Special Pricing

[09 Dec]   The latest MacUpdate Bundle offers 11 "core" Mac applications at $49.99, which is 85% off their normal prices. In addition, the first 10,000 purchasers receive three additional applications - PowerTunes, FlagIt and EyeScream DVD Holiday Menus. The 2009 Holiday Bundle includes the following software and runs through Dec. 23:

• PathFinder 5.5 ($39.95) - Finder alternative
• Socialite ($20.00) - Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Google Reader
• Yep ($39.00) - document manager
• Speed Download ($25.00)
• Radio Gaga ($39.99) - Internet radio multi-recorder with 10,000+ stations
• GarageSale ($34.99) - eBay auction manager
• iRip ($19.00) - Copy songs from your iPod back to Mac.
• DragThing ($29.00) - versatile launcher
• HealthNut ($19.00) - track your calories and nutrients
• PCalc 3.5 ($19.00) - scientific calculator
• Machinarium ($19.95) - puzzle/adventure game

O especially recommend Pathfinder and Dragthing

Wasp sculpture from junk mechanical parts

This gorgeous wasp sculpture, c.1980s by artist S. Allen, is for sale at Seattle's Great Stuff shop. It's 24" (h) x 34" (d) x 38" (w). The price is $4,500. "Centered around an industrial light bulb and hundreds of typewriter and printer parts, car door handles, sprockets and springs all assembled with fine-gauge wire; wings made from reclaimed 1/8" acrylic sheeting." Wasp Sculpture (Thanks, Michael-Anne Rauback!)

nice waspy

CBS has pulled the plug on another long-running soap opera.

Just three months after "Guiding Light" aired its final episode, CBS announced Tuesday that it will end "As the World Turns" in September, after 54 years and more than 13,000 episodes. Its cancellation will leave CBS with just two soaps: daytime's most-watched serial, "The Young and the Restless," and "The Bold and the Beautiful."

And my dearly departed Mother watched at least half of them.

Mutant teddy bear

Undead Ed's plush Mortimer Mutated Bear is sweet and sickly all at once. I love those eyes!

I need 2 in my stocking

Review: Mac Mini Server

by Robert Mohns
(December 7, 2009)

informative review

Crowdsourcing Comedy on Amazon Reviews

A screen shot of the Laptop Steering Wheel Desk, as sold on Amazon.com.

Every now and then, something for sale on Amazon.com seems so monumentally stupid that it inspires a spontaneous community comedy festival. One person after another leaves phony reviews, each more heartfelt and over-the-top than last, sardonically praising the Amazon item for its astonishing, life-changing abilities. Perfect strangers, entertaining each other in the comments, laughing their heads off—until Amazon gets wind of the stunt and shuts it down.

top of my list for xmas

News

Macs Take the Top Three Spots for "Most Wished For" on Amazon

Posted 11/30/2009 at 11:32:53am | by Andrew Villa

ain't it the truth