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    Music is Say Anything by Manda and the Marbles
    Mandaandthemarbles.com
News
  FCC documents verify Motorola iTunes model
    A manual submitted by Motorola to the FCC verifies that Motorola E790 is the much awaited iTunes phone.
    Connecting the phone to your computer causes it to appear as a device in iTunes that you can then drag tracks and playlists to.
    Details on Macncell
  Flash based iPod Minis or 2 and 4 GB Shuffles?
    An analyst has reported that Samsung has offered Apple flash memory at the same size and prices that Apple currently pays hard drive manufactures
    This could mean smaller more durable iPod minis and helps Samsung secure a long term contact with Apple for flash media.
    Meanwhile there are reports that Shopping.com temporarily posted listings for 2GB and 4GB iPod Shuffles.
  Welcome the next governor of the great state of California, Steve Jobs?
    The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that "democratic activists" are throwing Steve Jobs name around as a potential candidate in 2006. They are also throwing around Robin Williams name too, so not sure I'd put too much stock in this.
Feedback, Comments and Commentary
  Tip: Speed up spring loaded folders
    Listener Per-Olof pointed out that if you use spring loaded folders, you can bypass the wait by pressing the spacebar while hovering over the folder.
    Is there a way to go back up a level when using spring loaded folders?
    I personally use column view, so i can just move left back a column
  Some serious issues with some 30" Apple Cinema displays
    Listener Kenny told me about an issue with the 30" display where some displays (his included) display flickering or dancing blue-green pixels
    Threads on Apple's forums have literally hundreds of posts on this.
    No real long term solutions offered. Turning off the display offers short term resolution. Other recommened reducing brightness, changing desktops, etc.
    Theories as to the cause are overheating, running at non-native resolutions and dual link cards.
  Review: Desktop Manager
    Play review from Sky
    Desktop Manager web site
    The developer warns that this is alpha software and was tested on Panther, so use carefully.
  Tiger no longer uses Crontab for periodic maintenance
    Listener Ben pointed out that Tiger now uses a Launch daemon (launchd) for the scheduled periodic maintenance.

    Normally launchd will schedule daily maintenance and 3:15 at night,
    but if your mac is not on at that time it will perform the
    maintenance at a later date (similar to anacron).

  Don't need to run repair permissions from CD/DVD
    Several listeners pointed to that repair permissions will run just fine (and is probably preferred because of changes between updates) when launched from your boot volume.
    You still need to boot from CD/DVD if you want to repair a boot volume.
  eMacCast Artwork Contest
    I need artwork to display in the Album art for various sections of the eMacCast.

    Categories:
    - News
    - Review
    - Comment
    - Tips & Tricks
    - Question
    - Answer

    Will post the original layered PhotoShop file of the hi-res "MacBert" logo in the forum contest area for download.
    You have until midnight on 9/1/2005 to post your images (300 x 300 pixel PNG or JPEG)
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  "Take Back Sunday" by Rally Car
    From listener Dino who is in the band
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