Practical Gadgetry

Archive: 08-2007

• Create Frets on Fire songs with your XBOX 360 guitar

  This is the second in a series of posts I am doing on Frets on Fire/Guitar Hero. In the first post, I showed how to use your XBOX 360 guitar with Frets on Fire. OK, so I’ll assume...

  Posted by Shawn Morton | August 23, 2007, 12:22 PM PDT

• Play Frets on Fire with your XBOX 360 guitar

  This post is the first in a series I am doing on Frets on Fire/Guitar Hero. Last year, Sami Kyöstilä, Tommi Inkilä and Joonas Kerttula released a free, open source app called Frets on Fire that...

  Posted by Shawn Morton | August 20, 2007, 8:23 AM PDT

• Watching ABC.com video streams in your living room

  There are a lot of different options out there for getting Web content streamed to your PC. In a series of posts over the next couple of weeks, I will take a look at a few of your choices and show...

  Posted by Shawn Morton | August 10, 2007, 11:57 AM PDT

• Update on my XBOX 360 repair

  Back on July 12th, I posted about my 3rd failed XBOX 360. At the time, I was quoted 4-6 weeks for getting my console back. This morning, I called XBOX support and found out that my console is...

  Posted by Shawn Morton | August 7, 2007, 7:03 AM PDT

• Convert your favorite vinyl albums to MP3s with the Ion iTTUSB turntable

  I remember a time when the best, most portable way to play music was with a vinyl record. For many of you that may seem like ancient history, but for me the vinyl album is how I think of music...

  Posted by Mark Kaelin | August 3, 2007, 9:05 AM PDT