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 April 2008

Picks from MBW 86: The Freak Squad

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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

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Picks from MBW 85: You Look Mac Today

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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 […]

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Picks from MBW 84: Lederhosen

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

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

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A follow up to the Flip

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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 […]

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Picks from MBW 83: Internet Pants

April 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

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 […]

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