The desert, after a heavy rain, has brilliant surprises. Here’s the view looking upstream in Honeybee Canyon Wash, just north of Tucson, AZ. And
Read MoreAuthor: John Nemerovski
John "Nemo" Nemerovski was MyMac's Reviews Editor. He is a retired private and small group personal technology tutor in Tucson, Arizona, USA, with an emphasis on iPad and iPhone training, plus basic computing, digital photography, and Photoshop. Nemo is a music educator and accomplished music instructor on keyboard and guitar, and an expert artisan bread baker.
eMedia Guitar Method 4.0, Vol. 1 – guest review by Jim Hilbert
eMedia Guitar Method 4.0, Vol. 1 Review by Jim Hilbert for MyMac.com eMedia Guitar Method Win/Mac CD-ROM – new version 4.0 $59.95 http://www.emediamusic.com/gm1.html This
Read MoreRick Sammon’s Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training DVD
Review
The Canon EOS Digital Rebel Personal Training DVD seems to be aimed at first-time DSLR owners, and Rick Sammon certainly has far more than a few things to teach them. Much of the material is pretty universal, but the DVD is specifically aimed at owners of Canon’s Rebel XTi.
Bowers & Wilkins ZEPPELIN iPod Speaker
Due to Zeppelin’s remarkable quality, style, and price, MyMac.com conducted two separate interviews. The first was a live audio conversation with industrial designer Morten Warren, which is part of MyMac.com Podcast #154. The second begins below our review, in a written Q & A with company representative Greg Williams.
PowerTune iPod All-in-One
Review
MacAlly’s versatile new PowerTune is the best $50 U.S. iPod accessory ever.
The BOOK BYTES INTERVIEW with Ben Long
We live in a world that is driven by — and at the mercy of — massive levels of technology. We NEED more people to understand technology, and we need people to not be afraid of it, and we need them to learn to work with it, because we are now dependent on it.
Inclinepro Laptop Computer Support System
Review
As a designer and a machinist, there was no way I was putting my new $2,000 pride and joy on a $3 piece of plastic.
Mojo Courier 17″ Computer Case
Review
The Mojo by SpireUSA is designed for couriers, bicycle messengers, and active commuters or students with strong shoulders.
Shure SE420 Sound Isolating Earphones
Review
SE420 has a lot of punch within the audio spectrum where most music is heard. For $400 you get brilliant clarity throughout this region, without potential aberration from cranium-splitting highs or bowel-churning lows. A lot of money buys a lot of sound delivered to your sonic sweet spot.
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Wi-Fire? Whazzat? Whoopee!
Wi-Fire is an affordable bus-powered USB alternative to Apple’s AirPort wireless technology. Install its software, restart, connect Wi-Fire to your computer’s USB port, launch its WLan application, choose SETUP -> OPEN SETUP WINDOW, wait a moment, and observe all wireless networks with Wi-Fire’s extensive range.
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WiebeTech’s 1.8 Inch Toshiba Hard Drive Combo Dock Adapters for Instant iPod Data Recovery
That 4th generation iPod uses a 1.8-inch Toshiba drive, so you’d want the ADAv4-18-TOSH. Some later iPods use a 1.8-inch Toshiba ZIF drive, which uses a different interface. In that case, you’d need ADAv4-18-TOSH-ZIF.
Comply Whoomp! Earbud Enhancers
Review
Our design of cradling in the bowl of the ear while funneling sound into the ear canal, gives the user both improved sound and comfort, while our gentle Comply foam reduces ambient noise.
TunePro Flat Panel Stereo Speaker, AM/FM Clock Radio, and iPod Charger
Review
TunePro’s speaker design is a technological phenomenon, and the SRS WOW definitely enhances all audio output.
ORB mStation iPod Speaker
Review
mStation spared no expense with Orb’s clever, qualitiative design and construction. When you open its package you are greeted with an innovative product that should deliver reliable audio and docking for years to come.
UNIEA iPod Case
Review
All Uniea iPhone/iPod cases are available in black, white, red, and purple. The latter two colors are my personal favorites, but black iPods and iPhones look very sharp encased in black U-Suits.
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The Best Fifty Dollar Software You Never Bought
DiskStudio by Micromat, Fission by Rogue Amoeba, and Glance by Glance Networks have all been updated and improved.
RTX-100-Q TrayFree SATA Drive External Bay
Review
Step one = insert bare, exposed, 3.5″ Sata drive into rtx-100 and start working.
The Beer Back Computer Pack for 15 and 17 Laptops
Review
You can buy and drink a lot of beer for $170 US, but it won’t last as long as this TBB case. You can fill Crumpler’s TBB with six bottles or cans of beer and have plenty of room remaining for your 15″ or 17″ MacBook Pro or PowerBook. You can pour some beer over this pack and your computer will laugh it off, being protected by multiple layers of impenetrable beerproof material from anything short of Hurricane Michelob.
Comply Noise Reduction Earphones NR-10
V-Moda Remix M-Class Earphones
Review
NR-10 produces a clean, powerful sound, with balanced emphasis in the midrange, where voices and instruments are heard. Remix’s bass is booming, treble is soaring, midrange is excellent, without any obvious concentrations through the entire audible and harmonic spectrum.
Nemo’s Ten Point Tutorial 9
Unconventional Summer Vacation Photos
Be bold in your photographic experiments. When a subject grabs you, grab your camera, collect your thoughts, take a deep breath, look around for a moment, and make the photo.