MacBreak Weekly 156

MacBreak Weekly Episode 156

"Snow Job"Host: Leo Laporte Recorded: September 1, 2009 Published: September 1, 2009 Duration: 1:34:52 Transcript Previous episode – Next episode

Contents 1 MacBreak Weekly 156: Snow Job 1.1 Hosts 1.2 Topics 1.3 Picks of the Week 2 Notable Quotes 3 Significant Products 4 Sponsors 4.1 Audible 4.1.1 Picks 5 Production Information

MacBreak Weekly 156: Snow Job

Hosts

• Leo Laporte
• Alex Lindsay
• Andy Ihnatko
• Scott Kurtz

Topics

• The Big Snow Leopard Discussion!
• SnowLeopard Wikidot for software compatability list
• iPhone app wins Microsoft application development contest
• What happened to ZFS support?
• Apple hosting special 'rock-and-roll' themed event on September 9th. What will be announced? Will the Beatles finally come to the iTunes music store? Rumors include complete refresh of iPod product line, iTunes 9 wih social media functionality, and the possibility of an Apple TV revamp. Will the long-rumored Apple tablet device be announced at this time?

Picks of the Week

Scott Kurtz

• Dropbox; Cloud-based storage and file synchronization - Free (2GB Storage); Larger paid options available

Alex Lindsay

• Atomic Clock for iPhone - $1.99
• Yelp for iPhone; Hidden Feature (iPhone 3Gs only): Shaking phone 3 times enables augmented reality feature - Free

Andy Ihnatko

• PvP Laptop Skin; Apple parody of 'The Creation of Adam' painting by Michelangelo - $19.99

Leo Laporte

• MCE OptiBay; Hard Drive replacement for MacBook, MacBook Pro, PowerBook G4. Replaces SuperDrive with additional internal 2.5" hard drive. - Pricing starts at $129 for Unibody MacBook Pro

Notable Quotes

AUGMENTED REALITY

At 1:24:24 Alex tells developers how to make augmented reality "stick" instead of "floating". It sounded like he said "seagraph, 2d realtime tracking" it means that all the stuff you're posting there will stick. There won't be any floaty, there won't be anything else. It's all open technology and it hasn't made to these apps yet.

I think he was talking about: Changing the Way Computers See Humans and the Way Humans see Motion Capture http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/volume/201cchanging-the-way-computers-see-humans-and-the-way-humans-see-motion-capture201d

Significant Products

• Link URL and optional brief description

Sponsors

Audible

• www.audible.com/macbreak

Picks

Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy by Peter S. Canellos (ABRIDGED) Narrated by Skipp Sudduth

ad time: 0:39-0:47 and 1:10:00-1:16:23

Production Information

• Recorded Date: September 1, 2009
• Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Duration: 1:34:52
• Log line:
• Edited by: Tony
• Notes:
• Omnia 8x Prog 2 had the same popping noise as last Tuesday's recording. It's constant and through out the whole track. It's also the only track that had the noise
• This show was edited with individual track recordings mixed down.

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