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  Opening Music
    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  CherryOS G4 Emulator for PC Launched
    Runs OS X on PC. $49.95. Free Trial offers 15 launches
    Some say it is a rip off of OpenSource PearPC project
  Linux Creator Uses a Mac, but not OS X
    Linux creator Linus Torvalds is using a dual-2GHz Power Mac G5 (running Linux) as his main desktop--mainly for work reasons
  Terrasoft Offers Yellow Dog on bootable iPod/Firewire Drives
    A bootable iPod or FireWire drive contains a full installation of Yellow Dog Linux which can be used as an external, bootable drive. All applications, data, and /home directory information is contained in this palm-sized medium, offering an unprecedented level of portability as users can boot G4 and G5 Apple computers from the iPod or FireWire drive, leaving internal drives untouched.
  Sony Takes on Shuffle
    Sony announced 9 new Walkman flash Players
    50-Hours of playback and a 3 line screen
    512MB $130 USD and 1GB $180 USB. Add $20 for FM Tuner versions.
    Apple stock dropped 5% on announcment
Thoughts, Comments, Emails and Feedback
  Bret - What are iGeeks
    Play audio question
    FeedBurner has feature to track Podcast subscribers
  Kahn - PodcastAlley Voting and DVD burning
    Play question
  Kevin - Recommends Bookmarkable AAC for Podcasts
    Doug's Scripts for iTunes
    QuickConvert will convert into many formats including bookmarkable AAC
    iPodderX has built in feature to convert Podcasts to bookmarkable AAC
  Michael - How to print Selected Text in OS X
    Can you print only the selected text in a document?
    $24.95 PrintMagic from MacEase
  Nukes - MacDad Blog
    Listener has a great web site where he shares stories and experiences of converting to Mac and trying to get friends and family to do the same.
  Shayne - Backup Options for OS X
    Play audio comment
    1) If you have a .Mac account you can get Backup2 from Apple for free. It allows you to backup to disk or removable drives and can be scheduled.
    2) SilverKeeper is a free backup utility from LaCie and does basic incremental syncing of files and can be scheduled.
    3) Dantz Retrospect Desktop is a commercial app ($99.00 USD) that should meet most backup needs.
    4) Carbon Copy Cloner is a utility that will create a complete bootable backup image of your entire drive. It also offer syncronization and scheduling of backups. It is also free.
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  Vote at Podcastalley.com (Again)
    Changed voting system.
    Can vote once per month and not star ratings.
  New Audio Feedback Blog
    MacCast Feedback Blog

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  Sunrise by Alex McCleod
    On Garageband.com
    Official web site