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Mac Geek Gab #182: Geek Potluck Holiday Dinner: Questions, Tips, Tinfoil Hats and Rants!
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John and Dave sync up for a crazy show in this crazy holiday week. The questions run all over from dual monitors to security certificates to MobileMe and everything in between. Dave even chimes in with a classic rant about MobileMe (did you think he wouldn't??). This is one for the books, folks. Subscribe today for free and never miss another episode!
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- MacVoices with the Macworld All-Star Band
- iPhoneAlley Podcast with Steve Wozniak (Dave was along for the ride, too!)
- Want to Experience Mac History? Check Out Mactracker!
- Unibody MacBook Pro gets CFL Energy Saver icon
- Steve Jobs Statement on A Greener Apple
- Greenpeace Statement on Apple
- DisplayPort
- ViBook USB to DVI adapter
- Gefen USB to DVI adapter
- DisplayLink
- Acer USB-capable monitor
- HDCP
- Broadcast Flag
- ExpressCard
- Belkin High-Speed Docking Station (no Mac support)
- MobileMe Syncing and YoJimbo
- Little Snitch 2
- FSEvents (via Ars Technica)
- OpenDNS - Dynamic IP: Technical Details
- Energy Saver: About sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X
- Verisign SSL Certificate Comparison (includes full organization authentication)
- Mac OS X 10.5 Help - Certificate trust policies
- GoDaddy SSL Certificate
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This podcast is recorded on an iMac (Core 2 Duo Mid 2007) using Audio Hijack Pro and routing courtesy of WireTap Anywhere. As for equipment, John is using a Heil PR-40 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 also 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. When PilotPete is in the house, he’s usually talking through a Heil PR-30. 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 Johnston from iPhone Alley 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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Hi - Regarding ExpressCard and graphics docking for Mac, you can also consider ViDock Gfx Mac Edition from Village Tronic, same makers than ViBook, having two DVI Dual Link ports, each capable of one 30” screen. See a review at http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/05/tuaw-review-vidock-gfx-multi-monitor-solution-for-macbook-pro/
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Regarding trust of digital certificates, the important thing to look at is the CA policy. It specifies the procedures required by the CA to positively identify the certificate owner.
Also, most certificates out on the web are what are called “Class 2” certificates, which have a lower standard for positively identifying the certificate owner. The U.S. military uses Class 3, Class 4 (and Class 5 in the absolutely highest security environments) certificates. Class 3 typically means in-person identification with multiple government credentials. Obviously, the more stringent the identification requirements of the certificate owner are, the more you can trust that the certificate provider is who they say they are. Then, if there is misuse of the certificate, attribution can be positively made to the owner and not be blamed on third parties.