MBW Picks

A summary of the featured books, hardware, & software apps as selected by the hosts of MacBreak Weekly.

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Entries from September 2007

Get a headstart on a future “pick of the week”

September 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Last night I went to see MBW co-host, and productivity sensay Merlin Mann with OmniNerds Ken Case and Ethan Schoonover at Tekserve in NYC. They came to demonstrate the unbridled power of OmniFocus (which is still in alpha). Created to compliment & support the principles behind David Allen’s Getting Things Done, it’s a sophisticated yet [...]

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Picks from MBW 59: We Will, We Will, Brick You.

September 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Software Picks: Pimp My Safari at http://pimpmysafari.com for FREE from Andy Ihnatko. Kismac at http://kismac.de for FREE (zero Alexes) from Alex Lindsay Pixelmator at http://www.pixelmator.com/ from… it’s a Universal Pick! Hardware Picks: Panasonic HDC-SD5 AVCHD 3CCD Flash Memory High Definition Camcorder for $1,000 from Leo Laporte Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Medium Telephoto Lens for [...]

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Picks from MBW 58: Repeal The Nerd Tax

September 20th, 2007 · 8 Comments

Software: Installer.app for the iPhone (aka AppTap) at http://iphone.nullriver.com/beta/ for FREE from Leo Laporte. OpenSSH at http://www.openssh.com/ for FREE from Chris Breen Frotz at http://frotz.homeunix.org/frotz/ for FREE from Chris Breen. Note for iPhone users – this is actually part of the AppTap package above as well. Modo 3.01 (Luxology) at http://www.luxology.com/ for 1.25 Alexes ($895.00) [...]

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Picks from MBW 57: ET Ring Tone

September 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Software: Growl at http://growl.info/ for FREE from Leo Laporte WordPress at http://wordpress.org for FREE from Leo Laporte ContentRobot Plugin for iPhone friendly WordPress sites at http://iwphone.contentrobot.com/ for FREE from Leo Laporte Daylight from Market Circle for at http://www.marketcircle.com 1/4 Alex ($189) from Alex Lindsay Hardware: Shure MPA-3C Music Phone Adapter for iPhone for $49.99 (found [...]

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Leo Laporte has a new blog

September 12th, 2007 · No Comments

  An interruption to your regularly scheduled programming.  Was just clicking around this morning and saw that Leo redid his blog – LOVE the theme!  You can check it out here:  http://leoville.com/blog/

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Picks from MBW 56: The Beat Goes On

September 6th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Well, no picks this week. This was more of a “special episode” focusing on the iPod announcements. From the cheap seats, the new Nanos looked cooler than I originally thought, and I’m not sold on the iPod Touch yet. Guess we’ll have to wait and see what the final device has when it ships. What [...]

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