MBW 58; Pick of the week is Acorn
Submitted by Merlin on September 24, 2007 - 1:25pm.
MacBreak Weekly 58: Repeal the Nerd Tax
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Chris Breen
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Chris reviews the new iPods, screen issues with the Touch, and the trouble with ringtones…
Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 58.
Oh, brother, I was totally high on cold medicine when we did this episode. But, not so high that I couldn’t recommend Flying Meat’s amazing new Acorn, a stripped-down, and very inexpensive graphics app. It’s one my favorite Mac programs of the year.
Like I said on the show, there’s so many little things you want to do with screen shots or photos – just weird little tweaks like Dooce’s “Lovely Glow Effect” – and high-end graphics apps like Photoshop can seem really heavy for the job. Acorn is in the sweet spot for most of what I want to do, and so far it’s stood up to every task I’ve needed. And, the price is sure right at an intro rate of $39.95 (0.057 of an “Alex”).
And, for the next show, I’ll try to be less medicated. I promise. Unless it’s something people like. In which case I’ll consider getting wasted. Up to you.
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An Alex, defined
At some point, there was a pattern, where, for several weeks, it seemed like every “pick” that Alex Lindsay made was some kind of high-end software or hardware that cost US$700.00.
So $700 became a Standardized MacBreak Unit, called “An Alex,” and now the cost of all other picks are translated accordingly.