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Podcast Novel Ordering Solution

I’ve been listening to lots of podcasts recently and particularly enjoying the Solar Clipper series. My main problem has been that the iPod Touch defaults to playing the newest podcast first, so that I always have to skip backwards to get to the next episode.  I found a neat little solution for this that I [...]

Solution: Mail Sync failing on G1

Fail Road by Fireflythegreat

I’ve had a problem with my G1 for the past week or two and today I found a solution.  My Gmail wouldn’t sync with the device in the same way that it had before.  It seemed to be stuck in the past and I couldn’t send or receive any new email [...]

iPod Hint: Quick Playback Access With a Double-Click

The DoubleClick Menu

Okay, so I’m probably the last person to find this (and it’s probably in the manual which I’ve never bothered to read) but I’ve discovered that a doubleclick on the iPod’s circular button brings up a little control panel for the music settings, allowing you to resume listening, skip forwards and backward [...]

Itunes Hint: locate your Library on an External Drive

Having finally submitted to the march of the iPod (after loving my iriver and i-audio x5)  I’ve had to come to terms with iTunes.

I’m no iTunes fan – never have been – but it’s actually not as bad as I thought it would be.  It’s picky and clunky in parts (and i won’t get started [...]