Just in case anyone is looking, some of the conversation continues at: http://www.machelpmaui.com/blog
Other than that, Carmen and I miss ya’ll.

Watches bug me. I have two; one that costs too much and another, cheap calculator/geek watch that I wear when required. But the as soon as I get my shoes off, the watch and wallet follow.When I forget to wear my watch - which is often - it’s never a problem because my iPod and […]

Da Cute!
The Makena Interview - Siena & Toast tell how they did everything on their iBook.
Then we hear them play “Waikiki Hula”
Keola reappears with a great Hawaiian Technology word of the fortnight.

No matter how stupid you’ve been lately, this little news item should make you feel better. It seems that Ford’s CEO isn’t the only dimwit in the state.
Michigan treasurer falls for Nigerian scam
A public treasurer in the Michigan county of Alcona stands accused of embezzling tax payers out of more than $1.2m, at least part […]

The First MacHelp Trans-Pacific Interview
We interview Mick Liubinskas, Chief Customer Officer of Tangler in Sydney, about his new MacintoshBook. (…”just graphics…?)
Keola picks on Bill@Redmond
At Last! Raiatea Helm sings again - but there’s a question…

It’s been difficult to keep the blog up right now because my OTHER blogsite where this content is mirrored blew up REAL BIG a few weeks ago.
Rather than fuss with repairing it yet again, I have taken the radical step of reloading and rebuilding it from scratch, which in spite of what anyone says […]

Worth100 has made my day with a new contest that asks entrants to imagine and then Photoshop (a new verb!) an un announced iApple iProduct [White].
Too bad that about half of the entries are versions of “iToilet” demonstrating a staggering lack of imagination, but the “iFibrillator” and “iDate” make up for tha, though I […]

The truth of that matter is, if you listen carefully, Saddam would still be in power if he were the president of the United States, and the world would be a lot better off. –George W. Bush
St. Louis, MO 10/08/2004 Second presidential debate

Mele Kalikimaka Ya’ll

Mac gift ideas and hints from Scott and Carmen.
Bad Apple Tech Support
Pekelo plays this time about Kahoolawe
Tea by Tetley’s with Peanut Butter Cups

Just out of curiosity: several people have raved to me about the joys
of G.mail; Mac’s mail is still the best, right?  I try to tell them but
they won’t listen.  What’s the one thing that we have that they don’t? 
I’d like something to tell them so they’ll go into a corner to ponder
their predicament!
Google mail […]

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Mahalo!

Pink? Brown wasn’t bad enough they had to make a special pink Zune? This from the company that named an operating system “WINce.”
How to Crap All Over a Product Launch, by Microsoft Corp.
It appears that Microsoft has secretly seeded 100 pink Zunes into the market
so that very lucky, very unsuspecting buyers will get in a […]

Who knows?
The geeks in the tinfoil Apple caps have been busy. This item was found crawling along the baseboards until I smashed it with a shoe. LINK
Apple Mac Tablet PC With Docking Station In 07
Apple researchers have built a full working prototype of a Mac tablet PC and three Companies in Taiwan are now costing […]

It’s been a great holiday season - lots of parties good food and fun. There’s been no noise from Cupertino so game makers to dominate the geek press. But since I don’t really care about the Play Station or X-Box you won’t hear about them herel Sorry.But Microsoft’s Zune music player has been a real […]

Someone’s gonads will be on a split over this, Steve does not like his contractors talking out of school. But it is nice to have yet another confirmation that there may soon be an iPhone.Just remember “When it beeps - then it’s shipping.”
Taiwan’s Hon Hai wins Apple orders for mobile handsets, notebook PCs    TAIPEI […]

From some news site that I’m too lazy to link, comes this not
suprising report on Apple’s holiday opportunities as well as reviewer’s
discovery that Microsoft’s “iPod-Killer” is a turd in a box.
Retailers see strong Mac demand, little excitement over Zune
Checks
with retailers in the north east indicate there is strong demand for
Apple Computer’s Intel Mac line leading […]

This isn’t about Macs or Hawaii. It is though an amazing demonstration of what technology can do, especially in education.
Here’s a one-hour BBC documentary on the history of “the” prime number by Tery Jones, late of Monty Python. It’s funny, brilliant and succeeds in teaching some otherwise boring maths and history.

Go read this:
Another letter to my best friend

Presented here in its near entirety, here’s a great blog post from ArsTechnica about the latest Mac Virus scare. This author has the right attitude and real, true facts. Anyone who pays attention to a virus software company’s warnings about Mac security probably also thinks Faux New has somthing real to say about politics.
New Mac […]

“This isn’t an election anymore, it’s an intervention.” - Andrew Sullivan on CNN.

I found this really neat video documentary about Nicola Tesla at Google Video. It’s not the usual same-old-shot fair about how smart he was, this one actually gets into his more radical inventions, the one’s that could have really changed the world for better or worse.

Hawaii has recently had earthquakes, flash floods. volcanic smog - but nothing from Florida. It’s like the whole state finally got their meds right. Well, may not Katherine Harriss, but she doesn’t count any higher than her bra size or IQ, which ever is more plausible.
Now from sunny Bradenton comes this sad but strange bit […]

Here are a few bullet points culled from news reports of Apple’s last quarter,

Sales of Apple’s Macintosh computers over the past twelve month’s have grown faster than any other major PC manufacturer
The company’s share of the U.S. PC market is now 6.1 percent
Apple posted a fiscal fourth quarter profit of $546 million on sales of […]

From a Mac user at ComputerWorld.(There’s a Mac user at Computerworld?)
Apple’s top-end laptop runs Vista better than a high-end Sony Vaio
Who can resist a chance to surf the Web with a beta version of something like Firefox, running on a beta version of Microsoft’s next operating system, using a beta version of Apple’s Boot Camp […]

“We live in a global world.”                      -GW Bush

Lightning exits woman’s bottom
October 09, 2006 12:00amArticle from: The Australian
A WOMAN has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body.
Natasha Timarovic, 27, was cleaning her teeth at home when lightning struck the building.
She said: “I had just put my mouth […]

I’m in class this morning learning how to help kids with computers. That’s not the right way to say it - how about: using computers to help kids.
Kids don’t need any help with computers, they are born knowing that just like I was born knowing about guitars and my dad was born ith an […]

We’ll ignore Mark Foley for now, you’ll already have heard about him. But, in case you want to study for the test here’s a link to the canonical list of Republican pedophiles: HEREOur Gator-Bait of the week is a Miami Cop who sold coke while wearing his uniform. It’s so embarrassing when amateurs get involved […]

Carmen does the Maui Country Fair • All about the MacHelp Podcast mics, mixers and audio set up • Apple’s iUpdates and new Old Fart Features! • Keola’s Hawaiian Technology Word of the Week • Music from the mainland c/o “The Slight Eccentric”commentCounter (222)

The current addition to my rouges gallery of unflattering caricatures.
Click for scary view

NPR Talk of the Nation has an extended interview with Woz. With more time than he had on Colbert, Steve discusses his philosophies of life, engineering and how Apple lost the lead, among many other things.
Ira Faltow also reveals himself as a real geek who even built a ‘blue-box’ phone dialer when he was younger. […]

Guy Kawasaki, Apple’s former lead ‘Evangelist’ and current venture capitalist recently hosted a panel on what youngsters do with technology. The answers to his questions are very enlightening. As usual, the kids are doing things that us old farts don’t even understand. The manufacturers are shown as clueless about the features that this market wants […]

The news is good - IBM have realised that the Mac platform is doing quite well - growing and adding new users every day. For this reason they will now make their mediocre “Notes” application as bad on Macs as it is on PCs.
But would it be too much for them to use the same […]

The Woz was just on on the Colbert Report doing what he does best. Colbert said he would “nail him in a language her can understand 01011001″ but it looks like Woz freaked him out.

This is real!

Compaq FAQ: Where do I find the “Any” key on my keyboard? (FAQ2859) The term “any key” does not refer to a particular key on the keyboard. It simply means to strike any one of the keys on your keyboard or handheld screen.

The prodcut namers at Microsoft - who once named a operating system for hand-held devices “WINCE” without doing so - have now released another ‘iPod killer.’ The device is called a ‘Zune’.There must not have been any naughty Canadians in the office that day - they’d all gone out for a beer or something.
From MacWorld […]

“It’s very similar to Harley-Davidson. So many people will only buy a Harley-Davidson. It’s already pre-decided and it has nothing to do with what the specs of a Harley are. And to keep that brand loyalty, Apple is doing a good job of differentiating their products with style and early features.”
-Woz
c/o AppleMatters

It was just an iPod event
Well, maybe not ‘just’, but Steve’s standup this morning was about movies, iPods and iTunes which are all very cool, and which all support the bottom line. It’s been a while since Apple did anything for the iPod and the webs was starting to get a little testy […]

Hey guys, sorry about the show not being up today. Unfortunately due to a rather annoying DSL issue the show wont be recorded and done until Thursday evening. Fear not because we have a great show and to follow that an exclusive interview with Adam Hillegass from Big Nerd Ranch.
Sorry once again guys… not too […]

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Sorry guys things have got me completely overwhelmed this week and we’re taking a small break. Look out next week when we take a look at a couple of Mac accessories, the Elgato EyeTV products and 3rd party mouse offerings.
As always send us your thoughts and suggestions to themacusershow@gmail.com

You don’t have to wait any longer…our new system is all setup…all of our technology problems have been fixed (fingers crossed) and The Podcast Network is ready to re-enter the world of podcasting…bigger…better…and stronger than ever.
Stay tuned for some really exciting news next week as we kick this thing back into gear, and I know […]

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