MacBreak Appearances

MBW 58; Pick of the week is Acorn

Merlin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:25:58 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 58: Repeal the Nerd Tax

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Chris Breen

Chris reviews the new iPods, screen issues with the Touch, and the trouble with ringtones…

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.

”MBW 58; Pick of the week is Acorn” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 24, 2007. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

MacBreak Weekly 12: “Smokin’”

Merlin — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:10:24 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 12: Smokin’

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne

Apple updates the MacBook Pro, and Scott buys one. No wonder they’ve got such a great bottom line. And our application picks including Disco and Tangerine.

Running time: 1:03:36

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”MacBreak Weekly 12: “Smokin’”” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on October 24, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

MacBreak Weekly: "iPhone Home"

Merlin — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:41:54 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 11: iPhone Home

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Amber MacArthur, Scott Bourne, and Merlin Mann

The iPhone starts to look like the real thing, and Scott Rejoices. iPod celebrated ﬁve years… with a Windows Virus. And dating tips from Steve Jobs.

Running time: 1:22:45

Amber has a fanboy in “Alejandro” (the Spanish webmaster for North Korea), Scott’s beside himself about the iPhone rumors, everyone joins in on a very unkind blanket party about what a girl I am, and I get to cuss all I want. Which is awesome.

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”MacBreak Weekly: "iPhone Home"” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on October 18, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

MacBreak Weekly: "Look What They Done To My Boy"

Merlin — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:07:10 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 10: Look What They Done To My Boy

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne

New Mac ads, why does Adobe hate Intel, and iTunes TV store woes…

Running time: 54:15

Links to some of the stuff I mentioned in the podcast:

Vara Software : Videocue
AppleJack 1.4.2 (semi-broken on Intel Macs)
Daring Fireball: Software Update Tips and Voodoo (and Mr. Zeldman’s Mac OS X safe update tip)
John Hodgman (and his sublime book and audiobook)
Yars’ Revenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Godfather (1972)
YouTube - Phone Guy: Still on the Ground (my inaugural Videocue video)

”MacBreak Weekly: "Look What They Done To My Boy"” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on October 10, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Wax On, Wax Off

Merlin — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:11:39 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 8: Wax On, Wax Off

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay, and Scott Bourne

Get a better night’s sleep with today’s show. We talk about Apple’s podcast grab, Aperture 1.5, 802.11n in iMacs, Cingular and the iPhone, and Core 2 MacBooks.

Running time: 01:14:00

In which Alex is still on about the notional iPhone (and its current-day antecedents), Leo loves his lumber-swinging MacPro, Scott is completely full of beans, and everyone rags me mercilessly about my fondness for new age nap software.

Show note: that site for making one barcoded discount-club card to rule them all? Via Lifehacker comments, check out Just One Club Card. Haven’t tried it myself, but it looks promising.

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”Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Wax On, Wax Off” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 26, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: The Safeword is "Banana"

Merlin — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:44:58 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 7: The Safe Word is Banana

Guests: Anand Shimpi, Adam Knight, and Adam Christanson

MacCast is shutdown by GoDaddy, the Mac installer security hole, and upgrading a Mac Pro to eight CPUs.

Running time: 1:14:00

Plus, of course, there’s a repeated Family Guy reference, and we learn that Scott plays his treasured Edison cylinders on the most costly modern equipment available.

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Update 2006-09-23 09:25:12 - Fixed a broken link. Lo siento.

”Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: The Safeword is "Banana"” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 22, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Apple's "Showtime" event

Merlin — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:18:09 -0400

MacBreak Weekly 6: It’s Showtime

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Chris Breen, Alex Lindsay, and Brett Larson

Complete coverage and analysis of Apple’s “It’s Showtime” announcements…

As usual, the perspicaciousness of my insight reveals itself in quips like “This is pretty” and “People should buy this” and “Apple seems smart.” Is it any wonder the Windows People hate us? No, friends. No, it isn’t any wonder at all.

Running time: 58:49

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”Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Apple's "Showtime" event” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 12, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

43F: Recent MacBreak Podcasts

Merlin — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:08:40 -0400

MacBreak
MacBreak Weekly

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been having a lot of fun participating in the MacBreak video podcast and its little brother, the MacBreak Weekly audio podcast. Leo, Alex, Scott, and the rest of the MacBreakers do a swell job with these shows, and I’ve enjoyed getting to nerd out a little with them.

If you haven’t caught these already, here’s a quick catchup of episodes I’ve been on in the last month or so (reverse chronologically):

MacBreak Weekly 5: Dine-O-Matic - 2006-09-09 - audio - “Apple announcement speculation, exploding batteries, and Merlin’s favorite widget - it’s a ﬁrst world thing, you wouldn’t understand…” (Download MP3)
MacBreak Weekly 4: Out With the Old, In With the New - 2006-09-09 went up kinda late - audio - “Schmidt joins Apple Board, Streaming iTunes library content, iPod video converter, GPS for Mac, Recording multi-person podcasts, Apple stores in Airports?, Dell Ditty Discontinued, Microsoft Zune, Macbook convtroversy, and The Intel Merom.” (Download M4A)
MacBreak Weekly 3: So New It Doesn’t Exist - 2006-08-31 - audio - “Evaluating the Mac Pro, New lithium-ion battery standards, Apple at Photokina - Aperture 2.0?, Apple and Social Networking, MacBook supply, 32GB ﬂash-based iPod?, Leopard preview, .Mac woes, Creative settlement” (Download M4A)
MacBreak 17: Quicksilver Tips (iTunes) - 2006-08-31 - video - “Merlin Mann’s back sharing more productivity tips with Leo using Quicksilver.” (Download MOV)
MacBreak 12: Quicksilver - 2006-07-12 - video - “Leo Laporte and Merlin Mann show you how to turbocharge your interactions with your data and applications using Quicksilver.” (Download MOV)

”43F: Recent MacBreak Podcasts” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on September 09, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"

Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver

Merlin — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:10:49 -0400

MacBreak 12: Quicksilver [The TWiT Podcast Network with Leo Laporte]

Leo and Alex were kind enough to ask me to drop by MacBreak to talk a little bit about Quicksilver.

Most of what we discussed is probably old hat to the hardcore fans, but if you’re looking for a fast intro, this might be a useful link for your friends and cubemates.

Video download options

Quicktime MOV (direct download)
iPod video format (iTunes)
540p (iTunes)

Watch for upcoming MacBreak eps with more demos and tricks with my favorite Mac app.

”Merlin on MacBreak: Intro to Quicksilver” was written by Merlin Mann for 43Folders.com and was originally posted on July 26, 2006. Except as noted, it's ©2009 Merlin Mann and licensed for reuse under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. "Why a footer?"