MBW Picks

Hardware & software:

• Bento 3 for $45.99 (on Amazon) from John Gruber
• Wine Enthusiast Guide for iPhone for $4.99 from Alex Lindsay.
• Eye-Fi 8GB Pro X2 SDHC Class 6 Wireless Flash Memory Card EYE-FI-8PC for $149 from Leo Laporte.
• Cinch at http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/ for $7 from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

• Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season from Andy Ihnatko.
• Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster from Leo Laporte.

Hardware & software:

• Withings WiFi Body Scale – Measures fat mass, BMI and sends data via Wifi for $159 from Leo Laporte.
• WiScale for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Qik Live for iPhone for free from Alex Lindsay.
• ABBYY Finereader at http://www.abbyy.com for $99.99 from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

• Googled: The End of the World As We Know It from Andy Ihnatko.

Bonus:

• http://twitter.com/leos_scale

Hardware & software:

• Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor for iPhone for $2.99 from Leo Laporte.
• USA Today Auto Pilot for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Bing for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Kayak for iPhone for free from Alex Lindsay.
• NPR News for iPhone for free from Alex Lindsay.
• ComicBookFonts.com at http://comicbookfonts.com for various prices from Andy Ihnatko.  NOTE: January 1, 2010, all fonts will be priced at $20.10!

Books:

• A Child’s Christmas In Wales from Andy Ihnatko.
• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work from Leo Laporte.

Hardware & software:

• Last Pass at https://lastpass.com for $12/year (free to try) from Leo Laporte.
• Etymotic Research HF2 Earphones / Headset (iPhone Compatible) – Black for $128.94 (on Amazon) from Alex Lindsay.
• Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch Fun Small Tablet for $85 (on Amazon) from Andy Ihnatko.
• Darkroom Premium for iPhone for .99 from Scott Bourne.
• Smart Utility at http://www.volitans-software.com for $25 from Peter Krogh.

Books:

• Lost on Planet China: One Man’s Attempt to Understand the World’s Most Mystifying Nation from Andy Ihnatko.
• The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers by Peter Krogh.

Hardware & software:

• Google Chrome for Mac at http://www.google.com/chrome for free from Leo Laporte.
• Dragon Dictation for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Airlock at http://themha.com for $7.77 from Andy Ihnatko.
• Zaguto Z-Finder at http://zacuto.com for $395 from Scott Bourne.

Books:

• Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages from Andy Ihnatko.

Bonus:

• Take the TWiT Listener survey to help the crew sell some ads!  Click here.

Hardware & software:

• Fring for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• AJA Ki Pro at http://www.aja.com from Alex Lindsay.
• iStat Menus at http://www.islayer.com for free from Alex Lindsay.
• iFixit Repair Guides at http://www.ifixit.com for free from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

• THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE: A HOLLYWOOD LIFE from Andy Ihnatko.

Hardware & software:

• ClickToFlash at http://rentzsch.github.com for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• WaveAgent at http://www.sounddevices.com for free from Alex Lindsay.
• 1Password at http://agilewebsolutions.com for $39.95 from Leo Laporte.
• Handbrake at http://handbrake.fr for free from Leo Laporte.
• Camino at http://caminobrowser.org for free from Leo Laporte.

Books:

• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time from Leo Laporte.
• Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin from Leo Laporte.

BONUS: If you missed Andy Ihnatko over the weekend, I caught him for you:

Hardware & software:

• Aptana at http://aptana.org for free from Leo Laporte.
• Coda at http://www.panic.com for $99 from Leo Laporte.
• AppleGeeks Volume 2 at http://applegeeks.com for $14.95 from Andy Ihnatko.
• Balloons! for iPhone for $.99 from Don McAllister.

Books:

• Badass: A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever Live from Andy Ihnatko.

Hardware & software:

• MacHeist at http://www.macheist.com for free from Leo Laporte.
• LittleSnapper at http://www.realmacsoftware.com for $35 from Leo Laporte.
• Karelia iMedia Browser at  http://www.karelia.com for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• One Finger Discount at http://www.onefingerdiscount.com for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• Viewfinder for Flickr at http://connectedflow.com for $23.71 from Don McAllister
• Canabalt for iPhone for $2.99 from Wil Harris.
• Wil Harris’ cheeky request — Looking for a personal finance app available in the UK.  Sound off in the comments or hit him on Twitter (@wilharris).  So far, we have “moneywell”.

Books:

• In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr from Andy Ihnatko.

Hardware & software:

• TWiT for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Salling Media Sync at http://www.salling.com for $22 from Andy Ihnatko.
• Squarespace for iPhone for free from Alex Lindsay.

Books:

• The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism from Andy Ihnatko.
  
• True Compass: A Memoir from Andy Ihnatko.