Archive for the 'Software' Category

Development, Hacking, Software

Songbird and Rainmeter Working Together

Phew…

…getting Rainmeter to display the currently playing track from Songbird was a trip!

I just installed Rainmeter, which is great! It doesn’t support Songbird though… So I tried to get it to, but getting Rainmeter to display the currently playing track from Songbird was a trip! You see, Rainmeter only supports Winamp natively. So, I had to do some detective work and some modifying to get it to work. Here is how I did it…

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Music, Software, Web

Songbird – Firefox’s and iTunes’ Love-Child

Imagine… A web browser like Firefox inside of a media player like iTunes. Really… think about it… Pretty great idea right?  Songbird, finally out of beta, lets you play music and surf the web in the same application.

I am always listening to music while I surf, and I am willing to bet you do too.

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Music, Software

Automatic Lyrics in Winamp and Media Player

Lyrics Plugin is a piece of software tailored for music fans. To put it simply – it is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player. No more searching for lyrics. Just start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically.

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Software

Digsby – IM, Email, Social Networking All-In-One

Check out Digsby. This multi-function application may allow me to check-in on my digital life without ever opening a browser.

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