Archive for July, 2007

Overflow: Keeping the Dock clean and tidy

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

OverflowI’ll admit it, I’m a dock addict. I put everything in my dock I could ever use. If I had a purse, I’d do great on Let’s Make a Deal (if you don’t know the reference, then you’ve always grown up with Macs–lucky you) However, now that everything is in my dock, I can’t find anything on it! Arrgh.

Overflow was in the bottom of my stack of things to review from Macworld, which only proves why I’m an ideal candidate for it. (more…)

Book Review: iPod Fully Loaded

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

iPod Fully Loaded by Andy Ihnatko

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While I’m sure Andy has an iPhone, this excellent book was written when the iPhone was only an apple in Steve’s eye, Andy does a great job of helping the average user tweak some extra features from their iPod. Those suffering from iPhone envy will find some solace in Andy’s tips. This book is best for techheads who want to impress their friends, families and associates with all the incredibly cool things they can do with their iPod. iPods have evolved into mini PDAs that can do practically anything (it’s the inputing that’s the challenge!) (more…)

LAUG Podcast 06.07: Home Automation

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

A podcast from the June meeting of the Lawrence Apple Users Group. This month’s topic included a presentation on Home Automation on your Mac by Bruce Sergeant.

The meeting opened up with introductions, recent Apple news followed by a discussion of Home Automation on the Mac.

Check us out on the web and subscribe to the podcast at http://www.laugks.org/news/.

 
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FLVR: Saving Youtube Videos easily

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

FLVR:

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Sometimes a product comes along that is so simple and so straightforward that there is very little to say about it. What do you say about a screwdriver–it drives screws and does it well. No FAQ needed! FLVR does one thing and one thing only: saving videos from web sites that normally prevent you from doing so, such as Myspace and Youtube. However it does this one thing better than anyone else currently out there. (more…)