MBW Picks

Hardware & software:

• Times at http://www.acrylicapps.com/times/ for $30 from Leo Laporte.
• Phun 3.5 at http://phun.cs.umu.se/wiki/News for free from Alex Lindsay.
• The Misadventures of Steve and Steve at http://www.edpiskor.com/steve.html for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• Apple Aperture 2 for $189.99 from Scott Bourne.

Book:

• Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy from Andy Ihnatko.
• Executive Orders by Tom Clancy from Andy Ihnatko.

You can catch the show live from the new TWiT studio at http://twitlive.tv. This was the first one I watched and it was pretty brutal with constant glitches, but this is the new frontier! Did you see the live feed? What did you think?

Hardware & Software:

• Amazon’s Kindle for $399 from Andy Ihnatko (1:00:00).
• twitterforiphone.com at http://twitterforiphone.com/ for from Alex Lindsay (1:05:00).
• iGlasses at http://www.ecamm.com/mac/iglasses/ for $9.95 from Merlin Mann (1:07:13).
• HoudaGEO at http://www.houdah.com/houdahGeo/ for $25 from Leo Laporte (1:11:00).
• Chill at http://www.bitnotic.com/ for free from Leo Laporte (1:12:00).

Software:

• GeoPhoto at http://www.ovolab.com/geophoto/ for $24.95 from Leo Laporte (1:08:00).
• Today at http://secondgearllc.com/today/ for $15 from Alex Lindsay (1:12:00).
• Freedom at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/freedom/ for FREE from Andy Ihnatko (1:01:00).
• FotoMagico at http://boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/ for $49-$129 from Scott Bourne (1:05:00).

Books:

• The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Hardware & software:

• GorillaPod Go-Go at http://www.joby.com/products/gorillapod/gogo/ for $35? from Andy Ihnatko (1:04:00).
• GorillaPod in other form factors from Amazon…
• TimeMachineEditor at http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ for free from Merlin Mann (1:10:00).
• Enigmo 2 at http://www.pangeasoft.net/enigmo/ for $20 from Leo Laporte (1:08:00).
• MacHeist at http://www.macheist.com/ for $49 from Leo Laporte (1:09:00).
• You Look Nice Today at http://youlooknicetoday.com/ from Leo Laporte.

Books:

• London: The Biography
• That Mitchell and Webb Sound

Hardware & software:

• CDFinder at http://www.cdfinder.de/ for $39.99 from Alex Lindsay. (49:00)
• VisualHub at http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/ for $23.32 from Andy Ihnatko. (42:00)
• HomeZone at http://metaquark.de/homezone/ for FREE from Ron Brinkmann. (44:00)
• Narrator at http://www.dejal.com/narrator/ for $19 from John Foster. (45:00)

Book pick:

• X Minus One

BONUS:

• Alex is now on Twitter: http://twitter.com/alexlindsay

Along with the other guys:

• http://twitter.com/leolaporte
• http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies
• http://twitter.com/Ihnatko
• http://twitter.com/ScottBourne

A couple of shows ago, Merlin Mann chose The Flip camcorder as his pick of the week.  A week or two before that, David Pogue reviewed the Flip for his NYT/CNBC weekly video.  It’s a fantastic video where you’ll get an overview of all the advantages & shortcomings.  For those interested in the Flip, check it out:

Hardware & Software:

• VMware & OLPC software at http://dev.laptop.org/pub/virtualbox/ from Andy Ihnatko (1:20:00).
• DropClock Screensaver at http://scr.sc/products/dropclock/ for $15.00 from Merlin Mann (1:19:00).
• SafariStand at http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html for free from Merlin Mann (1:17:00).
• SoundSoap Pro at http://www.bias-inc.com for $129 - $599 from Scott Bourne (1:14:30).
• Safari AdBlock at http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net/ from for free Alex Lindsay (1:27:00).

Book picks:

• Letting Go of God from Julia Sweeney
• Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

Bonus:

• Merlin’s Videos: http://vimeo.com/merlin

Hardware, Pants, & Software:

• Flip Video Camera for $102 - $160 from Merlin Mann (1:27:00).
• Flip Tripod for $14 from Merlin Mann (1:29:30).
• Pukka at http://codesorcery.net/pukka/ for $14.95 from Leo Laporte (1:38:00).
• 5.11 Tactical Pants at http://www.511tactical.com for various $ from Andy Ihnatko (1:19:00).
• Media Snap at http://christian-kienle.de/MediaSnap/ for free from Alex Lindsay (1:42:00).
• The Manual (via Amazon) from Patrick Wilson (1:17:00).

Here’s a Weezer video featuring MBW fan, Patrick Wilson:

Hardware & Software:

• Arduino at http://www.arduino.cc/ for $34.99 from Andy Ihnatko (1:15:00)
• Evernote at http://evernote.com for FREE from Leo Laporte (1:10:00)
• Pimp My Safari at http://pimpmysafari.com for FREE from Merlin Mann (1:22:00)
• Safari Stand at http://hetima.com/safari/stand-e.html for FREE from Merlin Mann (1:23:00)
• Gmail Manager at http://addons.mozilla.org/ for FREE from Merlin Mann (1:28:00)
• Marathon Monday on March 24, 1pm pst (get Marathon) from Alex Lindsay (1:30:00)

Books:

• The Spartans
• Lady in the Van

Hardware & Software Picks:

• Lightroom 1.3 & Export Plugins for SmugMug and Zenfolio at http://regex.info for FREE from Leo Laporte (1:03:00)
• UltraLingua at http://www.ultralingua.com for $29.95 from Scott Bourne (1:05:00)
• A Study in Emerald at Harper Collins Ebooks for FREE from Andy Ihnatko (1:10:00)
• Marathon at http://source.bungie.org/ for FREE from Alex Lindsay (1:12:00)

Book Pick:

• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman