Archives by Tag: Apple
Geek Force Utterz #053 - Change-Hate
Hey, boys and girls! Today’s episode of Geek Force Utterz features a whole heckuva lot of bellyaching from our old pal ChrisClark. Please consider yourself forewarned. But please, also, do give the episode a chance. There’s loads of fun to be had in listening to Chris complain about inconsequential things like podcasts not syncing to his iPhone and comics coming out a day late this week, thanks to Thanksgiving. You can listen in via the embed above, or by visiting Utterli.com.
Geek Force Utterz #052 - Tap Tap NIN
Just before the family and I departed for Maine this past Wednesday, I finally bought a copy of Tap Tap NIN (the Nine Inch Nails version of Tap Tap Revenge) for my iPhone. And I played the heck out of it over the Thanksgiving weekend. Today’s episode of Geek Force Utterz is about why I love Tap Tap NIN so much, and what I’m learning about my video game likes and dislikes, in general. Listen in via the embed above, or by visiting Utterli.com.
The Cider Press #003 - The Simpsons Take On Apple
The column where we crush a hot Apple news story down to the sweet, sweet nectar of a single paragraph.
Last night’s episode of The Simpsons is all over the AppleWeb, thanks to its “humorous” take on the Cult of Mac. We’ve embedded it above to let you see for yourselves what blasphemy looks like. No tenet of the Faith of Thinking Differently is left unscathed. From the moment the mob at the Mapple Store descends on a pranking Bart, armed with twirling myPod headphones, to the moment Lisa unpacks her first myBill (iJustine should sue!), Matt Groening’s minions (including, perhaps, my hometown’s hero, background designer Lance Wilder) strike at the heart of everything we MacAddicts hold dear. Mashable’s Adam Ostrow might be right when he says that this take on Apple is “true” but he is dead-wrong when he says that it’s “funny”. This, my friends, is terrifying to watch. “Our real slogan is ‘No refunds’,” says Mapple founder Steve Mobs. Indeed, sir. Indeed.
Geek Force Utterz #050 - Fiftieth Episode!
Since launching Geek Force Five earlier this year, I’ve made a number of forays into the multimedia space. Most of them were video series that didn’t last long. It wasn’t until I stumbled across the awesomeness of Utterli (then called Utterz) that I found the right platform for me. I never had time to get in front of a video camera on a regular basis, but I did have time to pick up my phone and make a phone call once a day. That was easy. And so, here we are: episode number fifty. That’s what today’s call is all about. Well, that, plus me finally borking the primary user account on my iMac after nearly two years of trying (yay for the multi-user environment of Mac OS X and for user account levels that work).
Listen in via the embed above, or by visiting Utterli.com, then leave us a comment and join in the celebration of today’s milestone.
Geek Force Utterz #049 - Mac OS X User Accounts
Yesterday, I was overcome by my strange obsession with mucking with things that aren’t at all in need of mucking with. Here’s the thing: my wife and I share a user account on our iMac. This works out well, for the most part, because we share our iTunes library, our iPhoto library, and our calendars. But, no matter how well it’s going, I always come back to this idea that each of us having our own separate user account would work better. This is silly, on the one hand—if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right?—but, on the other hand, it’s almost as silly to ignore the desire for change. That’s what today’s episode of Geek Force Utterz is all about. Listen in via the embed above (or by visiting Utterli.com) and then leave your two cents on the subject down there in the comments. Do you share a computer with someone? How do you handle the user account issue? Let us know!
