We’re doing something new. We are giving you a bonus series of podcasts along with the regular MacReviewCasts. It’s called “Ten Minutes with a Developer”.

In the first episode we talk to two of the companies that demonstrate why Mac software is unique, functional and beautiful. Paul Kafasis from Rogue Amoeba Software discusses his programs, Audio HiJack Pro, NiceCast, Detour, and Airfoil. We also look at some of the freeware his company developed. Mac podcasters all over the world use Audio Hijack everyday and when it comes to audio, Rogue Ameoba gives you choices that no other company can match.

Then we talk to Gus Mueller. Gus is the developer behind Flying Meat Software. Mueller has some of the most unique software available for the Mac, VoodooPad and FlySketch. Both programs made my top ten Mac software list earlier this year. They are joined by FlyGesture, software that makes your mouse do more then move the pointer.

I am very happy to have these two gentlemen on my first episode, their software is known throughout the Mac community and you’ll enjoy your ten minute conversation with these Mac developers.

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Here’s the 22nd episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion joins us today, he talks about Macromedia Suite 8.
Robert also discusses the Switcher Contest he has running and the new member on his staff. We then spend some time talking about the Macworld Paris and Boston Expos.
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I want to thank Adam Raimer from MadTown Aces Productions for the great new Intro and Sweepers on the Podcast.
The non-Tiger Audio Recorder 2.2 is HERE for downloading.
The $10 recorder.xhead is located here for download. http://www.xheadsoftware.com

This week we looked at the following products:
Logitech Wireless Headset: http://www.logitech.com

Ensemble: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26241, freeware newsreader

Tuneconnect: http://tuneconnect.mattpat.net, network sharing of iTunes

Galerie: http://www.myriad-online.com, publish photos and movies on a website

Opera: http://ww.opera.com, free web browser

You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.
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I decided to sell my G4 Powerbook. Since I bought my iMac, I’ve not touched my G4 TiBook in 6 weeks. It’s time to sell it and many accessories I have that go along with it.

Pictures of the TiBook and extras are Here

All the details for the Powerbook and specs are Here.

UPDATE: The laptop is now sold, Thank you.

If you received episode #20 instead of #21, please delete the entry and try again. I am not certain why it happened, but several listeners told me about it and by the time I checked, it was back to normal. I am sorry for the trouble it may have caused.
Thank you for your patience.

Here’s the 21st episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion joins us today, he talks about Swift Publisher.
Robert also discusses the Switcher Contest he has running and the new writers on his staff.
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I want to thank Adam Raimer from MadTown Aces Productions for the great new Intro and Sweepers on the Podcast.
The non-Tiger Audio Recorder 2.2 is in the article below this one for downloading.
The $10 recorder.xhead is located here for download. http://www.xheadsoftware.com
Cenon a freeware vector graphics program. It’s got a ton of features and if you don’t already own Adobe Illustrator or Freehand, Cenon is a great alternative for you and the price is right.http://www.cenon.info/frame_gb.html

Tiny Alarm: TinyAlarm is, as the name suggests, a tiny alarm clock for your menubar.
http://www.pixelatedsoftware.com/products/tinyalarm/index.php

Macosaiz: Mosaics for the Mac. Choose an image you want to make from a mosaic, then how many squares in the mosaic and finally what images you want to make the squares from. http://homepage.mac.com/knarf/MacOSaiX/

Silverkeeper. We talked about this last week. It’s a freeware backup program from Lacie, it’s now totally Tiger compatable. If you do not use a backup program, download this one right now and start backing up. http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper/.

MiNews: RSS newsreader. Scan all the latest news, information and articles from thousands of web sites in one simple-to-read window. It’s similar to NetNewswire but it’s free. http://www.js8media.com/minews/

You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.
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I made a mistake on my last podcast with regards to Audio Recorder 2.2.
The program is for Tiger only. Here is a link to the program that will work with Jag and Panther.
http://www.macreviewcast.com/podcasts/ar22b2.zip
I am sorry for the mix-up.

Here’s the 20th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion joins us today, he talks about MathScore.
Robert also discusses the Switcher Contest he has running and the new writers on his staff.
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I look at these great freeware products.
Audio Recorder 2.2:http://homepage.mac.com/benshan Download this now and send me an mp3 file attached to an email. I want you to see how easy sending messages like this can be.
OnyX: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
Yum!: http://nixanz.com/products/yum/README.html
Safari Enhancer: http://www.lordofthecows.com/safari_enhancer.php
Pure FTPD Manager: http://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/pureftpd/

You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.
The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically.

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Here’s the 19th episode of the Mac ReviewCast! Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to check out the photo gallery of the items we review at my surfbits.smugmug.com account.

Robert from the macCompanion joins us today, he talks about Team Banzai
You should also check out the website for DARPA, the organization in charge of the Grand Challenge.
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I look at these great freeware products.
Silverkeeper:http://www.lacie.com/silverkeeper
ecto Bogging software Not Freeware, But great shareware.
iSwipe: http://www.hillmanminx.net/products.html
Magatrack: http://weather.rudis.net/megatrack
Temperature monitor: http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html
SoxWrap: http://www.waveformsoftware.com/SoX_Wrap/soxwrap.htm

You can either click on the podcast link on the left and listen to it via QT from the browser, or you can right click on the podcast link and choose to “download linked file”. That will download the mp3 and you can play it from you hard drive with iTunes.
The right link below is the URL for the podcast RSS feed. Just right click it and choose to copy the address and then paste it in your podcast reader, or ipodder, or newsreader that will download enclosures automatically.

My Odeo Channel

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