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HOW-TO: Convert FLAC files to OGG/Vorbis files with a bash script

So you have a bunch of FLAC files for whatever reason, but if you’re like me, it’s because you are an audiophile and prefer a lossless codec for files you play on your high-end stereo equipment. However, FLAC files are huge, which can make them impractical for small personal music players with limited storage. This is especially true if you’re just going to plug the player into a cheap-ass stereo (like the one in my base model Toyota RAV4, for example.) That’s a bit like hunting squirrels with hand-grenades: overkill. Your best bet is to convert your FLAC files to something smaller and more manageable (and sounds better than MP3!): OGG/Vorbis. Let’s get started. We’ll assume your FLAC files are tagged with the artist name, song title, etc. [...]

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Like a runaway freight train

That’s how it sounds. And it’s my first new guitar in over 16 years. It’s an American Standard Telecaster — they’ve gone back to the brass bridge, but no palm-shredding ashtray bullshit. There were roughly 26 of these in the Guitar Center, Boston location and I asked to play every damned one. The same song. For 2 hours. This is the pick of the litter. 3-tone Sunburst. If Bryan Adams had an extra $100 he wouldn’t have settled for the crappy black one back when I was 14.

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Continuous Integration with Subversion, CruiseControl.NET, MSBuild, and NuGet

I really dig the idea of NuGet packages being produced and published by an automated CI build system. While we’ve all been doing CI for years, standardized packaging and distribution options in .NET for large and complex project trees are still fairly few in number. For the most part, build systems spit out .DLLs and .EXEs, perhaps a .ZIP, and occasionally an .MSI file capable of bootstrapping a production server or a developer workstation in more sophisticated examples. It’s that last bit where NuGet rocks — the framework provides an easy peasy way to publish and distribute your libraries to developer workstations, and eventually into the builds of projects that use them. Note: Scott Hanselman recently wrote a blog post describing a very similar CI build system — [...]

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