Does it work using just livejournal.com?

edit: my guess is no, but there's a firefox extension that will do it for you: [link]

PC question from a PC-ignoramus:

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

I use (and am mostly happy with) Senuti on my Mac but it is not available for Windows. I ask especially because I want to find something super user-friendly for him due to his not-very-techness and I don't know anything about PCs.

Also - iPod users - it is possible to have your iPod cross-formated for both PCs and Macs, correct? Are there problems with doing that?

I just gave him my old iMac because he is computer-less, but his iPod has only ever been used with his folks' PC. I just wondered if I should warn him about potential problems. Or if it's just not possible at all.

Thanks.

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys? For DSL service for Macs running OS X. We currently steal internet from the Frat Boys Next Door, who have a Linksys that works great (for us), but the Netgear is cheaper by 1/2. Thoughts?

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

Ephpod has been mentioned around here.

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys?

I originally bought a Linksys and returned it because I was having installation issues (I am running OX 10.4). Apparently the issue was the Linkys I bought had a speed booster that doesn't get along with OS X. It was much easier for me to install the Netgear I purchased next (which was about $20 cheaper as well). The Netgear router has worked great for me so far.

Ephpod has been mentioned

I will do some googling. Thanks, Daniel.

tina, depending on which firmware the ipod is running, ephpod will not work.

the best thing might be to mount the ipod and copy the music files over to the hard drive. This only worked for about 50% of my music when I tried it over the New Year.

Anapod Explorer is pretty good, but it is $25.

it is possible to have your iPod cross-formated for both PCs and Macs, correct?

I'm pretty sure it can only be formatted to use one or the other. However, maybe you can do like Lenubian says -- mount it onto the Mac as a hard drive and copy the music over? Then reformat it to work with the iMac.

I've plugged my Nano into both my PC and Mac with no problems with iTunes--it's PC formatted.

I also use my iPod on both platforms. The one thing to look out for is that you have to hook it up to a PC first -- the first time a new (or newly reformatted) iPod is used, it will format itself to match the computer it's hooked up to*. Macs can read the PC format (just as they can read USB thumb drives, PC formatted disks, and so on), but PCs can't read the Mac format.

* Actually, I'm lying -- they all come in the PC format, and a Mac will immediately reformat a new one (that is, if you haven't typed in your serial number -- it doesn't matter whether you hit the button to submit your data to Apple) but will leave it alone once it's been initialized (Apple has never given me a good answer about why they do things this way -- my life would be a lot easier if they gave people the choice when they plug into a Mac.)

Macs can read the PC format (just as they can read USB thumb drives, PC formatted disks, and so on), but PCs can't read the Mac format.

OK, that explains it. Except that mine, purchased a year ago, and FAQWife's, purchased a few months before that, both came Mac Formatted out of the box. When I plugged them into my PC, they both needed to be reformatted for PC before I could proceed.