Tim sits down with Owen Rubin to discuss giving up caffeine, lending institutions not taking money, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and lastly Innovative Leisure. Unfortunately, outside matters take hold and we had to cut the last segment shorter than we had hoped. Look for Owen again soon on TechFan!
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Stylus Reviews – Nomad Brush and the Wacom Bamboo – Video Review
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On this show, Gaz has to do a bit of an end-around since his daughter took his beloved Mac Mini away, so it’s off to the Mini Media server with it’s 32-inch HDTV. Some 1Password love from Guy (who FINALLY bought it after saying for who knows how long he was going to) for it’s web services, and the GMen talk about online Photo services, bee stings, running CAT6 cable, and Flipper?
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Gems and Jewels is an interactive eBook that explores the impressive collection housed in the Grainger Hall of Gems in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. If you’re interested in mineralogy or jewelry, you won’t be disappointed.
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In the months leading up to the Expo we tested and perfected what was going to be a unique real-time video post production setup half a world away: 7434 miles or 11963.86km to be exact.
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With David out, Tim records and interview with Ken Ray of Mac OS Ken fame.
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Apple’s January 19th education event brings the iPad to the forefront as an educational tool to replace textbooks and classroom computers. Â Apple is once again focusing on the K-12 education market, a market it dominated in the early 1980’s with the Apple II. Â But is the iPad really the device Apple is focusing on here? Â Or is there another device in Apple’s future that this event is paving the way for? Â I think Apple needs a new device, I call the ePad.
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When we looked at Vienna Solo Strings a few months ago, mention was made of the ways in which its audio samples can be controlled’ parameters changed; presets configured and saved; sound properties experimented with, and so on. By default VSL’s bundled Vienna Instruments usually handles such control; you are referred to that review for this context..
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Speedliter’s Handbook – Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites By Syl Arena Peachpit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-321-71105-2 391 pages US $49.99, CAN $59.99 GUEST
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You’ll have to listen to find out what Chiroptophobia is, but the why they called the show that is still a mystery. Maybe they have a fear of naming things (no that would be Nomatophobia).The big 400th Podcast is coming up and Gaz and Guy can’t WAIT to give you people stuff for being so wonderful about listening to the show! However they seem to be able to make you wait until the 400th podcast actually happens. So far they have three companies willing to pony up some great prizes including BusyCal from BusyMac Software, the Co-Pilot iOS app from ALK Technologies , and MacKeeper 2012 from ZeoBIT Software. Then they go over a big list (but not a conclusive list) of the software they like on their Macs and why.
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If you are looking for a game with a difference on iOS then Fuego’s River Adventure may just the solution.
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The Colorado Plateau, where Bruce Barnbaum made many photos over a period of roughly 30 years, is a place where water, silt, wind, and time have created a landscape of swirling sandstone cliffs, nearly impenetrable slot canyons, and a vast expanse of sage colored hills. People in the Western United States know the area as the Four Corners region because it’s the place where Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado meet.
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Writing reviews for good products is easy…usually. However when writing about a battery pack capable of recharging an iPad like the Just|Mobile Gum Max Power Pack, the hardest part may be draining your iPad enough to need it.
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Piezo – Video Review
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When Lion and iOS 5 were released, I timidly stepped into the Apple iCloud experience and began using some of its offerings. Although I still do not use all of the iCloud features, what I have chosen to enable has been through my own trial and error approach. For those of you that have not yet ventured into the iCloud, the iCloud: Visual QuickStart Guide will definitely allow this to happen with ease.
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The Twitter Book, Second Edition will take you deeper into the inner workings of Twitter than you ever thought was possible.
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David Pogue’s latest “missing manual” has much in common with the many other “how-to” computer books he’s produced. Like the others, it is written in plain English, it’s readable, at times mildly entertaining, plus comprehensive and marginally useful to the novice user.
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Tim and David discuss the hottest topic of the year: is an Eggo a Waffle? Plus, thoughts and stories from Macworld Expo, IT departments disdain for Mac users, and upgrading DropBox.
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(With thanks to Tony Bennett, who sang at the 2009 Macworld Expo to conclude the final Apple keynote address.) This week’s Macworld|iWorld Expo was
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Guy and Gaz finally get back together after the Macworld Expo and go over all the major events as seen through the eyes of Guy (No guarantees about accuracy). Gaz in withdrawal does about a billion other podcasts. There was a lot of listener feedback which they only kinda half-answer (they’ll get back to it, promise!). A longer show because Guy doesn’t when to stop TALKING!
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