MBW Picks

Hardware & software:

• Save Benjis for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• 1Password for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• Subway Shuffle for iPhone for $2.99 from Leo Laporte.
• Remote for iPhone for free from Merlin & Leo.
• AppleCore Flash at http://www.applecorellc.com for free from Merlin Mann.
• Apple TV ($322) with a Drobo ($499) from Merlin & Leo.
• FarFinder at http://flyingmac.com/farfinder/ for $35 from Andy Ihnatko.

Check out quicksilver here.

Also mentioned, http://www.fuckingnda.com/

All iPhone apps this week:

• Dizzy Bee for iPhone for $2.99 from Dr. Arnold Kim (from MacRumors.com and TouchArcade.com).
• Aurora Feint for iPhone for free from Dr. Arnold Kim (couldn’t find this in the store; maybe this is why?).
• Texas Hold’em for iPhone for $4.99 from Leo Laporte.
• Bloomberg for iPhone for free from Leo Laporte.
• SplashShopper for iPhone for $9.99 from Merlin Mann (Desktop version here).
• Urban Spoon for iPhone for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• MotionX Poker for iPhone for $4.99 from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

• On Writing by Stephen King from Merlin Mann.
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont from Leo Laporte.

Hardware & software:

• Where (itunes link) for free from Leo Laporte.
• Zenbe Lists for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• Google Mobile App for iPhone (itunes link) for from Scott Bourne.
• Pandora Radio for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Merlin Mann.
• Shazam for iPhone (itunes link) for free from Merlin Mann.

Books:

• Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura from Andy Ihnatko.

Some “10 Second Tips”:

• Make sure you have the latest version of your iPhone apps
• Home and Power Button gives you a screen shot of iPhone

Hardware & software:

• 1Password at http://agilewebsolutions.com for $34.95 from Merlin Mann.
• Quicksilver (update!) at http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-alchemy/ for free from Merlin Mann.
• Rooswitch at http://roobasoft.com/rooSwitch/ for $14.95 from Merlin Mann.
• RooVid at http://roovid.com for from Leo Laporte.
• Boinx TV (pre-pick) at http://boinx.com/ for TBD from Alex Lindsay.
• Amadeus Pro at http://www.hairersoft.com/AmadeusPro/AmadeusPro.html for $40 from Randal Schwartz.
• Mogulus at http://www.mogulus.com/ for free from Leo Laporte.

Books:

• James P. Hogan’s Giants Series - from Randal Schwartz
• Hulk Hogan by Hulk Hogan
• Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me! by Jesse Ventura

Bonus:

• Here’s Randal’s terminal command that generated the random password (I liked this one):

openssl rand -base64 6

Hardware & software:

• Visigami at http://code.google.com for free from Leo Laporte.
• WhatSize at http://www.id-design.com/software/whatsize/ for $12.99 from Geoff Smith.
• AppZapper at http://www.appzapper.com/ for $12.95 from Geoff Smith.
• Burger King Gold Card from Andy Ihnatko.
• Silhouettefx at http://www.silhouettefx.com/ for $995 from Alex Lindsay.
• Cocktail at http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/ for $14.95 from Scott Bourne.

Book:

• Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander from Leo Laporte
• Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs from Alex Lindsay
• The Spartans by Paul Cartledge from Scott Bourne

Hardware and software:

• eCamm Call Recorder at http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/ for $14.95 from Leo Laporte.
• PTgui at http://www.ptgui.com/ for 79 euros from Alex Lindsay.
• Evernote at http://evernote.com/ for free from Merlin Mann (his public evernote).
• Cameroid at http://www.cameroid.com/ for free from iJustine.
• Stanza at http://www.lexcycle.com/ for $15 from Andy Ihnatko.

Books:

• Things I’ve Learned from the Women that Dumped Me by Ben Karlin from Leo Laporte.

BONUS:Merlin’s MacBreak Weekly Challenge:  How would you filter out mail that is just to you (using Mail.app or Gmail)?  Let us know in the comments.

Hardware & software: 

• SmugMug at http://www.smugmug.com/ for various pricing (coupon codes:  leo@leoville.com or flickr) from Leo Laporte
• Photrade at http://www.photrade.com/ (beta - invite code: twip) from Scott Bourne
• Avian Stock at http://www.avianstock.com/ from Scott Bourne
• SproutCore at http://www.sproutcore.com/ for free from Daniel Eran
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/macaulaylibrary/ for free from Andy Inhatko
• Brain Toniq at http://www.braintoniq.com/ from Leo Laporte (NOTE: get a discount with coupon code: LEO)

Hardware & software:

• 280slides.com at http://280slides.com/ for from Leo Laporte.
• Fluid at http://fluidapp.com/ for free from Andy Ihnatko.
• Awesome Highlighter at http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ for from Scott Bourne.
• iStat Menus at http://islayer.com for free from Alex Lindsay. 

Books:

• The Places In Between by from Andy Ihnatko 

Hardware & software:

• Amazon Kindle for $359.00 from Merlin Mann (Andy’s Article).
• ManyBooks at http://manybooks.net/ for from Merlin Mann.
• Project Gutenberg at http://www.gutenberg.org for from Merlin Mann.
• Feedbooks at http://www.feedbooks.com/ for free from Merlin Mann.
• eyetv 250 plus at for $177.12 from Leo Laporte.
• Flip Video Mino for $179.99 from Andy Ihnatko.
• VisualHub at http://www.techspansion.com/visualhub/ for $23.32 from Andy Ihnatko.
• Pandora at http://pandora.com/ for free from Alex Lindsay.

Books

• The Bible from Leo Laporte.

Hardware & software:

• aTV Flash at http://www.applecorellc.com for $59.95 (on sale at time of post) from Leo Laporte.
• DFX Tiffen Filter at http://www.tiffen.com/ for $299.95 from Scott Bourne.
• CamTwist at http://www.allocinit.com/index.php?title=CamTwist for free from Liana Lehua.
• Bokeh at http://bokehapp.com/ for $17 from Andy Inhatko.
• Webnote Happy at http://www.happyapps.com/webnotehappy/ for $24.95 from Merlin Mann.
• Delicious Library v2 at http://www.delicious-monster.com/ for $40 from Alex Lindsay.

Book:

• The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins from Andy Inhatko.
• Dr. No by Ian Fleming from Leo Laporte.

Bonus: David Pogue had a great video that demoed the older version of Delicious Library.  Check it out if you’ve never seen it in action!