Here’s the 36th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
Green Array Corporation: http://www.greenarray.com/
Copper 2005 – Project Management Software: http://www.copperproject.com/
ProjectWizards Merlin: http://www.projectwizards.net/en/merlin/features

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Rip to iPod: http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts08.php?page=1#riptoipod
iSquint: http://www.isquint.org/readme.php
Homebrew Formulator: http://brew.reboritull.com
Celestia: http://celestia.sourceforge.net
Pic-A-POD: http://www.troz.net/Pic-a-POD
Space Bug: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~juhruo/spacebug2005/about.html
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron: http://snoopy2.sourceforge.net/about.html

Here’s the info on our big contest give-a-way: To win all you have to do is listen. I want you to send me an email with the word contest in the subject line. Then in the body send me your name and address and phone number, along with the answer to this question. Every great piece of Mac software has three things in common, what are the three things? I will give you an answer each week for three weeks. Last week I gave you one answer and this week I’ll give you the second answer. The first prize will be the Altec lansing XT-1 portable USB speakers, the second prize will be the Bluetooth Wireless Trackball I reviewed this week on Surfbits. Retail price is $69.95.

Jeff Powell joins us today to take a look back on 2005 for us Mac users.

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Here’s the 35th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
Don’t-Sue-Me-Santa-Clause Chrismas Cookie Liability and Indemnification Agreement
Garritan Personal Orchestra has made a free downloadable CD at http://garritan.com/Xmas.html
NORAD even has some MP3 music to download on their website http://www.noradsanta.org/en/downloads.php
http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=2172
Daphne Kalfon of I Love My Mac fame: http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=2172
EvolutionTV: http://www.miglia.com/products/video/evolutiontv/index.html
Future Sonics Incorporated FS1: http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/fs1.shtml

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Gizmo/AdiumX: http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=2058
Milky Way: http://www.lny.mine.nu/Pages/MilkyWay/MilkyWay2.html
Smart Reporter: http://homepage.mac.com/julianmayer
Countdown: http://www.fromconcentratesoftware.com/Countdown
Chax: http://ksuther.dyndns.org/chax
MacMP3Gain: http://homepage.mac.com/beryrinaldo/AudioTron/MacMP3Gain
ClipmasterCM: http://www.abracode.com/ClipMasterCM
CornerClick: http://greg.vario.us/cornerclick/about

Jeff Powell could not join us today.

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Here’s the 34th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
FastTrack: http://www.aecsoftware.com
DoorStop Security Suite: http://www.opendoor.com

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Terragen. http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen
AdiumX: http://www.adiumx.com
Tunatic: http://www.wildbits.com/tunatic
PTHpasteboard: http://www.pth.com/PTHPasteboard
coconutBattery: http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/index.html
ThisWeekonXM: http://www.xmrocks.us/products/products.html
Pawns: http://home.comcast.net/~squarebin/Pawns.html
Iconvader: http://www.daedale.com/products/iconvader
MacLamps: http://arcticmac.home.comcast.net/apps/maclampsx.html

Jeff Powell Tell us about some stocking stuffers from Radtech.us, and Griffin Technologies. He tells about another great iPod nano case from Marware. He also reviews a book called the Cult of iPod.

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Here’s the 33rd episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. SurfBits.com is looking for a Mac blogger to help out. Send an email to surfbits at gmail dot com.

Robert Pritchett from the maccompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discuss.
His bad experience with selling his old iMac to someone in Europe. Also a book called Phishing Exposed by Lance James. Also his take on Collaborative Software.

Here’s the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Voodoopad: http://www.flyingmeat.com
Blue Tooth Wireless Trackball: http://www.chwangyi.com
iTunes Alarm: http://www.johnnarun.com/itunes_alarm
Hallon: http://hallon.sourceforge.net
Himmelbar: http://softbend.free.fr/himmelbar/index.html
WakeUpNeo Screen Saver: http://homepage.mac.com/jpietry/wakeupneo.html
Imagine BootX: http://www.shadowlab.org/Software/software.php?sign=ImBX

Jeff Powell discusses Mozilla’s new Firefox 1.5. He also talked about Creative Lab’s new MP3 players and a utility called Cache Out X.

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You may or may not know that I have another podcast that I do called the Net News Minute. It’s part of the Podcasters News Network. We look at the top news stories through the eyes of several online websites. It’s not technology news, it’s National and International news in a 5 minute podcast, 3 times a week. You can subscribe to it via this RSS feed address, or go the website and listen to it online. Check it out, I appreciate it.