If you are a music lover live me and want to be able to back up your entire iTunes library you may want to check out the new Bandwagon service
Bandwagon helps make life easier for music geeks that backup using rsync/ftp or to cds + dvds. The service will launch on Feb 22nd and we will all want to keep our eyes on this one. This service is for Mac only.
George Starcher had a problem getting his video to work on iChat for a very long time. The other day him and I finally figured out what was wrong. George tells the story over at his blog. link
The cache George cleaned can be found under your home directory /library/caches/com.apple.iChat.Pictures
All George did was drag that folder to his desktop and re-boot his system. He restarted and re-start iChat and it worked. Finally he deleted the old cache folder.
Tonight we play a fun Apple Trivia Game, we discuss Apple hardware and the right time to buy it, and Victor plays some neat sound files from old Apple Commercials.
Show Notes:
appletidbits.com ( I want to give full attribution for the inspiration to do the quiz based on their questions. Please visit and support their site it’s a great one.)
When to buy that new Mac \ mactactic.com helps
In The Trenches Podcast
Join me tonight for the Typical Mac User Live show.
Talkcast information:
Tonight we play “Know your Apples” Trivia Contest, Victor plays some neat audio clips from Apple Videos and the rest of the show is dedicated to participation from the live listeners.
I was interviewed by Mark Juliano (Vice President of Marketing) and host of the Podcasters Talk About Podcasting show. If you want to hear the show, please drop by and listen me talking about podcasting, my current shows and some podcasting technology trends. link
Well after using the Nokia N800 since Sunday , I’m afraid it’s going to have to go back. Don’t get me wrong I really love this device, but my phone carrier “Verizon” has made it impossible for me to communicate with my RAZR phone in a way that I can really get day in, and day out use out of it.
Some of you may say “Victor don’t you investigate this stuff before you buy?” Well I do and I had heard the N800 was hard to pair up with Blue tooth but not that Verizon did not let data packets pass through their blue tooth connection. There was exactly one forum post that made any reference to connection to blue tooth at all, so I took a chance.
So I sadly am going to return it, and Verizon will soon have to deal with me canceling my accounts with them after being a customer for 10 years.
Tonight we talk about me buying a new mac, selling my old one, a review of iLap and of the Airport Express
Links Mentioned
ViewSonic VG2230WM 22″ Black Widescreen LCD Monitor
As a connected member of Citizen Media, I take pride in being able to reach my blogs, RSS feeds and all things web pretty much anywhere I am.
There are times when I’m not at home and it’s not practical for me to have my PowerBook G4 with me on the road. What to do? We for a long time I have been relying on my tiny Motorola Razor phone’s tiny screen as a way to read eamils only (no RSS and very limited web browser).
Last year I heard the guys over at Paul Dot Com Security Weekly talking about the Nokia N770 Internet tablet. In January the new Nokia N800 tablet came out and once again Paul, Larry and Twitchy from Paul Dot Com were gushing about this device. I started reading the blogs, forums and reviews and pulled the trigger on buying the $400.00 U.S. N800 this weekend.
Pictures of my Nokia N800 are in my Flickr Set.
Jonathan Greene over at atmospheric | endeavors has an incredible review of the Nokia N800 and a bunch of You Tube Video’s you don’t want to miss. Also I’m going to be interviewing Jonathan (a Mac user by the way) for an upcoming show.
My initial experience getting the N800 to connect with my home wi-fi was frustrating at best. I spent over fours (late night hours on Saturday) reading every forum, writing to my Friends In Tech, and trying to use my common sense to no avail. The device simply would not connect to my WRT54G router.
The next morning (with a clearer head) I changed the wireless channel number on the WRT54G and “sprinkle magic tech pixie dust” I was connected. The Nokia N800 was surfing the web, email, Google Talk, mp3 and even streaming audio from my iMac with no problems.
The next frustration for me came when I wanted to pair the Nokia N800 with my Verizon RAZR. Once again I have been bitten by Verizon’s lack of customer care. I called Verizon Wireless first and was told it should be able to transmit data from the phone to the tablet and back no problem.
Great that was good news, but later when I went to the Verizon Store, I was told that Verizon disables blue tooth data transmition capabilities on their phones and that is only available on their PDA’s. How convenient. However they said I can certainly tether my RAZR phone to the Nokia N800 using a mini USB to mini UBS cable (try finding one of those in a retail store).
So I have no idea if I’m going to get the Nokia N800 to work with my Verizon RAZR phone or not, but I do have an idea that this is the end of my service contract with Verizon as I won’t be kept from using services available to other cell phone users.
Bottom line is that I’m keeping the N800 as it is the perfect tool to fill the gap between my home iMac and my Powerbook G4. There are plenty of Wi-Fi hot spots around (I love coffee), and I will keep my fingers crossed that the USB tether really does solve my connection problem.
The Nokia N800 can even be used as a phone using the GIZMO VoIP client made for it. I called a talkshoe.com show yesterday using the Nokia N800 through wi-fi and was told the quality was good (not great but good). Pretty nice for a gadget just a bit bigger than an iPod.
Oh “One More Thing. . .” I can control my iMac from the N800 through a VNC Viewer
Tonight we discuss the upcoming Leopard and all of it’s promises.
Show Notes:
Highlights of Leopard in the Apple Web site
ThinkMac.net (Mac Tips Daily)
Tale a look at this very cool technology I found on You Tube.
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