This is a bit of a work in progress ... but check out The Complete Mac, which provides an easily browsable summary of all the products and accessories I recommend for Mac, iPhone and iPad users. Enjoy!
If you're paying more than $30/monthly for Comcast's broadband Internet, you're overpaying. Read my post at TechFlash about how to cut your Comcast bill in half.
I didn't realize that you can get unlimited NetFlix streaming at their 1 DVD $8.99/mo account level. Now that I am using a Roku player with an HDTV, that seems like a great deal for all the content they offer.
Netflix costs $8.99 a month. You get 1 DVD out at-a-time which you can exchange as often as you want. Plus, you can instantly watch online on your PC or Mac or right on your TV via an Internet connected Netflix ready device. Instantly watch as often as you want, anytime you want.
. It's well designed and very functional. It's padded edges comfortably rest the iPad in Portrait or Landscape mode. It props the iPad at any adjustable angle I choose. I like also that it presents the iPad at a slightly taller height than other stands.It's portable, but not meant so much for portability. While I carry it in my pack occasionally, if portability is what you're looking for exclusively, try a different stand such as the Kickstand
for awhile now. And, it's heavy. My wrists get tired holding it. If I set it down on the table, my neck gets tired reading it. I finally found a $10 portable stand that works well with the Kindle DX for passive reading.While the Kindle DX weighs 1.18 lbs, the iPad weighs 1.5 - 1.6 lbs. I expect that this is going to prove too heavy to hold for most long term casual reading.
Wired reports on this Kickback stand from Scosche (similar to it's iPod Touch stand) but I suspect the Apple integrated case & stand (scroll down) will prove popular. The nice thing about the Kickback promo graphic is that one version provides a portrait reading mode. Obviously, a case/stand that provides both portrait and landscape support will be most desirable.
The iPad's weight is going to be another factor keeping the small Amazon Kindle 2 selling well for a long time.
Miro, the open source torrent player, makes downloading This American Life quite easy. It's also quite easy to use.
I installed Miro and downloaded the latest show #1 Party School via BitTorrent in less than two minutes.
Am I missing something or could the show save a ton of money by encouraging people to use a BitTorrent downloader? I love the show but should donors pour good money after bad uses of bandwidth?
Perhaps the show could create a custom download of Miro (it's open source) that installs with an automatic subscription to This American Life?
Has big Internet (Comcast, et al.) sewn the seeds (no pun intended) for fear of BitTorrent and discouraged innovation? e.g. Why doesn't iTunes use BitTorrent?
Let's wash down the quasi-legal seizing of more shareholder assets with a link to Simon the Cat's video catalogue on YouTube and his website. Here is his latest, Fly Guy:
There are five new short webisodes of Battlestar Galactica which you can watch on the SciFi website if you don't mind watching the same movie preview for a really dumb looking flick we won't promote here before each one.
There are also some sneak peaks to season 4.5 which starts January 16th, 2009.
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