PODCASTS

How do I make a podcast? (+mobile version)

• Making your podcast
• A sample feed
• Uploading your podcast
• Copyright
  
• Submitting your podcast to the iTunes Store
• Changing your feed URL

How tags appear in the iTunes Store and when subscribing.

Also how to diagnose a podcast feed (+mobile version)

Why don't my podcast episodes show the podcast image? (+mobile version)

ABANDONING APPLEWORKS

Apple's Office suite 'AppleWorks' has been 'end-of-lifed' for some years, and will not work on OSX Lion. This article provides information on migrating from AppleWorks to other programs

• Introduction
• Word Processing
• Drawing
• Spreadsheet, Presentation & Paint
• Database
• FileMaker Pro
• Resources

GENERAL COMPUTER QUERIES

An essay on wireless networks, especially on security (+mobile version).

Information about migrating from the Palm Desktop to a Mac (+mobile version)

How to burn a multiple session ('appendable') CD-ROM in Mac OSX (works with non-re-writeable CDs). (+mobile version).

How to set up File Sharing in Mac OSX

How to turn a text file into a speech recording in Mac OSX

AUDIO

Notes on the reproduction of 78rpm records with notes about

• stylus tracking,
• computer equalization,
• the reason for equalization,
• and a preamplifier circuit.

Owners of Sky's PVR, the Sky+, often ask why films on the Sky Movies channels (which often have Dolby Digital soundtracks) are so much quieter than programmes on other channels (+mobile version).

Dynamic compression of audio is a confusing subject and I have written a note explaining the terminology (+mobile version)

An illustrated article on the Principles of Audio Noise Reduction

WEB PAGE CONSTRUCTION

How to create web pages for iPhones

• Overview and preparation
• Body width
• The 'Viewport'
• Automatic redirection
• The iPad

How to embed an MP3 audio file into a web page without bringing up dialog boxes in Windows.

How to create a pop-up MP3 player

How to embed a Quicktime movie into a web page without bringing up dialog boxes in Windows.

APPLE'S 'GARAGEBAND' MUSIC PROGRAM

Apple's GarageBand program has excellent MIDI and audio facilities at track level but its mixing is a bit primitive: I have detailed a method for recording in GarageBand but mixing in Cubase LE.

I have listed the major control codes sent by the M-Audio iControl to GarageBand.

R.I.P MOBILEME

SWIFT PUBLISHER 2 TIPS

How to produce a curved shadow to a photograph

How to produce a photograph with a fading reflection