Video of miShare Doing iPod2iPod Tune Swapping (Uh, is this legal?) [Ipod Love]

newVideoPlayer(“mishare.flv”, 475, 376); You might have heard of MiShare, a $100 pocket Linux box that lets you clamp in two iPods, butt to butt, to send songs, photos, videos and—truthfully—any other kind of file you want to send from one to the other. In the video, you will see how straightforward it is to swap a couple of songs; for a gallery of pics and the more detailed ins and outs, read on.

galleryPost(\’miShareHandsOn\’, 6, \’\');
As you’ve seen, the basic transaction is sending one song into the other iPod’s active library without using a computer. In fact, the miShare is, in essence, a Linux computer, one with a simple push-button interface and a dedicated lithium-ion battery.
The miShare views both iPods as USB storage disks whose data can be accessed using the gtkpod open-source method found in many third-party iPod programs.
Any standard iPod that’s 5G or older will work just fine [...]

Original post by Wilson Rothman

miShare Tune Swapper: Sweet Linux iTunes Machine (Video) [Ipod Love]

newVideoPlayer(“mishare.flv”, 475, 376); You might have heard of MiShare, a $100 Linux box that lets you clamp in two iPods, butt to butt, to send songs, photos, videos and—truthfully—any other kind of file you want to send from one to the other. In the video, you will see how straightforward it is to swap a couple of songs; for a gallery of pics and the more detailed ins and outs, read on.

galleryPost(\’miShareHandsOn\’, 6, \’\');
As you’ve seen, the basic transaction is sending one song into the other iPod’s active library without using a computer. In fact, the miShare is, in essence, a Linux computer, one with a simple push-button interface and a dedicated lithium-ion battery.
The miShare views both iPods as USB storage disks whose data can be accessed using the gtkpod open-source method found in many third-party iPod programs.
Any standard iPod that’s 5G or older will work just fine provided [...]

Original post by Wilson Rothman

Piano Calculator Makes for Musical Math [Calculate This]

If math wasn’t already annoying enough, this unique piano shaped calculator plays a tune with each key pressed. In the right hands, crunching numbers could become a tiny concerto. But in your hands, it will undoubtedly result in a swift and brutal retaliation by your fellow co-workers. Let’s just hope Phillip Glass doesn’t get wind of this. Available for 1000 Yen or around $9 [Product Page via TFTS]

Original post by Sean Fallon