OMG I hate iTunes so MUCH.

I got a new external hard drive--500GB! Yay!-- and I thought it would be simple to just copy over my music folder to the new hard drive. Which I did--except now iTunes can't read any of my playlists. Where does iTunes hide the playlist data and how do I make it move them? Or do I have to suck it up and rebuild my playlists?

Moving all your iTunes music to an external drive is not as simple as one might think.

Check out this howto: [link]

Ooh! Bookmarked!

I plan on getting an external drive like 'Suela's sometime soon, so that's useful information. Thanks, tommyrot!

Thank you, Tommyrot! I was trying to avoid consolidating my library, but clearly that is not possible.

Off to make the fix.

When I moved my stuff, it has somehow given three copies of each thing, and I am having to manually delete the dupes. My library was not very organized to begin with and was all over my computer. It has been very confusing.

If I had a bit more time, I'd write you a program to do that Wolfram. If you don't have one by Wednesday next week, I could probably write one in my dead time. Just a polling thread to check the directory, a UI to set up emails, email server, the directory to check etc.., a little save and load code, and a thread synchronization class.

If I have an index page that includes another page with a server-side include, will a link on the index page point to a named anchor on the included page?

I think so, Dana. From the browser's point of view, there is no separate included file -- it's all on the index page -- so the anchored link will also appear to be on the index page.

Awesome. I'll give it a try.

Stephen Fry on his new tech toy:

On a happier note, I have added to my collection of unnecessary but pleasing technological doo-dads. I have not spent any time in the bathroom with you yet, so I am very happy to report that Oral-B has come up with a mad new electric toothbrush. It is so over-engineered as almost to defy description. A base station, where sits and charges the toothbrush itself, transmits by radio to a receiving element. The receiver substation is a plastic cartouche complete with obligatory LCD screen called a SmartGuide (phrases compressed with UpperCaseLetters such as this are DeRigueur for today’s sad MarketingPerson), which gives a reading of how long you’ve brushed, and how long you’ve got to go in each of the quadrants of the mouth, according to “professional” brushing standards recommended by dentists. It also tells you the time and rewards you with a smiley face when you’re done. Sigh. I think I’m in love.

It is basically, of course, an electric toothbrush, a class of good that appeared to be in the doldrums a few years ago. They would sit mournfully gathering dust in locked cabinets in Boots, along with Philishaves and weird objects made by BaByliss - foot spas and ceramic hair rollers, that kind of thing. Recently, thanks to cheap, battery-operated models and the low cost of charging units and components, they have enjoyed something of a revival. With this model - the Oral-B®, Professional Care™ Triumph™ (with Wireless SmartGuide) Oral-B (”powered by Braun”) enters the luxury end of the market. I suppose, given the low cost of a basic model, the margins are so tight that it has to consider every possible way to “add value”. It is the same with shaver and razor manufacturers. The core technology has not changed for 50 years, so they have to find a way to dress up new products. Although all this wireless tosh is senseless and functionally meaningless, I love it. Brushing my teeth bores me to tears and anything - anything - that relieves the tedium of the procedure is good.

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eta: I find it impossible to read this without hearing it in Stephen Fry's voice....