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 95: Tokyo Subway

June 25th, 2008 · 6 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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Picks from MBW 89: Shrimp Torrents

May 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Hardware & software:

Arroway Textures at http://arroway.de for 49 - 59 EUR from Alex Lindsay.
Adobe Buzzword at https://buzzword.acrobat.com for free from Leo Laporte.
Dysco at http://dysco.mobi/ for (coming soon) from iJustine.
TwitterFone at http://www.twitterfone.com/ for free from iJustine.
mophie at http://www.mophie.com/ for $99.95 from iJustine.
TapeDeck at http://tapedeckapp.com/ for $25 from Andy Ihnatko.
Comic Book Lover at http://www.bitcartel.com/comicbooklover/ for $24.95 from […]

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Picks from MBW 88: Drobotized

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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.

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Picks from MBW 87: Enter the Cylon

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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).

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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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