MBW Picks

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

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Picks from MBW 99: Free the Fruit

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

All iPhone apps this week:

Dizzy Bee for iPhone for $2.99 from Dr. Arnold Kim (from MacRumors.com and TouchArcade.com).
Aurora Feint for iPhone for free from Dr. Arnold Kim (couldn’t find this in the store; maybe this is why?).
Texas Hold’em for iPhone for $4.99 from Leo Laporte.
Bloomberg for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
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Picks from MBW 98: Never Gonna Give You Up

July 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hardware & software:

Where (itunes link) for free from Leo Laporte.
Zenbe Lists for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Andy Ihnatko.
Google Mobile App for iPhone (itunes link) for from Scott Bourne.
Pandora Radio for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Merlin Mann.
Shazam for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Merlin Mann.

Books:

Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura from […]

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Picks from MBW 97: youtalking@me.com

July 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Hardware & software:

1Password at http://agilewebsolutions.com for $34.95 from Merlin Mann.
Quicksilver (update!) at http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/ for free from Merlin Mann.
Rooswitch at http://roobasoft.com/rooSwitch/ for $14.95 from Merlin Mann.
RooVid at http://roovid.com for from Leo Laporte.
Boinx TV (pre-pick) at http://boinx.com/ for TBD from Alex Lindsay.
Amadeus Pro at http://www.hairersoft.com/AmadeusPro/AmadeusPro.html for $40 from Randal Schwartz.
Mogulus at http://www.mogulus.com/ for free from Leo Laporte.

Books:

James […]

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Picks from MBW 96: iReady.

July 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Hardware & software:

Visigami at http://code.google.com for free from Leo Laporte.
WhatSize at http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/ for $12.99 from Geoff Smith.
AppZapper at http://www.appzapper.com/ for $12.95 from Geoff Smith.
Burger King Gold Card from Andy Ihnatko.
Silhouettefx at http://www.silhouettefx.com/ for $995 from Alex Lindsay.
Cocktail at http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/ for $14.95 from Scott Bourne.

Book:

Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander from Leo Laporte
Common Wealth: Economics […]

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Picks from MBW 95: Tokyo Subway

June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Hardware and software:

eCamm Call Recorder at http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/ for $14.95 from Leo Laporte.
PTgui at http://www.ptgui.com/ for 79 euros from Alex Lindsay.
Evernote at http://evernote.com/ for free from Merlin Mann (his public evernote).
Cameroid at http://www.cameroid.com/ for free from iJustine.
Stanza at http://www.lexcycle.com/ for $15 from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

Things I’ve Learned from the Women that Dumped Me by Ben Karlin […]

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Picks from MBW 94: SproutCore

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Hardware & software: 

SmugMug at http://www.smugmug.com/ for various pricing (coupon codes:  leo@leoville.com or flickr) from Leo Laporte
Photrade at http://www.photrade.com/ (beta - invite code: twip) from Scott Bourne
Avian Stock at http://www.avianstock.com/ from Scott Bourne
SproutCore at http://www.sproutcore.com/ for free from Daniel Eran
Cornell Lab of Ornithology at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/macaulaylibrary/ for free from Andy Inhatko
Brain Toniq at http://www.braintoniq.com/ from Leo Laporte (NOTE: get a discount with coupon code: LEO)

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Picks from MBW 93: 3G or not 3G?

June 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Hardware & software:

280slides.com at http://280slides.com/ for from Leo Laporte.
Fluid at http://fluidapp.com/ for free from Andy Ihnatko.
Awesome Highlighter at http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ for from Scott Bourne.
iStat Menus at http://islayer.com for free from Alex Lindsay. 

Books:

The Places In Between by from Andy Ihnatko 

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Picks from MBW 92: Thundercats

June 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Hardware & software:

Amazon Kindle for $359.00 from Merlin Mann (Andy’s Article).
ManyBooks at http://manybooks.net/ for from Merlin Mann.
Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org for from Merlin Mann.
Feedbooks at http://www.feedbooks.com/ for free from Merlin Mann.
eyetv 250 plus at for $177.12 from Leo Laporte.
Flip Video Mino for $179.99 from Andy Ihnatko.
VisualHub at http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/ for $23.32 from Andy Ihnatko.
Pandora at http://pandora.com/ […]

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Picks from MBW 91: Monocle Pete’s Yacht Wax

May 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Hardware & software:

aTV Flash at http://www.applecorellc.com for $59.95 (on sale at time of post) from Leo Laporte.
DFX Tiffen Filter at http://www.tiffen.com/ for $299.95 from Scott Bourne.
CamTwist at http://www.allocinit.com/index.php?title=CamTwist for free from Liana Lehua.
Bokeh at http://bokehapp.com/ for $17 from Andy Inhatko.
Webnote Happy at http://www.happyapps.com/webnotehappy/ for $24.95 from Merlin Mann.
Delicious Library v2 at http://www.delicious-monster.com/ for $40 from […]

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Picks from MBW 90: Flippin’ the Bird

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Hardware & software:

Blue Microphones Snowflake USB Microphone for $59 at Amazon from Leo Laporte.
Flickery at http://www.eternalstorms.at/flickery/ for free from Leo Laporte.
Molecular Workbench at http://mw.concord.org for free from Alex Lindsay.
Blurb & Booksmart at http://www.blurb.com/ (more at http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001520.php) for various pricing from Merlin Mann.
ScriptSaver at http://swannman.wordpress.com/ for free from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama from […]

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