Posted by Admiral on 2010-05-17 21:08:56

I recently purchased a bunch of new music and wanted to make sure that my importer was up to the latest version, so I checked, and it seemed that the LAME community had made some improvements to the LAME package. While I was waiting for my newly acquired discs to import, I thought I may as well post a quick update to my previous LAME compile for anyone interested.

The difference between this download and the last is that I have built this version from the LAME 3.98.4 sources updated on 2010-04-14. Again, this is a super-fat universal binary of the LAME executable and dynamically linked library for Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, PPC64, i386 and X86_64 architectures.

For those of you interested in the details of the process I used to generate these files, you can read my first post in this thread, which actually contains the exact same command line arguments that I used to compile this version of the files as well.

lame-3.98.4_universal_mac_os_x_10.5_plus_64bit.zip

How does one make use of either one these files?

• Users of iTunes-LAME can right click on that program and show it's package contents, navigate to the "Resources" folder and replace the "lame" executable in there with the one that I've compiled.
• Users of Audacity can use "libmp3lame.dylib" to enable Audacity to export MP3s by going to their Preferences, going to the "Libraries" tab and using the "locate" button to select this version of the file.
• Users of other applications that require the dylib will be able to take advantage of this new version of LAME by copying the file to "/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.dylib" and chmodding it to 755.
• One can learn how to use the command line version of the "lame" program by simply dragging it's icon to an open Terminal window and typing "--help" at the end of that line and hitting return.

Again, in the spirit of open source and awesomeness, anyone interested in playing with the updated photoshop document I used to create this version of the logo(IN SPACE!) can download it here. (Original logo source: Wikipedia)

Tags: audio | download | lame | mac | mp3 | open source | universal | update

Posted by Admiral on 2010-05-14 04:37:05, Originally created on 2010-03-06 11:06:45

Well, here's a start to stopping that negative momentum I've had built up for a while. Tonight, I'm going to complete a little something that I started back in March before my birthday. I created a fairly comprehensive list of screen resolutions one would conceivably use on a modern computer, and made desktop backgrounds of an enhanced version the blue space background that I've loved since I created it for my site. So! Here you go! Enjoy!

Massive credit goes out to NASA for the wicked cool and inspiring image I used as the base for the manipulation job I performed to create my beautiful background.

So far this year, I've almost completely failed at making my goal for Nuclear Pixel 5. What was that goal?

"To consistently create and post content, regardless of what life may throw my way.
Practice at it, get better at it, and get used to making it happen."

Sure, I've got plenty of valid excuses for why I have not been able to work toward and meet that goal thus far, but it's kinda tearing me to shreds on the inside. At this point, my life goals are pretty much exclusively to make cool stuff and get it online in one way or another, for both self promotion and simply so I can look back on my year and feel like I've accomplished something personal that I can be proud of. Sure, my professional accomplishments are freaking impressive too,(Yeah, that's right. I'm designing and programming the up-coming TASCAM US & JP sites all by myself. UH!) but putting my personal creative desires on the back burner is leaving scorch marks on those dishes.

I'm fed up with my own excuses for why I can't do the things that I know make me truly happy, and I'm finally determined enough to do something about it that I'm going to let others know that I've made this commitment to myself, and I've been breaking it so far. I want the people in my life to know that I've been disappointed in myself for the past four months for not pushing myself harder. For not producing what I WANT to produce. I also see myself as having been slacking in the "Completing projects that I start" department. I am hoping that by voicing my disappointment in myself to others, that I can provide myself with a powerful enough kick in the butt to get it out of this uncomfortably slothy chair and put my nose back to that warm and fuzzy grindstone.

Let's hope I can make some momentum happen on the personal goals front again.

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Side note: I updated Picture-Rama 2 again the other night. It's now up to date with all photos previous to 2010-05-12, and I've fixed a small issue that seriously bugged me, but not many other people probably even noticed. I won't mention what it was, but you can just know that it's more awesome than it used to be.

Tags: download | finally | freebie | space | wallpaper