New sound using the Mackie DFX-6 Mixer and the Heil PR-20 Microphone. Annoying Leopard printer issue resolved, iPhone vs. iBook, homework assignment to find someone in Montana and Vermont to listen to the podcast. Paint programs for the Mac to help windows switchers: Paintbrush from paintbrush.sourceforge.net and TuxPaint from tuxpaint.org. Honda Bob’s site gets a […]
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#127 XO Laptop (One Laptop Per Child), GarageBand ringtones, Web-based Mactracker, Anxient, ImageWell
Review of the XO Laptop, otherwise known as the OLPC from One Laptop Per Child at laptop.org. Garageband lets you create custom ringtones for free, Google maps improved, MacTracker for the iPhone and iPod Touch at iphone.mactracker.ca. In Chit Chat Across the Pond with Bart Busschots of bartbusschots.ie we talk about Anxiety App from anxietyapp.com, […]
Continue readingMore Tag#126 Soundsoap, laptop review, DigitalColor Meter, Time Machine, arRsync
Last week’s disastrous sound problems explained (SoundSoap plugin to WireTap Studio was the culprit, Connors points out NosillaCast is moving up in iTunes and tells us about DigitalColor Meter. A more thorough review of the Compaq 6820s laptop with some surprises, Robert waxes his car, inexpensive cable source at monoprice.com. In Chit Chat Across the […]
Continue readingMore TagAudio Repaired on Episode #125
You may have noticed some NASTY distortion in the file I posted on Sunday night. The guys over at Ambrosia Software – Michael, Andrew and Dominic were great – they worked with me late Friday night and again today trying to figure out what the heck was wrong. That kind of service shouldn’t ever be […]
Continue readingMore Tag#125 Phishing, Together, Bento redux, MPAA takedown
Allison’s published in iProng Magazine at iprongmagazine.com, Jimi Lee from Radio Chatanooga at indieradiochattanooga.com explains one reason Google Docs are good, Phishing scam using Hallmark eCards, new anime podcast by my friend Donald called Otaku no Podcast at otakunopodcast.com. A review of Together from reinventedsoftware.com along with an interview of the developer, Steve Harris. Listener […]
Continue readingMore Tag#124 Lingon, Mac Google Desktop, Bento, QT vulnerability, Auto Gain Control in Skype
Allison gets a Vista laptop at work, Allison co-hosts The MacCore Podcast, PubSubAgent resolved for now, Lingon from lingon.sourceforge.net for messing with your daemons, RemoteBuddy from iospirit.com is too hard to use. Why Google Docs are lame, why Google cool with Picasa Web Album uploader from picasa.google.com finally works with iPhoto ’08 and Google Desktop […]
Continue readingMore Tag#123 USB Missile Launcher, TextExpander, Leopard Redux
Technology doom experience at the Cross Country banquet, Graham tests out the NosillaCast on a Zune, USB Missile Lanucher from thinkgeek.com. Honda Bob’s Recommendations at hdabob.com/Recommendations.htm. New homework assignment to assemble a list of mobile websites for screenreaders for the blind, Textpander vs. TextExpander 2 from Smile on My Mac. In Chit Chat Across the […]
Continue readingMore Tag#122 RapidoSerial, Jessie’s blind Mac review, Menu bar apps
Wiretap Studio correction, thanks for all the iTunes reviews, RapidoSerial from app4mac.com, online Wall Street Journal to be free eventually. Interview with blind Mac user Jessie Hernandez and Bart’s review of his favorite Menu bar apps. Listen to the Podcast Once (38 min 25 sec) [tags]Leopard, wax, Macintosh, art, WireTap[/tags]
Continue readingMore Tag#121 Interview with Victor Cajiao
As promised last week, here’s my interview with Victor Cajiao of the Typical Mac User Podcast at typicalmacuser.com. Listen to the Podcast Once (19 min 52 sec) [tags]Leopard, wax, Macintosh[/tags]
Continue readingMore Tag#120 ArtText, WireTap Studio, Animoto, Leopard Firewall & the Trojan
Menu Meters to measure my processors, from Raging Menace at ragingmenace.com, Shaun’s artwork at qwalsiusstudios.com, hilarious and serious reviews on iTunes – thanks! Art Text review from Tim/Alex from BeLight Software, belightsoft.com. WireTap Studio from Ambrosia Software at ambrosiasw.com, Animoto to make cool movies with your photos and no work at animoto.com, Bart from bartbusschotts.ie […]
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