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BIAS releases Mastering & Restoration
Edition

BIAS releases Mastering & Restoration
Edition 07/26/2004 12:31 AM
BIAS has announced a special bundled edition of Peak 4.1 (which has a suggested retail price of US$499) that includes SoundSoap Pro ($599) and SuperFreq ($79) for $899 -- a savings of nearly $300 off the combined list prices if purchased separately...

News: BIAS unveils Peak Pro 5, Peak Pro
XT 5

News: BIAS unveils Peak Pro 5, Peak Pro
XT 5 04/11/2005 08:43 AM
BIAS Inc. unveiled in Frankfurt, Germany late last week Peak Pro 5, the next generation of the company's professional stereo recording, editing and mastering software. BIAS also announced Peak Pro XT 5, a bundle that will include five brand-new BIAS plug-ins and several other of the company's popular plug-ins.

Bias ships SoundSoap Pro audio
restoration tool

Bias ships SoundSoap Pro audio
restoration tool 05/28/2004 09:30 AM
Bias Inc. has started shipping SoundSoap Pro, an audio-restoration plug-in compatible with Mac OS X and Windows XP intended for use by professional audio producers, engineers and others. The software features a four-in-one tabbed interface featuring Hum & Rumble, Click & Crackle, Broadband and Noise Gate capabilities. A real-time spectrogram, 12 level meters, attack, release and tilt controls are included. SoundSoap Pro works with every major plug-in host, according to Bias, including Bias Peak 4, Pro Tools, Avid Express DV, Peak 4, Logic Audio and Digital Performer, and others. It costs US$599; SoundSoap users can upgrade for $499.

BIAS Peak 4

BIAS Peak 4 07/31/2004 08:48 AM
For anyone involved with sound design or sample-editing, Peak is an exemplary version of a necessary tool. By Craig Stern, Mac Design Pro (via MyAppleMenu)

Update: BIAS Peak 4.14

Update: BIAS Peak 4.14 06/05/2005 11:11 PM
The stereo recording and mastering application adds Tiger compatibility, a Core Audio driver, Auto Detect Regions for splitting recordings, and a new loop flag option for AIFF files.

News: BIAS demos Peak 5 at NAB

News: BIAS demos Peak 5 at NAB 04/19/2005 08:54 AM
BIAS Inc. on Monday at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas, Nev. demoed for MacCentral the upcoming release of Peak Pro 5, its recording, editing and mastering software for audio professionals. BIAS said the feedback since announcing the update in Frankfurt, Germany a few weeks ago has been amazing.

Microsoft offers sneak peak of SQL
Server 2005

Microsoft offers sneak peak of SQL
Server 2005 08/31/2004 04:49 PM
Microsoft has announced the availability of Beta 2 of its SQL Server 2005 database, which will include support for AMD's 64-bit Opteron CPU and Intel's 64-bit Itanium chip.

TiVo offers limited edition iPod

TiVo offers limited edition iPod 09/23/2004 03:51 PM
As part of its TiVo Rewards program, TiVo is offering customers the chance to snag a limited edition iPod with the company's logo engraved on the back...

Valentine's edition of Swap offers new
skins

Valentine's edition of Swap offers new
skins 02/10/2004 03:00 AM
Phelios has released a Special Valentine's Edition" of their game, Swap, which adds new Valentine Skins: "For Her" and "For Him."...

Jaguar offers limited edition black iPod

Jaguar offers limited edition black iPod 07/12/2004 12:18 PM
Jaguar Motor Co. is offering visitors to its X-Type Web site the opportunity to win a limited edition black Apple iPod. There were a total of 75 black iPods made, but there is only one left, which will be given away on August 1, 2004 from Jaguar's Web site.

Jaguar offers limited edition black iPod
(MacCentral)

Jaguar offers limited edition black iPod
(MacCentral) 07/12/2004 12:29 PM
MacCentral - Jaguar Motor Co. is offering visitors to its X-Type Web site the opportunity to win a limited edition black Apple iPod. There were a total of 75 black iPods made, but there is only one left, which will be given away on August 1, 2004 from Jaguar's Web site.

WWDC: Etymotic offers limited edition
iPod earphones

WWDC: Etymotic offers limited edition
iPod earphones 07/02/2004 09:48 AM
Etymotic Research Inc. used this week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to introduce its 6i Isolator Earphones, designed especially for use with Apple's iPod. The new US$149 headphones are expected to ship in July. Similar in design to Etymotic's popular ER-6 model, the 6i earphones are in-ear headphones that have been molded in white to complement Apple's iPod. The 6i comes with additional eartips, extra filters and a small carrying case.

Lemonade Tycoon 2: New York Edition: Sim
Game Offers Trump-Style Challenge

Lemonade Tycoon 2: New York Edition: Sim
Game Offers Trump-Style Challenge 04/14/2005 04:36 AM

The game's graphics engine certainly won't set the world on fire. But the game itself is a satisfying challenge that will appeal to casual gamers. By Peter Cohen, Macworld

Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition
offers broader security protection,
desktop policy enforcement

Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition
offers broader security protection,
desktop policy enforcement 06/22/2004 10:11 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 23 2004 2:59AM GMT

Mastering Red Hat Linux 9

Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 11/10/2003 10:57 PM
Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 is a huge, very complete guide to Red Hat Linux 9. It's over 900 pages, and includes the "Publisher's Edition" of RH9 on 2 CDs. It is written in a style which should accommodate Linux newcomers and more experienced users alike. There are a lot of examples, code snippets, and screenshots throughout the book. In fact, sometimes the abundance of these tend to make the material a little long to wade through. Experts should have no trouble skipping over the sections they don't need, though. Read on for the rest of Dan's review.

Mastering phpMyAdmin

Mastering phpMyAdmin 06/03/2004 07:01 AM

phpMyAdmin is usually installed quickly, out of acute necessity. You need to do something with your database, and you can't do it via telnet or SSH or anything else, so you download the latest version, FTP it up, and away you go. More often than not, the install is forgotten about as soon as your need is over.

The downside of this is that you're not getting nearly the value you should out of a phpMyAdmin install. Most people work with phpMyAdmin superficially and in very narrow usage corridors — like kids walking barefoot on a painted line through a very large parking lot. There's so much about the app that you don't know.

Enter this book: "Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management." This is the first book I know of solely on phpMyAdmin (though a lot of MySQL books cover it briefly in an appendix or something). It was released by Packt Publishing a few weeks ago.

It's a departure from a lot of tech books in that (1) it's short and sweet (just under 200 pages — not nearly the 600-page monolith some of these things become), and (2) it seems more...conversational. Concepts are explained in plain English. I normally hate that cliche, but it fits here. I got a sense of simply having a casual conversation with a fellow geek.

I read it over the course of a week, putting in a chapter or two each night. I learned something new in every chapter, and I'd implement them in my phpMyAdmin install right after reading the chapter. By the end of the book, I'm left with a superb phpMyAdmin install that does a thousand times more than I've ever accomplished with the app before.

There's a lot of phpMyAdmin functionality under the hood that you've likely never seen. For instance, you can set it up to enforce relational integrity in your database. This is just good database design, but it also enriches the interface considerably. Foreign key fields now become drop-down lists to the foreign table with a selection of entries. You can print a PDF summary document with descriptions of all tables and columns and an entity relationship diagram showing field relationships. Bet you haven't seen that trick before.

I suddenly have a sense of liberation with phpMyAdmin. We all hate writing admin interfaces, especially for one-off apps we do in a hurry. Thankfully, phpMyAdmin can support an enormous amount of administration chores in an interface not nearly as utilitarian as the default one you get on install. It won't work for administering the data of every app you right, but I bet it will handle a lot of them.

I can now see writing apps and doing things that I stayed away from before just because I didn't want to write all the data entry and database admin scripts that easily dominate the work required to put these things together. Instead, I can concentrate on the fun of the front-end pages, while phpMyAdmin sucks up all the back-end work.

The book also includes some good information about PHP and MySQL in general. On page 86, in the chapter on importing data, there's a solid little discussion about PHP file upload and execution limits that trumps anything I've read before. I'm a better developer for having read these four paragraphs about the "upload_max_filesize," "memory_limit," and "post_max_filesize" parameters.

As for MySQL, did you know about InnoDB tables? This is a table format that builds referential integrity into MySQL — something the database has been missing for so long. I'll admit to being utterly ignorant about this feature until this point.

There's a chapter at the end of the book about MIME-based transformations that summarizes the general level of apathy about this app. I can't believe I haven't run across a discussion about this feature before —

You may have known on the periphery that you could store files directly into a MySQL database using a BLOB column. But did you know that phpMyAdmin will support this with a file upload field in the interface, so your users can upload files directly? Or that you can sent a MIME Transformation on that field to display a thumbnailed view of stored images in the row when browsing the database? And that you can link that thumbnail to the full-size version or the image, pulled directly from the field? I'll bet the percentage of phpMyAdmin users who know that trick is in the single digits.

So, good book. If you find yourself writing a lot of throwaway admin interfaces and hating every minute of it, the $30 cover price for this text is probably looking mighty attractive right now.

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Mastering Menus

Mastering Menus 02/10/2004 02:46 AM
Just in case anyone missed it, Menu Master 1.1 is available. More info: Menu Master Download: Menu Master 1.1 Biggest...

Constitution Restoration Act of

Constitution Restoration Act of 03/29/2005 06:02 PM
"...God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government." The re-introductio n of this bill on March 3rd seemed to have been hardly noticed. It was first brought up last year by Senator Richard Shelby, Rep. Robert Aderholt, and Roy "Ten Commandments" Moore. I wonder if section 201 of the CRA will affect Article VI, Sect. 2. (born of, the 2004 thread (s))

The "Constitution Restoration Act"

The "Constitution Restoration Act" 04/08/2005 06:04 PM
The "Constitution Restoration Act". `Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.'

This article claims that this bill is almost certain to pass, and that if it does that no Federal court or judge will have jurisdiction over any Federal, State, or local government entity or official who claims God's law.

Are these claims true? Why isn't there a fuss?

A Restoration Movement

A Restoration Movement 05/21/2004 11:26 AM
The trendy home decoration specialist doesn't look dashing in red.

Mastering Internet Video

Mastering Internet Video 09/18/2004 04:07 AM
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Restoring Restoration Hardware

Restoring Restoration Hardware 04/01/2005 11:15 AM
The once-struggling retailer makes a return to profitability .

Hair Restoration Clinic

Hair Restoration Clinic 04/06/2005 11:49 AM
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Image restoration and inpainting

Image restoration and inpainting 11/01/2003 08:35 AM
0.998 with new restorations on Sunday :-):-):-)

Ecasound Mastering Interface 1.2 beta

Ecasound Mastering Interface 1.2 beta 08/17/2004 05:32 PM
A Python front end to Ecasound.

Ecasound Mastering Interface 1.0 beta

Ecasound Mastering Interface 1.0 beta 05/07/2004 10:00 PM
A Python front end to Ecasound.

Features: Mastering DocBook Indexes

Features: Mastering DocBook Indexes 07/14/2004 05:29 PM
Jirka Kosek explains the ins and outs of constructing document indexes in DocBook.

PHP Magazine: Review - Mastering
phpMyAdmin...

PHP Magazine: Review - Mastering
phpMyAdmin... 07/29/2004 08:30 AM
Mastering phpMyAdmin approaches the usage of the popular PHP-based database administration application, phpMyAdmin. It is targeted at "the serious phpMyAdmin user who would like to use this outstanding application to its full power." It is a compliment to the authors of this hugely popular application to say that there is not much for this book to cover, as the interface of phpMyAdmin is famous for its ease of use. Read Mitch Pirtle's review of "Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management" here - complete with a chapter overview, the style points, and the interesting lowdown.

ArticleCity: Mastering Regular
Expressions in PHP

ArticleCity: Mastering Regular
Expressions in PHP 04/05/2005 09:18 AM
PHP Magazine has a quick pointer to a short article today over on ArticleCity about "Mastering Regular Expressions in PHP".

T-RackS 24 audio mastering app ships for
Mac OS X

T-RackS 24 audio mastering app ships for
Mac OS X 06/30/2004 07:52 AM
IK Multimedia has announced that the Mac OS X version of its T-RackS audio mastering application is now shipping. The software mimics the sound of analog processing with a six-band parametric equalizer, a stereo tube compressor/leveler, a multi-band master stereo limiter and an output stage with soft-clipping. The Mac OS X version is also the first IK Multimedia release to include an Authorization Wizard designed to give a step-by-step guide to audio authorizing. Pricing is €299 (US$299) for the full version, €89 ($79) for those who originally purchased it before Dec. 1, 2003 and want to upgrade and free for those who bought it after that date.

With New Science, Hair Restoration
Improves

With New Science, Hair Restoration
Improves 06/16/2004 12:45 AM
With new science, hair restoration sheds the "doll's hair" look.

Redesigned Appliances Rev Up Data
Restoration

Redesigned Appliances Rev Up Data
Restoration 07/06/2004 01:52 PM
The geometric growth of stored data not only extends data backup times at many organizations but also lengthens the time needed to restore data after a system failure.

John D. Lowry: Restoration Software

John D. Lowry: Restoration Software 12/15/2003 09:20 PM
"To do the work we are doing today 10 years ago, would have cost tens of millions of dollars for a computer facility... But along came the Power Mac G4 and the Power Mac G5, and suddenly we had an answer." By Joe Cellini (Apple via MyAppleMenu)

Movies get full showing after a little
restoration

Movies get full showing after a little
restoration 07/10/2004 08:45 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 10 2004 12:17PM GMT

Pure Restoration // Restore Purity

Pure Restoration // Restore Purity 02/15/2004 03:38 AM
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Affordable BIOS Restoration Tool

Affordable BIOS Restoration Tool 01/04/2005 04:58 AM
Three Development Boards available.

Restoration of Saturn V underway in
Houston

Restoration of Saturn V underway in
Houston 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
USA Today Jun 17 2004 10:57AM GMT

Dragon Burn 4 adds VCD/SVCD mastering,
more

Dragon Burn 4 adds VCD/SVCD mastering,
more 06/22/2004 02:08 PM
NewTech Infosystems Inc. announced on Tuesday the release of Drago n Burn 4.0. The new version of the company's CD/DVD burning tool adds several new features, including mastering Video CDs (VCDs) and Super VCDs from standard MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files; the ability to burn movie DVDs from VIDEO_TS folders full of .VOB files; Picture CD creation, complete with compatibility with DVD players that can handle the JPEG format; support for Dual Layer DVD+R discs; better Dynamic Drive Support for wider compatibility with a range of CD and DVD burners; and more. The full version is US$49.95, and NewTech is offering a $9.99 upgrade to the owners of any other CD/DVD burning software for Mac OS X. You can download a trial version from the company's Web site. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.1.5 or higher, 128MB RAM and 20MB free hard drive space.

Dragon Burn 4.0 adds VCD/SVCD mastering,
more

Dragon Burn 4.0 adds VCD/SVCD mastering,
more 06/22/2004 02:13 PM
NewTech Infosystems today released Dragon Burn 4.0, an update to its CD/DVD burning software...
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