“Da kine go stay go!”

Carmen and Scott regret to announce that as of this show, the MacHelp from Maui podcast will no longer be heard.

That’s right, we’ve finally given in to the ennui of the islands - this is just too much like work!

Not really - but Apple doesn’t need us anymore - they’re doing […]

Tuesday the president of the Maui Apple Users Society (MAUS) asked me to stand in for him at this weeks meeting. The subject of this meeting was to be the new AppleTV, so my part was to take his new one home, figure out how it worked, then present it to the understandably impressed inmates. […]

Not that I would ever want to gloat about what a deviant piece of crap Windows is but it appears that some of the most important dentures, such as the ability to actually recover your files from their backup app are not available unless you buy the much more expensive version.
What’s that word… oh yeah: […]

Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod. Microsoft announces Zune is rapidly approaching fifteen units sold

At nearly every party, inquisition or casual chat, after the “which Mac should I get” question, I’m often asked “which digital camera should I buy?”
My answer is simple: Get one made by a real camera company that has a good lens and uses normal batteries. The victim then responds with a string of Japanese […]

Paper iPhones & Pekelo
Post-MacWorld iPhone lust.
Trying to explain the AppleTV.
More music from Pekelo’s “Hana by the Sea” CD
Geoff Muldaur on Maui
Some Artsy artist talk
Carmen wins the candy bar!

A consistent topic at holiday parties was what I thought of Windows Vista.

That’s like asking me what I think about chemotherapy or getting slapped in the face with a Toyota Celica. Resisting the urge to
blurt out “…well, it sucks” I instead claimed ignorance with a side order
of revulsion and fear.
In fact, it’s clear that Windows […]