Fellowship of the Customized  Ring Tone
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In a short time, in a public way -- while on Metro, or in line at Starbucks, or inside a movie theater -- ring tones signal who you are. Or who you want people to think you are.-The Washington Post
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This week in my random survey of activity on the mail-lists for Linux sound &amp; music software I'll look at two very different software drum machines and a keystroke macro that enters LilyPond music notation into an Open Office text document. And if that isn't enough I've included four thrilling screenshots and links to three entertaining audio files to entice and maintain your interest. Read on for more...
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Chris Hartjes has posted the first part of a series on the "rebirth" of a component that was contributed to the Zend Framework - Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler (to interface with the Audioscrobbler service from Last.fm).   Many moons ago I set out (along with my friend Derek) to make a contribution to Zend Framework in the form of an add-on to let people easily access the Audioscrobbler web service. We worked really hard, implemented all the features of the web service at that time. Imagine our surprise when it got accepted as part of the 1.0 release of Zend Framework! Awesome! It even has it's own entry in the manual and everything.   He admits, though, that the code is not all that it could be and cites some examples as well as ways he would make it all work so much better.
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Tired of having to choose between Rihanna and Young Jeezy for your phone? It's easy to create a ringtone that is a little more you and a lot less them.
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Cell phones in public are annoying--when other people use them. But how do we tackle the problem?
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Eleven days ago I wrote a blog post describing a call-in service that I'd like to use to create a podcast with my friend and fellow blogger Robert Scoble. A new service (or one that I just became aware of) comes achingly close to doing what I want. Maybe it goes all the way there, but I've not seen how to do it. First, here's how it works. 1. Call 646-495-9201 x 49763. 2. Talk. 3. Hangup. There will be a new recording here.  http://drop.io/tradesecrets  Looks good!  But there are two problems. 1. The RSS feed doesn't have an enclosure, and even if you were willing to scrape the HTML there's no pointer to an MP3 file. 2. There's no pointer to an MP3 file on the landing page, although there appears to be one if you don't look at the HTML source. Tricky. It was enough to get Mike Arrington at Techcrunch to think it was there. I have a call into Mike to discuss. A caveat, I am also in touch with the folks at BlogTalkRadio. I want this service, and we're close to having it now. drop.io doesn't go quite far enough, they clearly want to drive traffic to their site, and appear unwilling to let the MP3 out into the wild. Interesting stuff!!  Update: I did a podcast with Robert and Patrick Scoble using drop.io. I was able to download the MP3, although it pretty well hidden, and upload it to my S3 account.
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This week, a company is launching technology that will make it possible for someone to choose what appears on phones that have Caller ID, the feature for displaying identifying information about an incoming call.
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The Frankenstein-style gadget combines audio/video playback, VOIP, Wi-Fi, pseudo-GPS and podcast software. In Listening Post.
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Today's hottest cell phones feature full keyboards.
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iTunes now allows you to download ringtones and convert some of your existing songs to iPhone ringtones, assuming you don't use the widely circulated hacks to avoid the fee.
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Blog: Exploring future product opportunities using the iPhone's components
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Despite Apple's best efforts, hackers find ways to load custom ringtones onto the iPhone without buying them from the iTunes store. Though Apple updates its iTunes software to block loopholes, hackers stay one step ahead. Show us what you've got, in this How To Wiki for new and interesting hacks.
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The premium mobile phone features sounds by Brian Eno. In Gear Factor.
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Techniques designed to make suspects incriminate themselves through calls or texts
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Chris Hartjes has posted again about the "rebirth" of a Zend Framework component he's worked on - the Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler.   So, dear readers, I received some nice emails and comments from those you have used Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler, along with having a nice email conversation with Wil Sinclair from Zend.   He still wants to "rip things up and start over", but has decided on a slightly different route - mapping the older function calls to the new ones via a __call catch and including a message stating that the older function call would be deprecated.
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OpenSong is a free software application for managing chords and lyrics sheets (lead sheets), presenting lyrics (and custom slides) using a projector, and much more! Great for worship leaders and musicians! This next release contains quite a few bug fixes, set list printing, proxy support, module loading, a new background image chooser, backgrounds folders, songs folders, multiple themes per song, key field, aka field, key line field, ccli import now imports the new song fields, configurable alert font, live scripture browsing during presentations, HTML song export, and more! Everything has been moved around and optimized. Now with multiple language support. This is a great update to 0.9.8.   You can find the latest release here:  https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=108754&package_id=117409
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Ring tones on mobile phones were once  considered cool if they simply sounded musical. Then phones  starting ringing to the tune of a pop song, giving way to "ring  songs."