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OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Developers Release

iBlogger — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:38:13 +0000

This is something to talk about. The new Snow Leopard that is floating around and reared it’s ugly head at WWDC ‘08. Apparently Apple has been seeding ‘Snow Leopard’ to their Developers, dork, you know who you are, in a hope to get things started early. Or some other reason but none the less lets take a look at this Snow Leopard .. shall we?

Snow Leopard, sounds cool doesn’t it? I think it does. Don’t get too excited yet. This release of Leopard is not going to work for you PPC users. If you don’t have an Intel Core Duo Processor in your MAC then sit down at another table and get out your PC cause this cat is not for you!

Apple apparently decided that their old stuff is not good enough for the newest and best version of their kick ass OS. In March of ‘09, I think is what I have heard, Steve, Jay, Chris, Sandy, Laura, if you have a PPC, iMac G5, G4, you are screwed. And not the good screwed that you get when you are feeling lonely and your old hot friend calls you up to see what you are doing that night out of the blue. No no … the kind of screwed that leaves you standing there mouth agape wondering “How the hell did that just happen?”

Start saving your pennies not kids … Your going to want to get yourself a new iMac, MacBook, Mini or what ever else you prefer, to take full advantage of Apples soon to be released Snow Leopard. I have $9 dollars so far .. anyone want to kick in a few bucks send it to my PayPal.

Thats all from Your Handy Dandy Girls of Mac, Un-Officially of course.

*NOTE* I don’t really know what I’m talking about I’m just a girl after all!! But I felt like ranting so there you have it! Look for me in the months to come ranting online in my new podcast show .. Girls Gone Mild! It’s going to be great! It will be on channel 4 or maybe 5 not sure yet!!

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iWeb & RapidWeaver Themes by 11Mystics.com

iBlogger — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:11:43 +0000

Right now you can get iWeb Templates at 11Mystics.com super inexpensive. I was looking for some templates for iWeb and RapidWeaver 3.6. Searching the web is always fun when you find what you are looking for. Searching the web when you find what you are looking for and more is even better. There are quite a few websites that you can visit to buy extended, and user built software and add ons for your MAC’s programs. Right now you can Get iWeb Templates at 11Mystics.com and/or Get Tabouli, the fresh new theme for RapidWeaver from 11Mystics.com!. In fact they may just be setting the standard for everyone else thinking about setting up their own Apple Programs and Extensions.

RapidWeaver, if you are not familiar already, is a very user friendly website creation program built exclusively for the OS X Operating System. There are tons of add ons for RapidWeaver like Blocks, Payloom, and Kwix that make any website that you build easy, fast and very professional looking. I personally have built several sites with RapidWeaver that I thought no way could I have built that site that fast with all of the functionality using any other program.

Except maybe iWeb. Which comes with iLife 08 and is pre-installed on the new Intel Macs from what I hear!

There are plenty of extended themes and add-ons for iWeb as well, but even at the core, iWeb is a great website building program that you can get with iLife or if you are buying a new MAC then it should be on there already for you! If you don’t have a MAC or a nice Mini MAC, head over to the Clearance Section of Apple.com and check out of the deals there. You will be surprised.

The new Tabouli and Tabouli PRO are so far past all of our expectations for RapidWeaver. The templates included in these are definitely the best and by far the MOST Customizable Themes I have ever seen available for RapidWeaver.Ever since the update to RapidWeaver 3.6 there are some of the older themes that are no longer compatible.

That was the reason for the search this morning. And all day I have been on a mission to find the best price on the nicest themes. You have to understand how well those themes work with what you are building. A flawless integration.

Tabouli comes in two versions, a standard version with 15 color schemes and a pro version with 48 color schemes. There are 22 adjustment options in both versions.

Keep your eye on iBlogVoice.com. We will be offering some killer deals on different software in a few weeks. We are working on software developers trying to get better deals for killer programs and extensions for your MAC.

Also, don’t forget to check out MacHeist.com. If you haven’t hear of MacHeist yet then maybe you arelivingunder a rock in some far off place or you are insensitive when it comes to your Mac and the way you handle the day to day tasking. Take a look see because we believe in you and your ability to do the right thing.

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Break from iBlogging

iBlogger — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:36:32 +0000

I wanted to take a break from iBlogging for a second just to talk a little about something that Really Gets My Goat. Not really that bad but I want to rant about it a little ….. so here goes.

< R A N T >
I swear that I am updating WordPress on all of my blogs about every week. Seems that way anyway. I swear that every time I log in to my sites there is a message that says Update Now! WOW .. that has to be the busiest bunch of people in the world. Did Google buy them or something? What’s going on over at WordPress?
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So thats that. This weekend was very interesting. I wanted to start doing a little podcasting for this site this weekend but it turned out that I did some hiking and backpacking instead. I found that being out and about in nature was more relaxing that I ever thought possible and this weekend could have only been topped boy having a few more days to spend out hiking around. And no blisters would have been cool to!

I took my iPhone up to the top of a mountain finally and to my surprise it worked. Like I could make a call from the top of the peak we were on. And that wasn’t even much of a peak. That makes me a little more proud to be an iPhone owner. Uhm .. Yeah!

Is there any hope for a newer iPhone in the near future? I was hoping that they would come out with like a 30 Gig one so that I could give this one to my girl and get the new one. Otherwise I will be stuck with this one forever. Either that or I will end up getting one too soon and it will be RIGHT before they put out an even better one that like shaves and massages sore muscles for you. That would be just my luck.

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FireFox 3 Beta 4 .. Get it Now UPDATE Beta 5 Avail.

iBlogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:31:49 +0000

There is a new browser on the block and it is amazing. I have been running Leopard for a few days now and I finally got everything installed that I had before. Setting up Photo Shop and iLife 08 along with FireFox and a bunch of other programs has been a toiling adventure.

I wanted to do a full complete install on my iMac G5 and not a typical upgrade to Leopard. What is with the cats? After spending a few hours tracking down all the disks and serial numbers on the boxes that I thought I threw away, I got most of the daily programs back on the iMac and I am ready to start working again.

When I sought out to get FireFox back I went to the net and a friend Corey told me about the new FireFox 3 Beta 4 that is available now. Not being the biggest fan of FireFox and their past versions for Apple OS’s, I was a little hesitant to download another web browser. I like using Safari and have always had pretty good success with Safari. Except for the occasional back end website login that is not compatible with Safari .. not Safari’s fault though. Web Designers are lazy and don’t build their programs to be compatible with ALL browsers which forces developers like us to seek out alternative browsers.

So we got FireFox 3 Beta 4 installed and so far Mozilla has outdone themselves this time. The new browser in Beta is simply amazing and I highly recommend FireFox Beta 4 to anyone who is now using FireFox or wants to try it out for the first time. This is the internet browser of the future.

UPDATE: Beta 5 is now available

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Serious iPhone Updates Coming

iBlogger — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:20:31 +0000

I watched the information that the iPhone is coming out with some new updates and these next updates are going to be something of a helpful nature. The last update to 1.1.4 was .. well .. eh. The new maps are cool and the text messaging features are pretty cool. Even though I have only used the multi text once so far but I see a use for it in the future.

The main feature about this update seems to be geared toward attracting the bigger companies that use one type of phone for their employees. Creating and distributing Apps that anyone can get involved in building. Targeting the big Enterprises is all well and good but I hope that the average joe gets these updates to and is able to use them for their own little home business features.

Some of the new features include the ability to lock out the phone and keep people from hacking into it. Another cool feature if you r phone is ever stolen. Just find a computer that you are linked to the network with and kill the iPhone.

One of the other new features is supposed to let you link up with the iPhone and your computer .. or your buddies computer .. and link files that pertain to contacts and appointments. Very handy for the on the go salesman.

The addition of games and AIM for the iPhone seems pretty hands as well. The battery on the iPhone is not going to be able to handle all that chatting. At least mine wont. Im going to need to be near a plug or a computer quite often. I wonder if there is something wrong with my battery. I’m going to go to the Apple Store and have it checked out.

One thing I do know is that if you don’t have an iPhone now and you want one but don’t want to have it on AT&T then you better get your hands on one now that is already unlocked. There will be significant update to the iPhone that is going to tackle the issue of iPhones that are not on the AT&T network.

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iMac Intel Core Processor

iBlogger — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:50:27 +0000

In the past few months we have been looking at the Apple iMac. We do some video processing/editing and a little audio processing so we want something fast and powerful. The Mac Pro is a little much for us in the price range although we did find some good deals on eBay. So we will stick with the iMac since that is what we are all used to using.

Right now we have been editing all of our video and audio on our G5 iMac that we picked up in a trade. I’m glad we started working on a Mac since working with the Window$ Ba$ed PC was getting to be a real bore. With the iMac we can do so much more and do it a lot faster and more efficiently. We are all excited about getting another computer in the studio and even more so that it is going to be an iMac with the Intel processor. Time to get back into shooting videos and getting more content ready for the movie we are all working on.

Here are some of the deals you can get on eBay …

APPLE IMAC 20" 2.4GHZ INTEL CORE DUO PROC/320 GB HD
US $900.00 (1 Bid)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-19-2008 6:15:07 PST
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Apple 20" iMac Intel 2.0 repair/parts
US $122.50 (6 Bids)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-19-2008 12:24:57 PST
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iPod for $99 When You Buy $499 in Furniture

iBlogger — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:56:45 +0000

What kind of deal is that? I guess they don’t know about the great deals that Apple offers on iPods every day. Right now for Presidents Day you can get an iPod Nano at RC Whilleys for $99 when you buy at least $499 worth of their furniture. That doesn’t seem like a very good deal to me but what the heck. So we went to check out the great sale and low and behold they had the iPod Nano proudly displayed for $99.

Now you would think that if they are going to have a sale of furniture and they are offering an iPod Nano as the prize for buying their furniture (which has a price tag that is seriously questionable) then they would push the purchase of something that is $499 and above. Not the case. A few weeks ago we were looking for furniture and stopped into RC Whilleys. The prices of their couches were lower then than they are now for the same style and models of couches. Raised prices for a sale is what we are seeing. But that is the way that all companies do sales, raise the prices then advertise a huge discount for their “sale”.

BRAND NEW IPOD NANO 4GB SILVER 3RD GEN VIDEO MP3 PLAYER
US $91.25 (19 Bids)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-19-2008 5:17:00 PST
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BRAND NEW IPOD NANO 8GB PINK 3RD GEN VIDEO MP3 PLAYER
US $132.50 (18 Bids)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-19-2008 5:27:00 PST
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Millions of iPhones Go AWOL

iBlogger — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:22:06 +0000

I read the other day that there are millions of iPhones that are gone missing and not registered with the explicit carrier AT&T. Hmmm .. where ever could they have gone? Well there are hundreds if not thousands of them available on eBay for anyone and everyone. You don’t even have to use AT&T with the iPhone that you can get off eBay. They are a little to a lot more expensive than if you bought one and got service with AT&T but some people just don’t like AT&T I guess.

So if you want an iPhone and you don’t want to go through AT&T for the service you had better get yours now on eBay or anywhere else that is offering them in the “Unlocked” state. IF you don’t you will be looking at a much more secure iPhone in a couple months that will not be able to be hacked.

… MORE!

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Big Screens Make all the Difference

iBlogger — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:23:04 +0000

If you ever wanted to have that extra room on your desk top for your applications now is the time to think about getting another monitor. There are many options for creating more workspace on your computers screen but none more effective than simply having another monitor. Easily sliding application windows to another workspace can make your workflow more efficient and you will find yourself working through problems faster and with more confidence. Don’t miss something in your coding because you didn’t see that window open. Get another monitor and double your workspace.

Apple 23" Cinema Display HD Flat Panel Monitor NR!!
US $50.50 (11 Bids)
End Date: Wednesday Nov-19-2008 8:52:30 PST
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… MORE on eBay!

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