http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com The Mac in the Arts and Creative Work & Some Funny Stuff from Hawaii Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:11:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just in case anyone is looking, some of the conversation continues at: http://www.machelpmaui.com/blogOther than that, Carmen and I miss ya'll. http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/11/02/where-is-he/ "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 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/03/the-last-machelpaloha-podcast/ I didn't even bother to read this, it's so ridiculous. Microsoft must have hired some wonks from the Bush administration for planning. Did you realize that the iPhone doesn't support OFFIC? Oh my, ya'll had better wait for the Zune phone then.The word "clueless comes to mind. Fuck you Bill!Microsoft ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/20/haha-microsoft-slams-apple-iphone-as-irrelevant/ Apple grew faster than any other PC makerApple... picked up market share in the United States, growing to 5 percent, from 4 percent, as its shipments increased 30 percent, according to Gartner. Apple grew faster than any other PC maker in the United States, Gartner said.Apple Pugs Security HolesApple Inc. ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/20/its-a-wonderful-day-in-teh-neoghborhood/ Whilst Microsoft was bragging about the sales number of their latest OS Windows Vista, few would actually know that they have only managed to sell 244 copies in the whole of China in the first 2 weeks. You heard that right, and that’s the number quoted from the headquarters of ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/18/genuine-windows-vista-sold-only-244-copies-in-whole-of-china/ 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 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/13/the-appletv-is-one-slick-toy-the-purpose-of-which-evades-me/ 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 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/12/windows-vista-pisses-on-users-again/ Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod. Microsoft announces Zune is rapidly approaching fifteen units sold http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/09/fark-nails-it-again/ Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. PresidentThe Detroit NewsCredit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation.Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/07/president-bush-almost-blows-up-something-else/ "Microsoft says DRM-free music soon to be available to all 14 Zune owners. Steve Jobs to announce Microsoft's next move shortly." http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/07/fark-nails-it/ I've just successfully performed a brain transplant on my five-year old Pismo PowerBook - moving it's hard-drive and a few other bits into the chassis that previously housed one gone to meet it's Philippino maker. Over the last couple of years, I've keep my eyes open and carefully collected a stack of PIsmo parts ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/07/rebirthing-a-pismo/ Should you get a new Mac now or wait until the heat death of the universe? Why are some many people waiting for Leopard? So what if you don't have the newest Mac on the block. So what if your friends all think you're a raw newbie? We attempt to peer ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/03/machelp-podcast-91-rumor-milling/ Carmen and I took a "mental health" break from the podcast last week - I hope someone noticed! Apple didn't seem to be doing anything and the spring weather finally arrived so we went off to smell some flowers.We'll be back at the board later today though and if the ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/02/back-on-the-mics/ Description: Internal Apple information on the iPhone OSX architecture.Apple's iPhone architecture exposed! For those of you who are into such things, here's a little geek porn - the first known diagram of how the hardware and software of the iPhone work. You can see how they assigned priorities and dependencies ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/04/02/apple-architecture-leaked-and-scribd/ I know he's trolling for hits again by pissing off Mac users, but some other twit may then take his demented ravings to heart and decide to wait for the ZunePhone. This could bring an end to civilization as we know it."Johnny C" - as he is known in the ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/30/john-c-devorac-sticks-head-up-ass-rolls-down-street/ I haven't been paying much attention to the Apple TV.Don't get me wrong - it appears to be a cool product - but I just don't ever watch television, so the whole idea goes right over my head which is usually pointed at a computer display or buried in a ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/28/appletv-hack-and-tamed/ Viruses & what's in the Mac OS X.4.9 Update. Sahra Indio plays Sweet Reggae Music From Hawaii http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/20/number-90-1049-update/ No storms, no gator bait, just bumper cars with cripplesAnother exciting tale of reality being warped by sunshine and bad water. BTW: No tips for you!Valet crashes amputee's car - then hits himPensacola, Fla. (AP) — A valet accidentally drove an amputee's specially equipped car through a Pensacola hospital's front ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/20/floridiots-in-motion/ The government should send AppleInsider to Iran or perhaps North Korea - they seem to be able to get the secret scoops on Apple's weapons of mass construction better than most other rumor sites.Their latest, to be found here, exposes plans to upgrade the venerable FlatMac iMac design and bring ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/20/flatter-imacs-and-smaller-laptops/ At YouTube a Mac PowerBook user closes his computer to show the baby squirrel that has cuddled up underneath. Too freakin' cute.Go see this! LINK http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/16/awww/ From MacOS Hints(I didn't know this one!)Here's another way to Force Quit an application: Click the Apple MenuHold Shift, and notice that the 'Force Quit...' menu item has changed to 'Force Quit [frontmost app name].'Select 'Force Quit [frontmost app name]' to force quit the Application. This method allows you to Force Quit ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/15/force-quit-front-app/ Live from Charley's in Paia - Pekelo!Get your headphones ready! After we slosh about in the rumor pool, you'll hear a special binaural recording of Pekelo live at Maui's best local bar. Almost like being there.(picture of "Roy" the binaural head and Pekelo pretending this is normal) http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/14/machelp-from-maui-89-2/ Sorry, this isn't about Macs, but it pisses me off so much that I have to let everyone know about it. The administration knows what would happen if the started up the draft again, so instead of doing what's necessary at the cost of perhaps losing the next election, they ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/12/time-to-impeach-and-imprision-them-all/ Heard about the web: From I, CringelyThe Great Apple Video Encoder Attack of 2007: Cupertino plans to add H.264 hardware support to its entire line.Now comes the rumor I have heard, that I believe to be a fact, that has simply yet to be confirmed. I have heard that Apple ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/10/rumors-of-better-macs/ On Mar 8, 2007, at 12:22 AM, (lady in distress) wrote: I am taking a Photoshop Elements class and bought the software for Elements 4.0. Now when I open iphoto, and right click to open in external editor, I want it to open in 4.0 but it still opens in 2.o. Shouldn't it have ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/08/changing-the-iphoto-external-editor/ A little history - with no time left for the music of which we speak. Our guest/victim this time is David Kapralik, a dear friend and inspiration who takes us back in time, then forward into our future. http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/06/machelp-from-maui-88-iliili/ Since I'm always recommending LaCie drives for backups and production storage here's an announcement of the software for your drive.LaCie Update Tool v1.3.3 is now Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) compatible and adds the latest firmware support for d2 and Design by F.A. Porsche drives with FireWire 400 and 800 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/05/fyi-lacie-updates-firmware/ You thought we were safe, a new month, no analog logic bombs from the sunshine state... but this would underestimate the ability of Florida's citizenry to jump in the deep end with both ends:Miami developer arrested after using official funds to buy watermelon statueFri Mar 2, 5:16 PM ETA prominent ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/05/floridiots-attack-for-march/ "He was also charged with damage to a mini-bar in the room, but this charge was later dropped when the defendant said that it was the donkey who caused that damage." http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/01/you-dont-hear-this-much-any-more/ Podcasting from end to end Care and feeding of RRS Feeds How to explain it to your friends Flowers and Birds Pekelo live on the old radio http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/28/machelp-from-maui-87-podcasting-howto-2/ From LifeHacker's Adam PashIf you use iTunes on the Mac, you should know about Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes, a repository of scripts that add tons of useful functionality to Apple's music player...Take for instance #10 here: 10. Import iPod Audio Files: This handy little gem lets you grab audio tracks ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/28/cool-itunes-hacks/ Here's what's boncing about the web right now!Mac Display Eater kills home filesPR disaster waiting to happenA MAKER of Mac software has uncovered a “scary” anti-piracy measure in a bit of code called Display Eater.Display Eater records motion video on your screen which you can then convert to a Quicktime ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/24/mac-program-destroys-your-computer-if-you-try-to-steal-it/ Macs and Rumors of Macs MacSnoop and a few other rumor sites are quoting each other and unnamed sources on the inevitability of new Macs as soon as next month. In addition to inside leaks a case is being made that the Mini, MacBook and MacPro haven't had a face ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/23/drool-worthy-black-imac-may-be-seen-by-summer/ You got questions? Be careful, Scott might answer them.Here are the secrets of input levels and all the different ways to get sound into your Mac. There will be a test.To lighten things up, Pekelo sings a song about Hawaiian sovereignty called "Cry from a Nation." http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/22/machelp86/ I just checked my calendar to make sure that we are living in the 21st century.So whycome are the citizens of such an otherwise civilized country counting the dots on an airline's new logo? Don't they have anything better to do? Get these folks on the internet.The suprising result was ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/22/too-many-dots/ 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 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/19/its-about-time-watches-are-going-away/ Now why didn't I think of this:Man calls police after phantom visitor cleans and paints flatFrankfurt (eCanadaNow) - A mystified 45-year-old German called police after he returned to his apartment to discover that the walls had changed colour and someone unknown had cleaned out the refrigerator and polished the mirrors, ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/16/officer-someone-cleaned-my-house-2/ This morning at BoingBoing.com there was a clipette about how paranoid and clueless the Vancouver CA police have become about WiFi and computers.Vancouver cops hate WiFiVancouver's cops have espoused vague, technologically ignorant objections to city-wide WiFi. They argue that the ability to communicate anonymously will help criminals (cough pay-phones cough) ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/15/are-bc-police-hiding-porn-or-adultry/ • Stories about the day that Apple saved its "okole" by buying NeXT computer and got Steve for $1.00 a year.• Tips to make your searching more specific.• Diesel returns with a Gordon Lightfoot song.  http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/12/the-return-of-the-steve-and-the-diesel/ 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 ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/12/megapixels-are-bullshit/ Why you don't want to buy the cheapest computer you can find from a company that makes hardly any profit."Dell Laptop Burned Down My House"On Monday morning I was heading to work like any other day.. little did I know that my home was being consumed by a raging fire. ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/10/dude-youre-getting-a-burned-down-house/ "Goofy" arrested on child porn chargesOrlando, Florida - A Disney actor who plays "Goofy" and "The Beast" from 'Beauty and the Beast' faces 51 counts of child porn in Orlando.  20-year-old Matthew Wendland was arrested early this morning at his apartment.  Police found explicit photos of children as young as 3-years-old, posed ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/10/floridiot-headlines-you-couldnt-make-up/ It's about friggin' time! We've been waving this flag now for over thirty years and finally some of the borgs are starting rise up out of their graves and lurch towards the light!Ok, for along time the Mac did have a few bumps and bothers, but ever since OS X ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/09/computerworld-windows-expert-switches/ "For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists. If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad." - NY Congressman Gary Ackerman http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/09/congressman-actually-says-someting-intelleigent-and-funny/ Kodak may have just done something smart for the first time in years. From Gizmodo: LINK Kodak Invents Photo Ink That'll Last 100 years. ...Kodak drops news we hinted at yesterday: Multifunction printers pumping a revolutionary ink through their nozzles that'll create prints with an archival life of 100 years, versus standard inkjet ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/kodak-in-lasts-for-100-years/ Someone has an issue. It's a new month and time for the Gator-Bait State to escalate their exploration into the netherworld of irrational behavior. Two arrested after fight over washcloth. PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a fight over a washcloth in Ponte Vedra Beach sent two people to jail.According ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/08/floridiots-in-feb/ 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. http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/07/machelp-from-maui-84-makena-interview/ Or he's finally dropped a parity-bit somewhere. Evidence this quote from the recent Newsweek interview:“Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/03/bill-gates-smokes-really-expensive-dope/ Zune’s Boss Steps Down. Is the iPod Killer…Dying? Bryan Lee, the head of the Zune project for Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, is leaving the company “to focus on the next chapter in his life," but analysts claim it’s something fishy about his departure. A spokeswoman for the Redmond behemoth declared ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/02/the-zune-floats-upsidedown-to-top-of-the-tank/ The latest Maui CompuSwap is now just a sunburn and a memory. Find out what tat's all about as we do a quick on-site interview with the suspects. The music is from sistahs Toast and Siena of Makena who will be featured in next week's interview. They play "Ulupalakua" one of ... http://macuser.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/02/02/machelp-podcast-83/