A conversation tonight with my friend Rich about the upcoming re-release of Capcom’s epic fighting game Marvel vs Capcom 2 and its awesomely bad character select screen music prompted me to skirt the thing I was supposed to do when I walked in the door and instead figure out a way to make that song my new iPhone ringtone.
The following will work to get any music or sound clip from YouTube into mp3 form, and optionally into an iPhone ringtone if you are using a Mac. The whole process should take about fifteen minutes.
Step 1. Select a Video
I, of course, picked Gonna Take You For a Ride. Copy your video’s URL.
Step 2. Extract the Audio as MP3
Go to vixy.net, paste in the URL of the YouTube video, select ‘MP3 (audio only)’ from the ‘Converts to’ dropdown, click start, wait, then download the finished file. Drag the file from your computer onto iTunes to add it to your library. Select the new song, right-click and choose ‘Get Info’, then set the proper song info.
Step 3. Create a Ringtone
Follow the Garage Band ringtone guide at tuaw.com. Sync your iPhone (make sure ‘All Ringtones’ is set in the syncing options). On your iPhone, go to Settings > Sounds > Ringtone and choose the new ringtone from the list, OR, edit a person in your Contacts and assign the ringtone specifically to them, which leaves the “everybody” ringtone alone.
Enjoy!
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Why, in gCal in Safari, when I click a day to add a new event, type a description, tab to the Calendar pull-down, then hit tab again, do I wind up in the Location bar? I want to be on the “Create Event” button, so I can just hit ENTER and be done! It works correctly in Firefox and Opera…WTF, Safari? WTF?!
Go to… Safari > Preferences > Advanced > check-off “Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage”. This will let you toggle through all controls (including text links) in Safari.
Then go to… System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > check-off “Press Tab for… All Controls” at the bottom. This will allow you to toggle through all controls on all windows, such as “OK / Cancel” confirmation boxes. It also fixes the Safari issue (in case you didn’t set the Safari preferences) except it doesn’t allow for text link highlighting.
A side thought for anyone reading this — In Safari and Firefox on the Mac, try using the Tab key along with the Spacebar to highlight and confirm your choices, instead of Tab and the Enter key. Most web forms default the Enter key to the submit/go/search button on the form, which is sometimes undesirable. Using the Spacebar also allows for you to toggle checkbox and radio buttons (which you’ll need to use the arrow keys to navigate).
Twenty hours after I updated a project to WordPress 2.6.1, those bug-fixing bastards at WordPress HQ release version 2.6.2.
I knew this was going to happen. I could feel it in the air, and smell it in my fingertips.
Damnit.
37signals just added comments to To-Do items in Basecamp.
Basecamp users — read that sentence again.
You can attach files and set email notifications to To-Do Comments, just like you can on Messages. Now that I pause for a moment, these Comments work exactly like Messages except they are attached to a specific To-Do.
So, umm, dad? It looks like our problem has been solved.
Starting mid-August, 37signals will be phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 across all their products.
For 37s, this change means less limitations on the structure and interface of their applications, and no longer having to bug test for a seven-year-old piece of software.
For the web development community, this is a signal (no pun intended) from the big-boys that dropping IE 6 support may soon be a reality for all of us.
I still remember the day I decided to stop supporting IE 5.5 in my work. That, my friends, was a good day. A good day indeed.
Microsoft should pay attention to Apple’s newest strategy with Snow Leopard — streamline the back-end to make the front-end lighter and faster, and leave the new features for the following release.
Here’s the official first word:
Since 2001, Mac OS X has delivered more than a thousand innovative new features. With Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system, Mac OS X changes more than its spots, it changes focus. Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard’s enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality. Snow Leopard dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valuable hard drive space for their music and photos.
Also, Safari 4 is taking the same approach. Few new features are being added, but it’s now fully web-standards compliant and processes JavaScript much, much faster.
