Back to MacBreak Weekly with Episode 70
Submitted by Merlin on December 26, 2007 - 9:40am.
MacBreak Weekly 70: Happy Life Day!
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Chris Breen, Merlin Mann, and Scott Bourne
It’s the Macbreak Weekly Year Ender!
Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 70.
And here’s linkage to a few of the things I mentioned (adapted from this episode’s show notes):
- MenuCalendarClock from Objectpark Software is a a handy and functional way to get at your iCal task list from the menu bar. ($19.95)
- Remote Buddy at IOspirit.com looks like a very cool way to run your Mac from your iPhone. I was chickenshit to finish the install after seeing something about “Kernel insertion”. Anybody tried it? (19.99 EUROS)
- FlexTime from Red Sweater Software is a swell multi-timer that’s an awesome tool for procrastinators (from 7/2006: “2 OS X timers to watch: Flextime & Meridian”). ($18.95)
And, of course, here’s the full, 2-hour version of the truly unbelievable Star Wars Holiday Special.
Happy Life Day, indeed.
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Best. Remote. App.
I spent some time looking around at different applications as a replacement for Front Row and after giving them all a go, I was happy to find Remote Buddy. I use it to control my MacBook Pro with the Apple Remote and its worked flawlessly. I recall being hesitant at that point in the install as well, but I went for it anyway and was quite happy with the results.
I use it primarily to connect to the PC on my network that has most of my media on it, and this app has a clean interface to do that, and even choose which application I want to open with media with, all from the Apple Remote.
I heard your hesitation while listening to MacBreak Weekly and figured I would share my positive experience.