My MP3 collection is getting tidier. I am down to about 5850 tracks. Well, actualy it is a few less since I have the audio CD’s from the ABC series on The Olympics called ‘The Games’ there, and that takes up 21 tracks. I managed to get THE GAMES listed as audiobooks, and the way that this gets done is rather strange.

Firstly they needed to be imported in AAC format rather than MP3 which is what I prefer. This gives them a .M4A extension. So to get them into AudioBook format you need to change the extension to .M4B. Then just get iTunes to Synch them to the iPod. As simple as that. I will have to edit the files to give them a decent description though.

When I was thinking of getting an iPod I saw that there was a program to remotely control it from windows. Now I have one I no longer can find the program. Not that I have been looking too hard – but it is something that I am trying to find. Where I place my iPod is in a place where I have to stretch to use it. So a remote control on the desktop would be cool.

This morning I wanted to know which vehicles were closest to a particular vehicle. I realised that this is a feature that this is a feature that people will use if it is there, but not ask for it since they do not know they need it. So I have added it this morning. It did not take much time as I had most of the code already written. I have assumed that the earth is a perfect sphere to make the maths easier. This is only a problem if you care if the closest vehicle is 6,234Km away instead of 6,237Km away for instance. In most cases it does not matter.