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Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #90: From Geek Speak to Human For You
by , 10:10 PM EST, January 29th, 2007
Show notes for TMO To Go: Mac Geek Gab For January 22nd, 2007
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ARD, WEP, 802.11n -- sound geeky? It is, but John and Dave translate it all into human language for your listening pleasure!
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Stuff mentioned:
- Van Halen reunion
- Reset MacBook Pro SMC
- Intel-based Macs: Built-in display dims before sleep
- WEP
- WPA
- Apple Remote Desktop
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n Enabler for Mac
- BluePhoneElite 2
- Volume Logic
- Pumping Up with Hans and Franz
- Autocomplete re-enable for Safari
- SimpleShare NAS
- What are the iTunes library files?
- BBEdit
- New AirPort Extreme
- Wireless-G Storage Link Router with SpeedBooster
- RSA Conference 2007
- NationStates - Come join the "Geeks Unite" region. Learn more from Wikipedia.
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This podcast is recorded on a Mac using Audio Hijack Pro. As for equipment, John is using a Behringer C-1 microphone going through a Behringer Eurorack UB1222FX-PRO mixer, monitored with Etymotic ER-6i Isolator earphones, then straight in to his Mac. On Dave's end, a Heil PR-40 microphone is used, and the whole show is mixed "live" through a Mackie Onyx 1220 FireWire-enabled mixer before being pumped back into the Mac (via FireWire, of course), and is monitored with Westone ES2 custom-fit earphones. Each microphone is run through a channel on a Behringer Autocom Pro-XL MDX1600 compressor, a touch of reverb is added with an ART FX-1 processor, and the whole thing is then compressed in software on the Mac. The show is recorded to AIFF, and then converted and uploaded with an Automator script. Michael, aka Computernap, then goes through and enhances the show to provide you with the AAC version. You can hear more details of the setup and how it's mixed on Episode #32.
Theme Music: "The Answer", written by Jeff Steblea and Brian Ayles, as performed by Go Figure. "Made On A Mac" bumper by Mark Fleser
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Observer Comments
I just saw this thread over at the Apple discussion site and thought it might tie in a little with the whole sharing iTunes from one place.
The person was enquiring if he use a hard disc drive connected to the new AirPort Extreme to share his iTunes to more than one machine. They contacted Apple and their response was:
"I had a chat with support in the Apple Online Store and it seems that serving itunes from the USB hard drive is possible. Quote "this should be possible". There may be some restriction on how many client computers are allowed since she asked how many computers were on my network. I only have 2 computers so it appears to be a perfect solution. "
Now it's doubtful really that the guy in the Apple Store really has any secret knowledge of upcoming features, but it might indicate the possibility that Apple might implement this in a more user friendly manner.
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