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2007.02
Bundle a Screencasting Program With Every New Mac Sold
Apple Inc.'s greatest asset can be found nowhere on its Cupertino campus. The greatest asset of Apple is the creativity, knowledge and enthusiasm of the users of Apple's products. This diffuse asset, already the fire stoking Apple's engine, can be harnessed even further. How? By bundling a screencasting program with every new Mac sold.
2007.01.29
"I Love My Mac" campaign
As a post-MacWorld Expo activity, MPN, LLC is offering the "I Love My Mac" gift-away, celebrating the "Month of Love" (February) as a way to show appreciation to the readers and listeners (iTunes AudioCast) of macCompanion magazine from around the world.
2007-06-05
Finder for Windows in our lifetime
When Apple changed it's name to Apple Inc., it wasn't only celebrating it's victory over Apple Records and the Beatles, it was branding itself as more than a product; rather a philosophy. Apple enthusiasts have been talking the Apple way and "Think Different" for a long time, of course. Apple products are well known for being easy to use and understand.
2006.08.21
Fix Your Blender Yourself
It turns out that the powerful Kitchenaid electric motor in the blender base connects to the whirling blades on the blender jar via a small, hard rubber coupling. Every time you turn on the blender, rubber prongs slam into a metal bar that is solidly connected to the blender blades. Every time the blades chop ice, the metal bar puts pressure on the rubber prongs. Every time you lift the jar while the motor is still spinning, the rubber and the metal clash once again. Over time, the rubber dries out and all the pounding causes it to crumble away.
2006.08.10
HandiApped Independence
For those of you new to this column, I started it way back when, when dinosaurs and Lincoln ruled the Earth. It started as a column about how to set up your office and your work area to be as efficient and stress free as possible.
Reviews....
The Famous Mr. N.E.D.
iPod, the Missing Manual, 6th edition
AppleTV with 2.0 Software Release
Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard
Elgato Eye TV 250 with QAM
WebWatch....
2006-02-25

WebWatch
Mac 911: Bending iWeb to your will
Use iWeb as a NetNewsWire Weblog Editor
Easiest Way to Prepare Movies for Your iPod
Make iWeb create text instead of images
Set some hidden preferences in iPhoto 6
iPhoto postcards
Reduce iWeb and Pages disk space utilization

Convert videos for iPod directly in iTunes

How to boot an Intel Mac from an external drive

Listen to the sounds of network traffic

Upgrading RAM: FAQs
Modify graphics in iWeb templates
Create fully customized iWeb templates
Avoid a security vulnerability in Safari

Boot Intel Macs from iPods and FireWire drives

MacBook Pro Reviewer's Notebook