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...started burning my own CDs lately, and not since kindergarten have I made so many coasters. "Making coasters," in case you haven't heard, is the technical term for what happens when a mistake occurs in the audio CD (or CD-R) creation process. You can't re-record a CD-R, so you might as well rest your coffee mug on it. I bought a CD-R drive for my PC only a month ago, and my coffee table has never been so well protected...
...Then I tried MusicMatch (free at musicmatch.com, plus $30 to upgrade to the fast-burning version). Success at last! But there were still problems. The program doesn't tell you if playlists are too long for the CD until you hit RECORD, and some of my MusicMatch-made CDs skipped like a heavyweight boxer. Real Jukebox (at Real.com, also free for basic and $30 for fast-burning) had a better track record, but only because the Real people sent me a software patch that isn't publicly available yet. Before that, it wouldn't even admit my CD-R drive...
...what do I do with all these failed CDs? A colleague here told me her father hangs his in the garden to scare away birds and deer. Any other ideas? The reader with the most inventive use for a useless CD wins a box of coasters...
...artists featured in your report about the comeback of rock [MUSIC, June 11] are some of the most creative and talented musicians of the past decade. I have looked forward to the release of the new CDs from rockers Tool and Weezer as monumental events in my life. However, I anticipate the demise of mindless, commercial teen pop even more. I hope that you are right to predict that the music industry is undergoing a major change and that CD sales and critical acclaim will inspire other rock acts to emerge. I have endured the boy and girl bands long...
...they jam, and the pictures often deteriorate over time. If you feel in need of an upgrade, take a look at the Terapin CD Video Recorder ($499). As its name implies, the device records video from your TV, VCR or camcorder and then burns it onto regular old CDs. Video on CDs? It sounds weird, but you can play them on a PC with a CD-ROM drive, or on some DVD players or on the Terapin itself...