Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Jef Raskin, who most consider the father of the Macintosh computer.
Mr. Raskin was born March 9, 1943, and died on February 26, 2005. He joined Apple as employee #31 in January 1978. It was Mr. Raskin who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, with the idea of creating a cheap and easy to use computer marketed to the masses.
MyMac.com conducted an interview with Mr. Raskin back in September 1999. We asked him if, at the time, not receiving credit for his role in creating the Macintosh was upsetting. He wrote “I am upset when the creation of the Mac is attributed to Jobs. It’s sloppy reporting. On the other hand, Jobs’ role in bringing the Mac out was also crucial, as were the contributions of hundreds, indeed, thousands of others at Apple and elsewhere.”
You can read the entire review at this link.
Show notes for the February 24th, 2005 PodCast
The Big Announcements this week!
#1 We have a Sponsor! More Information on who and how next week!
#2 The MyMac.com PodCast Contest Information! Should we do a music quiz or Apple quiz for our contest next week? Help us decide! Send us feedback or leave a note below. What are we giving away? Check ‘em out below!
PodPro noise-reducing headphones
Company: MacAlly
Price: $69.00
http://macally.com/spec/ipod/
When doing my first daily booth cruise at the recent MacWorld Expo, I noticed MacAlly’s new PodPro noise reduction headphones. Being the not-very satisfied owner of Sony MDR-NC5 Headphones, I wanted to evaluate the new MacAlly offering.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you were a rock star? We have visions of fame and riches, women throwing themselves at you, luxuries and prima donnas. While the women throwing themselves at you part might be a perk, the music industry is a business, and it is not always a pretty one.
Fred Allen said about Hollywood, “You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” While he was referring to the movie side of Hollywood, it seems to apply to the music side as well, nation wide. Many people really, really don’t like the record labels, and if you want to know why then read on. But I warn you making music is like making sausage; it’s much better if you don’t know what goes into it.
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The Seibold Review: Phillips AmbiLight 42″ Plasma TV
Plasma TV, LCD TV, CRT (aka direct view), HDTV, Digital TV etc. There are so many acronyms and so much chatter about TV these days it can get very confusing. The average Joe doesn’t care about all the standards, the competing technologies (Plasma -vs- LCD) all they want to know is: How does any particular model stack up? Today let us run the 42″ Phillips Ambilight through its paces.
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A Decade of MyMac.com – 1995 – 2005 Part 2
1996-1997
The start of our thirteenth issue was huge for me: we had a cover artist! It was May 1996, and Mike Gorman had agreed to create covers for our digital magazine. The first was perfect, showing a fit, tan guy that said “end of summer 1995” Next to the same guy, now pale-white, bloated, and sickly looking, with the caption “Beginning of Summer 1996 – Too much AOL!” It was great!
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Special Guest David K. Every joins Tim Robertson for this weeks PodCast
David K. Every, on a half hour notice, joined Tim today for this weeks PodCast. Co-Host Chad Perry was unable to broadcast today, so David was kind enough to join Tim via iChat AV.
Show links:
iChat AV
The CELL processor report can be downloaded here
Read more of David Every’s work at
mackido.com & iGeek.com
NewerTech iBook G3 14.8V 4800mAh Clamshell original iBook replacement battery
Company: Other World Computing / NewerTech
Price: $140 US
http://www.macsales.com & http://www.newertech.com
Apple’s original clamshell (or “toilet seat”) G3 iBooks are great portable computers. They scream in OS 9 and they work in OS X without any serious difficulties. But their replacement batteries were expensive and not easy to locate. Until now.
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iLife 05
Company: Apple Computers
Price: $79
http://www.apple.com/ilife
I am not a rich man. This means several things. It means I can’t just hop on a private jet and go to a MacWorld Expo when they happen. It means I can’t just drop everything and sip pina coladas on a tropical beach with a warm beach breeze shooting up my bathing suit watching scantily clad girls with very little on frolic and, well never mind all that. What it mostly means is that I have responsibilities and bills to pay. With two kids and a mortgage, I don’t have lots of spare cash, so when a bargain comes along; I try to take advantage of it. iLife 05 at $79 is such a bargain.
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MyMac Podcast for Friday, Feb 11, 2005.
Hey, a new PodCast! Also, we have the BaldRat picture online now!
iPod Armor
Company: Matias Corporation
Price: $30 – $50, depending on model
http://www.ipodarmor.com
Want to protect your Pod from everything and everyone, especially yourself? Or provide solid coverage while Podding out and about? iPod Armor is your solution.
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Introducing Scroll Down Books
MyMac.com is proud today to introduce our new ebook publishing division, Scroll Down Books.
Scroll Down Books are ebooks, written by some of the most talented writers in the Mac world. Our first two books are now for sale. The first two are:
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Neale Monks will take you though the process of spending your money wisely when you can’t run out and buy a new Mac. He offers you the background on the different Mac models, back to the start of Apple and up to the almost brand new models coming out of Cupertino. He will take you through the good and bad points of each model and whether it’s a good idea to buy, upgrade or not even bother. So if you’re considering your options for buying used, Neale Monks’ book is a must-have!
MyMac.com PodCast for 2/3/05. Download it HERE.
Two MAJOR announcements on today’s show!
We welcome MP3 feedback emailed to THIS address! Send us your voice comments, songs, and more! We will try and play each MP3 file sent to us.
Aluminum PowerBook battery and 65 watt PowerBook battery charger
Company: Newer Technology
Price: $109 / $49.95
http://eshop.macsales.com
Newer Technology 4800mAH Aluminum PowerBook battery
Price: $109.00
Newer Technology 65 watt PowerBook battery charger
Price: $49.95
Newer Technology has been adding to its line of batteries and chargers for Apple PowerBooks. The Weeks division of MyMac.com labs has been flogging them to some time, to see if they have the juice, so to speak. I tested a 4800mAh (53.3 Watt-Hour) Aluminum PowerBook battery, along with a 65 watt-hour PowerBook battery charger.
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The exhibition area of Moscone Center’s Macworld Expo in San Francisco is a madhouse. During four long days on the showroom floor taking photos, meeting with companies, and posting articles to MyMac.com, I observed important trends emerging from the chaos.
Other web sites, including Macworld Magazine, TidBITS and Small Dog’s Kibbles & Bytes publish their “best of” from the Expo. Here at MyMac.com we took a different approach, focusing on products and companies that offer more than meets the eye with regard to innovation.
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When the UPS delivery arrived during dinner on Thursday night I nearly jumped out of my skin. The Small Dog Electronics shipment was here, a full day early. But my extra RAM was missing, so I had to wait until Saturday morning to set up my new supertoys.
Here is a photo essay in thirteen pictures of the process of going from old iMac and new heavy cartons to new G5 + 20” Cinema Display. Tremendous thanks to:
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