Category Archives: Hobbies and Other Interests
Tip, convert midi to wav, and burn to audio CD
It is possible to record your own piano performance into audio CD. See the figure below. Some digital pianos, like Yamaha Clavinova 430, can record your songs in midi, and later convert them into wav files on your USB … Continue reading
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Lingoes, Tool for offline dictionary (and thesaurus)
Lingoes is one of the free alternatives for offline dictionary. Common use is for translating words between languages, but it has other use as well. Results from different dictionaries are visible at once (see below). Positive: huge collection of … Continue reading
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Audio book “Jane Eyre”
LibriVox is one of those sites which holds free audio books. Audio books might fit nicely especially for travellers. I was happily surprised of the quality of the audio book “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë, and read by Elizabeth Klett. … Continue reading
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Online site to view and analyze your GPS track file (GPX)
Maxplorer is a site to see your GPX file. It provides additinal information about your track. More than the GPX viewers are showing. See an example below. GPS track was captured by Maverick Android application.
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Open Street Map Viewer (OSMV), Tool to see GPS track files (GPX)
Open Street Map Viewer can be used. Please note, that it is still under development. Test track is taken with Maverick application. Google Maps source worked fine. Same with Open Street Map. Another alternative to see GPX files … Continue reading
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Mobile Atlas Creator, Tool for creating maps for offline use
Mobile Atlas Creator is a tool for creating offline maps for your android phone. For example, if you are travelling, and you don’t have access to mobile internet, then it is great to have offline maps with you. Below is … Continue reading
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Maverick, Application for GPS navigation and tracking
There are many free GPS related applications available in Android Market. Maverick is one of them. Home page is here . Best features are: support for various map formats maps can be online or offline maps and tracks can be … Continue reading
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