Software Archive

Intuitive computing using the objects around us

By
Brian Roginski
Published: April 21, 2010
Intuitive computing using the objects around us

In a world where we are confined to machines for our technological and informative needs there is a paradigm shift on the horizon where we will actually be able to interact with the physical objects around us and the world of computing will be seamlessly blended with the world of technology and information. This idea of interacting with objects in this way is best described by seeing an example for yourself. In the embedded TED video Pranav Mistry showcases his SixthSense technology that will be used in the future to create a more interactive world. The most amazing thing about his technology is that he will release it as open source software so anything you could imagine doing with a physical object from projecting images on any surface to looking at a map in the newspaper and having real time weather projected onto the surface to pinching text from a physical book and pasting it to the surface of another object or dragging it to your computer screen all with simple intuitive hand gestures will be possible. After watching the video feel free to post useful ways you could see people using this technology in the comments section.

Hypem MP3 track cleaning application

By
Brian Roginski
Published: March 3, 2010
Here it is! The Hype Machine track cleansing application…
Now you can automatically clean up all your mp3’s you download using the technique in my article: http://laymanstech.com/?p=74  by simply selecting the input directory with all your dirty tracks and then a directory to output the clean tracks. This will work on any dirty mp3 files. It grabs the ID3 bits encoded into the file and translates them into Album, Title, Artist etc… then renames the song title and depending on the options you select you can output the file in a folder structure like Artist/Album/NameOfSong.mp3 or just NameOfSong.mp3.

Here it is! The Hype Machine track cleansing application…

Now you can automatically clean up all your mp3’s you download using the technique in my article: http://laymanstech.com/?p=74 by simply selecting the input directory with all your dirty tracks and then a directory to output the clean tracks. This will work on any dirty mp3 files in any input directory you specify in the app. It grabs the ID3 bits encoded into the file and translates them into Album, Title, Artist etc… then renames the song title and depending on the options you select you can output the file in a folder structure like Artist/Album/NameOfSong.mp3 or just NameOfSong.mp3. You can download the source below or the application exe.

Hypeapp

Dirty Tracks (the tracks downloaded off Hype Machine or pandora):

dirtytracks

Clean Tracks (Titles only selected)

cleantracks(songonly)

Clean Tracks added to new directory structure:

cleantracks(directory)

Why Should You Get Windows 7? Well, Make an Informed Decision.

By
Brian Roginski
Published: October 28, 2009

Navigating the abundant new features of an operating system release like Windows 7 can seem a bit overwhelmingwin7, I mean, what do you need to pay attention to and how do you justify the upgrade expense? With that said our friends at Microsoft have released a product guide that caters to Laymen and professionals alike. Full of incredible details providing a look at the many new features that make new things possible, simplify your every day tasks and unlike Vista show how Windows 7 works the way you want it to. Aside from careful attention to detail and Layman approved explanations there are some great screen captures to give you a visual walk-through of all the amazing features Windows 7 has to offer. So, before you go out and jump on the bandwagon make an informed decision, sit down and take a look at what Windows 7 has to offer to determine whether or not you really need to make the jump. After all, your PC is a tool you use on a daily basis so if a half hour of your time to read through the guide is all it takes to be that much more informed, why not? You can pick up the guide here: Windows 7 guide