought […]

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My Saga in Getting New Speakers for my PC

February 20, 2018 Roger Lacroix

A couple of weeks ago, my old Logitech 2.1 speaker system starting to crackle and pop in the right speaker, even with the PC off. After a few hours, it was driving me nuts, so it got pulled and trashed. It was over 10 years old, so I got good use out of the speaker […]

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OMG: Apple Finally Adds Support For FLAC Lossless Audio In iOS 11

June 7, 2017 Roger Lacroix

I love programming and there are 2 things I require: coffee and music. You give me fresh coffee and let me play my music (Alt-Rock with a hint of blues), I can program all day and all night. 🙂 Although, my wife will get really mad about me programming all night. 🙂 My wife and […]

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Winamp is Shutting Down on December 20th, 2013

November 20, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I’ve been using Winamp since the 90’s and this is really sad news. Here is a banner from www.winamp.com: Winamp.com and associated web services will no longer be available past December 20, 2013. Additionally, Winamp Media players will no longer be available for download. Please download the latest version before that date. Regards, Roger Lacroix […]

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