Here is the 57th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Please go to www.macreviewcast.com for shownotes and information on the podcast. Also, my podcast script is now found in the lyrics portion of the podcast in iTunes.

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed iControl from M-Audio: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/iControl-
main.html
You Tube Macbook videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KD35mafPfI
OtherWorld Computing: http://www.macsales.com
Crucial Memory: http://www.crucial.com
iChartwork: http://yreuxsoftware.com/iChartwork.html
GimmeSomeTune: http://members.chello.at/eternalstorms/try.html
Amazon Album Art Widget: http://www.widget-foundry.com/widgets/amazonart.htm
Aurora: http://metaquark.de/en/software/aurora
Yahoo Widget Engine: http://widgets.yahoo.com
DeliBar: http://www.rknet.it/program/delibar
JPEE: http://www.emailextractor.org/index.html
Whiteout: http://www.fcots.com/whiteout
Smultron: http://smultron.sourceforge.net/features.html
RSSOwl: http://www.rssowl.org

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discussed.
A Da Vinci Code Spoof on Norman Rockwell was created by Alfred Thomas Catalfo at http://www.thenormanrockwellcode.com It is an excellent on-line video.
Steve Jobs as Saviour of the Music Industry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BFhRkUJEI
By the way, did you know the Cryptex password in The Da Vinci Code is “apple”?
http://web.mac.com/jamesbogard/iWeb/Da%20Vinci%20Code/Welcome.html
Darren Barefoot has taken it up a notch with Apple Dei at http://www.icryptex.com.

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
Folklore Podcast now available
Apple Accidentily Releases Dashcode - Widget creation tool (Apple’s new widget development application)

Learning AppleScript - a series of AppleScript for Beginners articles on MacScripter

Potion Factory’s “Voice Candy” software - $12.95

Review: Blue USB Microphone - the Rebirth of Cool, affordable microphones - Price: $149.95
Bob “Dr. Mac” Levitus

One of 2 “Professional Studio Quality USB Mics”
Just connect it to a USB port and select it in GarageBand’s Audio/MIDI preference pane, as shown in Figure 3, and you’re ready to rock. I currently use it with both Garageband, Sound Track Pro and Skype

One of the reasons the Snowball sounds so great is that Blue used an innovative dual-capsule design where most inexpensive mics offer only a single capsule (and usually a cheap one at that).

REQUIREMENTS
Macintosh: Mac OSX; USB 1.0 or 2.0; 64MB RAM (minimum)
Windows: XP Home Edition or XP Professional; USB 1.0 or 2.0;
64MB RAM (minimum)

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Here is the 56th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Please go to www.macreviewcast.com for shownotes and information on the podcast.

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed MacJournal by Mariner Software
Service Scrubber: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=servicescrubber
Butler: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=butler
Xjournal: http://connectedflow.com/xjournal
LittleView: http://home.online.no/~thorklar/LittleView.html
del.icio.us 2 safari: http://tuxtina.de/software
iTele: http://www.defyne.org/dvb/iTele.html
Audiorack: http://redmountainradio.com/audiorack
Quake 4: http://www.aspyr.com

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discussed.
We previously reported that Louisiana didn’t have a Macintosh Users Group. We sit corrected.
Baton Rouge at http://www.brmug.org
Shreveport at http://mac.meetup.com/146.
Print Explosion Deluxe 3.0.1.1: http://www.novadevelopment.com
Speed Download 4.0.1: http://www.yazsoft.com/index.html

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
The new Apple NYC 5th Ave Store.
MacMinder: http://www.lumacode.com/macminder
Jim Heid’s Website: http://www.macilife.com
Unix Blog:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~benhdj/Mac/unix.html

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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Here is the 55th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. Please go to www.macreviewcast.com for shownotes and information on the podcast.

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed Plaxo Online Addressbook
Pocketlight : http://pocketlight.net
ReelBean: http://js8media.com/reelbean
Crumpler Bags: www.crumplerbags.com
iTunes Remote Control: http://them.ws/itrc
Tag: http://sbooth.org/Tag
Max: http://sbooth.org/Max
Loan Table: http://hummingsoft.com
MenuShade: http://www.nullriver.com/index/products
iComment: http://web.mac.com/cbrantly/iWeb/Software/iComment.html
CamiTools: http://www.nadamac.de/camitools/index.php

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discussed.
Remember the MacTV back in 1993? http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_classic/stats/mac_tv.html
Apple’s freeware HackTV Carbon app a year ago in May, http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/may2005/Shareware/HackTV.htm
Plextor ConvertX PVR in November, http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/november2005/Hardware/PlextorConvertXPVR.htm
“Take Control of Digital TV” Ebook by Clark Humphrey in December, http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/december2005/Books/DigitalTV.htm
Miglia’s EvolutionTV in January, http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/january2006/Hardware/EvolutionTV.htm
TVMini HD for High Definition TV in March, http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/march2006/Hardware/MigliaTVMiniHD.htm
Chris Hamady’s article on the Mac Mini Core Duo as an entertainment center in the May issue of macCompanion. http://www.maccompanion.com/archives/May2006/Columns/MacMiniCoreDuo.htm
Miglia Technology, LTD, United Kingdom: http://www.miglia.com
TVMicro: http://www.miglia.com/products/video/tvmicro/
EyeTV 2 – Digital Recording Software: http://www.elgato.com
We forgot to say something about the annual migration to Southern Cal (LA) for the MacGathering this coming Friday and Saturday! http://www.macgathering.com

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
Free Range Mac - Transparent Dock 2.3.7

Apple Store Event Widget

XCuts - a Mac OS X shortcut reference

Take Control of Mac OS X Backups

AppleCare - A Look Behind the Scenes

Mac OS X oil paintings for sale on ebay - artists blog

Do a Macintosh Good Deed this week. Possible ideas:
Introduce someone you know to the world of podcasts via iTunes. Subscribe them to a few good shows
Show them 2 of your favorite Macintosh tricks (such as Cmd-Tab or Expose or Fast User Switching)
Support an indie Mac developer by registering and paying for that frequently used piece of shareware that you enjoy using so much. but just haven’t gotten around to paying for yet (such as the Graphic Converter)

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Here is the 54th episode of The MacReviewCast. Remember to send feedback and suggestions to surfbits at gmail dot com, and also remember to vote for us at podcastalley.com. In the podcast I say it’s episode 53, but this is the 54th episode.

Here is the freeware and Shareware I look at during the podcast:
Trent Armstrong Reviewed CyberDuck FTP
Quake4 : Aspyr Media
Butler: http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=butler
HimmelBar: http://softbend.free.fr/himmelbar/index.html
Cog: http://cogosx.sourceforge.net
Aqua Data Studio: http://www.aquafold.com/index.html
Ultimate Task: http://www.jaanpatterson.com/jaanpatterson_programs.html
Battorox: http://www.branox.com/Battorox/Battorox.html

Robert Pritchett from the macCompanion.com joins us. Here is what we discussed.
The May Issue of the maccompanion, (See the above link)
Onset Computer Company: http://www.onsetcomp.com
Eovia Corporation: http://www.eovia.com

Jeff Powell joins us today. Here is what he looked at..
Google Importer
Chax
Quick Erase — Plugin
Apple New Retail Opening - Flat Iron Crossing

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