Archive for February, 2010

RetroMacCast

This web site, is aimed at those of us using “classic” or “vintage” Macs. Or in this case, they are referred to as Retro. In fact, the title page says “They’re not old they’re retro.” (Note to editors, they got the “they’re” correct. I think it is the first time in at least a year I didn’t see it as “there” or “their.”)

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weetTV – Watch Twitter Like TV

Stone Design recently announced tweetTV 1.0, a new way to look at Twitter tweets on your iPhone or iPod touch. Watch Twitter like TV. Excellent for both twitter newbies and old timers alike, you create channels out of lists, searches and twitter feeds. A powerful yet deceptively simple way to find, preview and follow the top tweeters on Twitter in categories like: Sports, Arts & Entertainment, Business & Professions, Food & Dining, Health, Living, Politics & Causes, Regional, and Tech & Science.
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Inklet for Mac

Arstechnica has this article entitled “Inklet for Mac turns your trackpad into a graphics tablet” by Jeff Smykil.
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Augmented Reality comes to ‘fancouver’

Yahoo! and augmented reality leader Total Immersion have come up with some nifty ways to bring consumers into the action at the world’s largest winter sporting event.

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Digital Dark Side Winter Olympics

The Online Safety Foundation, in partnership with FrontLine Security Magazine has announced the publication of an important Special Report, The Digital Dark Side of the Winter Olympics.

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UGN Salutes MacPeople

MacPeople of Gainesville, Florida area…

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7 Things Missing From the iPad That Will Make You Love It

This article is by Calium Henderson who describes himself as “I’m a Christian guy in his early twenties, studying to be a primary school teacher.”

He starts off with the comment that “Lot’s of people have been complaining about what is missing from it, but I think there are serious advantages to what Apple has left off the device.”
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My experience with MacAddict/Mac|Life

MacAddict was first introduced win I was the Program Chairman at Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society (TUMS). Those were the days when Apple was allowing clones of Macs and Power Computing purchased many adds in MacAddict showing their attitude. MacAddict also had that attitude of “fighting back for the Mac.”
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iPhone apps for kids

Many people are finding that iPhone has a lot of other uses besides a cell phone. Both the iPhone and the iPod Touch can be effective teaching, learning aids. They both certainly have lots and lots of educational apps to choose from. Here’s a recent line of excellent apps for children!

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More iPhone Tricks

It’s been a month since our last stupid iPhone tricks update, and we’ve saved up some more gems since then. If there’s one thing for sure, it’s there are lots and lots of iPhone apps you can waste lots of time with. Here are just a few of the more off-the-wall apps that might find people who will like them …

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MacworldExpo Reports made easy

Humble Daisy posted a new article documenting how to use SonicPics to easily post trip reports from Macworld Expo 2010. Use images from the iPhone’s photo library or camera, arrange the photos however you would like, and then record a voiceover narrating the images as you swipe through them.

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InfoManager for Feb. 8, 2010

What’s Here: UGNN Salutes AAUG * Hess Memorial MacWorld Events List * iPad Buyers not convinced * iPad Buzz goes on * Black Comix * 10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download * 64 Things Every Geek Should Know * File Sheriff Updated * Walt Disney World iPhone App Updated * Colorful Approach to Font Organization * PHYX Keyer for Adobe After Effects * Mac TV Studio * Essential Mac Apps for Students * Quotes and more …

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iPad Buzz goes on

The iPad is certainly still in the news — let’s take a look at the fallout from this week’s iPad evaluation and criticism – * Rival Debuts iTablet * CNET: Don’t buy an iPad * Spam potential * iPad ‘underwhelming’ * iPad: bandwidth fears * IPad and Flash Video * iPad pitch: The awesome 3-minute version * The myth of the free Apple iPad * How gamers will use Apple’s iPad? * and more

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10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download

Some of these maybe a little dated, since this was posted in 2008. However as far as I can tell they look like they are still accurate. (I really don’t know much about some of them.)
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64 Things Every Geek Should Know

This is a UK website, so it is interesting that the requirements for a tech geek aren’t different.
It starts off with a geek knowing the Meaning of Technical Acronyms such as:
USB, GPU, CPU, SATA and more.
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