MacGeek Danny’s wife decided to do Apple one better and designed a Shuffle you can eat. Mmmm… Apparently she is a cake making machine, check out her other creations.

Since OS X Tiger with Dashboard is still a ways off. I suggest checking out the original widget app, Konfabulator. To help get you started with “widgets”, I have created the Tiger Timer. Tiger Timer, using Konfabulator, will sit on your desktop and countdown the days to the arrival of OS X Tiger. Enjoy!

[Download Tiger Timer Widget for Konfabulator]

To install: Just download the .ZIP file. and unzip into your ‘Documents’ –> ‘Widgets’ directory on the Mac or the ‘My Documents’ –> ‘My Widgets’ folder on the PC. Then open the widget in Konfabulator.

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 48. Mac Mini gets 1 mile wireless range, use your Shuffle without iTunes, Australian iTunes Music Store opening delayed, Jobs again one of Time’s “most influential”, Apple temporarily halts AppleCare in Washington state, Apple to open midtown Manhattan mega store and Tiger GOLD master post removed from AppleInsider. Darrell’s Guide for New Mac Geeks #3, please send tips to new email address mactips@gmail.com. MacCast special report on scanning slides and negatives, iPed Promo has ended, Dan Klass on PodcastAlley voting and new music for MacGeeks in love, Love Like This by Joshua Stike. Are you listening? Shownotes in HTML or OPML

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Check out Part 1 of MacCast Ara’s four part special report on how to convert your 35mm prints and slides into digital format. Click here for Part 1.

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 47. .Mac subscribers get free 30 days of T-Mobile Hotspot, rumor about widescreen iBook’s (I don’t think so), Hitachi new MicroDrive technology explained Schoolhouse Rock style, the USTec Mac Mini Holster. Is there a Norwegian iTunes Music Store coming soon? Appeals court dismisses Apple shareholder lawsuit and Apple is the 422nd largest company in the world according to Forbes. The Mystery Track was… What if? by Accrington Stanley, web site Apple Store Mobile the European response and more educational discount woes. Plus MacCast discounts on iPodderX and the iPed. New Music, New York by Nicolas Erdei. A tribute to the families of the victims of 9/11. Listen in. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

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Here is the info on the music played on Wednesdays show. Listener Dom sent the track which is from his brothers band.

They are a band from Southampton, England and have a good catalogue of CDs for sale. Their website is http://www.accrington-stanley.com , although it is currently in re-development. If anyone is interested in purchasing their records while the site gets back up and running they can email webmaster@accrington-stanley.com

Hey, according to this AP release it looks like a site called Top Cast is taking nominations for Podcast awards. Anyone wanna nomiante their favorite show?

See some things I tell you are true, as listener Al discovered when he took my advice and upgraded the RAM in his iBook.

I know you have mentioned several times on your show that adding more
than the default 256MB to the Mac (in my case an iBook G4 800) will
make a big difference, but despite all my years as a computer guy
(though recent switcher) I am astounded at how much of a difference it
does in fact make! I added 512 MB (had to toss out 128MB to do it) so
I have a total of 640MB now. It is amazing how snappy applications are
now. Quicksilver, for example, would almost always take a couple
seconds to come up when I hit its hotkey. Now it’s instantaneous,
always. Multitasking is a joy now. Literally the best $150 CDN
(including tax) I’ve ever spent on a computer upgrade (and I’ve done my
fair share over the years… ;)

I would like to recommend to all Canadians (and maybe Americans too)
that they check out http://www.canadaram.com/macram.html. 512MB of
iBook RAM for $131 CDN seems to me like a great deal. My order took
less than 3 days between the time I clicked submit and the time I
clicked the RAM into place. ;)

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A podcast about Macs done by a Mac geek for Mac geeks. Show 46. Rumors elude to possible video iPod, a Tiger update and Apple lauches store on mobile phones in Japan. Darrell’s Guide for new Mac Geeks #2, a forum discussion of Apple’s OS upgrade policies and the Mac Geek site, VersionTracker.com. New Music, What if? by Accrington Stanley. If it’s you or you know who it is please tell me. Your ears will love you for it. Shownotes in HTML or OPML

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Offenburg, Germany – April 6, 2005
E.R.S “Pleasant software for the people” announces the release of the new software ShowMacster. ShowMacster is an extension to Apple’s iChat AV which enables the user to stream pictures, Quicktime movies and live screen captures during video conferences. ShowMacster is seamlessly integrated into iChat AV, adding a drawer to the video chat window. By pressing a button or hotkey ShowMacster will switch from the current iSight video stream to whatever assigned picture, movie or live screen capture. Thus, ShowMacster not only enables the user to show slide shows of his pictures or video clips but also to illustrate his actions on his screen to his opponent.

ShowMacster is available for Mac OS X 10.3 and Mac OS X 10.4 and is priced at 15 Euro (about $20).

For more information and a free downloadable trial version of ShowMacster visit http://www.showmacster.com