I've got an audio CD rip that's all in one big .wav file along with an associated .cue file. I'd like to use the information in the .cue file to split it up into separate tracks. What is the best/simplest way to do this? Either Windows or Mac software is fine.

Lehman Bros bites the dust tomorrow and Washington Mutual is unlikely to survive beyond next week. Merrill Lynch and AIG are both in very precarious positions. These aren't small institutions... What are your thoughts on the ongoing implosion in banking? For me it's moved from just a...

I'm kind of tired of my daily coffee habit, so I've been thinking about brewing some kind of energy drink. It's fairly easy to get pure powdered caffeine and guarana at health food stores, and I can probably powder some ginseng on my own. Any suggestions on recipes? Also, does anyone know if...

It looks like the liquidity crisis has finally trickled down to students as some banks are no longer offering private student loans: US credit crunch hits education as banks abandon student loans - Times Online I've been worried about this happening for a while. It's one thing to hear about...

It looks like the Wii Fit is set for release in North America in three weeks. Reviews of the Japanese version seem to be really good. Anyone else excited? Jock strap + Wii strap = Win?

Fun times in the financial industry... after becoming insolvent and receiving an emergency bailout (but being no longer able to attract new business), it looks like Bear Stearns is either going to be sold or declare bankruptcy in the next couple of days: Bear Stearns Weekend Talks Reveal 2 Key...

I had no idea women were making inroads in sumo. Some interesting links: The Telegraph - Calcutta East West - The Asian American Lifestyle Magazine - An Inside Look at Shin Sumo Seems like a good idea... sumo being male only was pretty sexist. What are your thoughts? Anyone follow the...

The Financial Times is reporting that Paramount is likely going to drop HD-DVD support based on an escape clause in their contract that said if Warner switched, they could too: FT.com / Home UK / UK - Paramount in HD DVD blow If this happens, the format war is over.

Rolling Stone just posted this article... really thorough and interesting, with examples of the loudness war, both visual and audio, plus discussion of other issues like excessive use of Protools and mixing for MP3: The Death of High Fidelity : Rolling Stone

Here's a question I've been wondering about: cooking oil (well lard actually) is the most cost-effective item in the grocery store on a calories per dollar basis. Would it be possible to survive -- even thrive -- by eating only cooking oil and vitamin supplements? You'd only have to eat about...

The master is back: YouTube - "Cherry Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday ...with girls, grills, '80s vintage computers, and a taxidermied squirrel!

So the "gPhone" operating system was announced today. What are your thoughts? I think it's pretty exciting, but from reading the transcript of the conference call, there is a huge vaporware component at present. It's supposed to work on all phones with a 200MHz+ ARM processor, targeted...

In a rumble, who would win? My money is on any of the Pokemon, except maybe Pikachu. Mudkip or Blastoise could savage Naruto. Thoughts? (I'll admit I don't really get the special appeal of Naruto. The shows seem to be made for roughly the same age group in Japan (maybe offset by 2-3 years)...

Very interesting statistics on current Blu-ray and HD-DVD disc sales: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/564 Despite all the hype in the media, neither format is selling well. The sales numbers are almost absurdly low... to make the weekly top 10 list, a title only has to sell 800 copies...

I've had my CX300s for about a month now and I really like them -- they're just what I needed for non-critical listening. The problem is that yesterday, I noticed the sound balance had shifted quite significantly to the left year. I bought mine from an authorized dealer, so I can send them in...

In response to an issue raised by a few posters in the spanking thread, I thought I'd post a poll about your attitude towards using physical discipline techniques with dogs and other trainable pets. Would you/do you hit your dog as a form of discipline? Do you feel it is appropriate? This is...

I'm going to law school in the fall after being in the workforce for a number of years, and I'm trying to decide on a laptop to get since I don't have one now. I'd like the opinion of you guys. Basically, I've narrowed the decision down to either a Macbook Pro or one of the ThinkPad X41...

I've been thinking of buying either a Shuffle or Nano, mostly to listen to podcasts in my wood shop. I know that on the Nano, if you're listening to an hour-long podcast and stop it somewhere in the middle, it remembers ("bookmarks") where you were, so next time you go back to listening, you're...

Better than Windows Solitaire by a huge margin. I love this site: http://www.boohbah.com/zone.html (Works best if you have sound turned on.)

GREAT new tweak reviewed at Positive Feedback: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue23/quantum.htm Only about half the size and one tenth the weight of the VPI Magic Brick! As the reviewer points out, "one or two Disrupters are mandatory for tweaking a top system."

Positive Feedback reviews it: http://www.positive-feedback.com/Iss...lock_nespa.htm Looks like an essential upgrade! (Or not, depending on your opinion of the web rags.) Though actually, I think one of the more interesting parts of the review is the reviewer's discussion about home...

This might be just the vehicle you're looking for: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Uniqu...QQcmdZViewItem

I was out shopping today and spent my first real chunk of time looking at HDTVs. I'm a hard person to impress, but IMHO it is definitely true that the HDTV picture quality is amazing in comparison to regular TV. However, I was less than impressed with the quality of DVDs played on HDTVs. The...

I've been considering the Headroom MicroDAC for home use. I've done a search and read most of the postings about it, but there isn't really anything definitive as far as I can see. There are a couple reviews of the Micro Stack, but in those it's hard to know how much of what's being heard is due...

I was thinking about this the other day. People say that ferrites on power cords need to be removed because they constrict the sound and degrade sound quality. Yet, many of those same people are strong advocates of power conditioning, and almost all power conditioners contain chokes and...