The Internet is full of sound. Most of it is annoying, but occasionally there might be a streaming radio station, RealAudio file or something similar that is actually interesting and you'd like to keep a copy of. Unfortunately some sound formats do not lend themselves to being easy to download and copy, whether this be as a piracy prevention precaution or just a technological flaw.

Enter then the slightly strangely named but totally free-of-charge MP3myMP3 Recorder, as mentioned on the excellent Lifehacker. Its tag line: "If you can hear it, you can record it".

This seems to be mostly true, except if you have certain sound card setups which still prevent it happening. Basically it records from any audio source your computer has available, and if you pick something corresponding to "all sound output" such as wave mix or stereo mix, you'll get a copy of whatever you're listening to at the time, no matter what the initial format the sound file was in. It will then, unsurprisingly, save a copy to mp3 format, or wav if you prefer.

And now the real reason the Poorhouse was interested in such a thing. A copy of the amazing end part of the episode of Byker Grove where PJ gets blinded by a paintball is sought after, basically so we can laugh at "I canna see spuggie, I canna see" dialogue or whatever the exact phrase was. This program would be ideal for saving such a thing, whether it be from an audio file, or the soundtrack of a youtube file or anything else. The only problem is that the Poorhouse extreme searching has not come up with the source material anyway. Suggestions are welcomed as to sources for this very important epoch-defining soundclip.