Atlantis in bits

iTunes is really a good player for organizing medias ( I don’t mean it’s good at playing them), especially with iPod. But it lacks many common features which exist in other players, and doesn’t provide any plug-in or scripts mechanism to enhance it by ourselves. Following 3 features are what I want to have with my iTunes：

• After downloading subscribed podcast, sync iPod if connected.
• Backup (support, but partially) or move podcast files to another place periodically.
• Execute a action (such as pause, sync, or update podcast) at a specified time.

At present, I am quite busy. Probably I have to write a tool to do such things by myself.

Last Saturday, I attended a concert (Eastern Elegant Music – Shuang Que, 东方雅韵 – 双阙) performed by some Chinese instruments(erhu and yangqin). It’s my first time to enjoy a concert. And I find the sounds and the effect of those instruments are different with those from CDs or MP3s.

Actually, I planned to attend this concert because I love the sounds of erhu and I love the melodious sounds of most of the bowed instrument. But finally, I found the sounds of yangqin are various and very impressive. The performer even used some fingerings(such as gun fo 滚拂) usually used for guqin to play some glissandi sounds.

Following is a picture of the performing hall. It’s also really beautiful, especially in the picture, .