We spent some time with the new Intel-based Macbook. Wow–it’s super fast. As we take photos, we’re automatically uploading them to Flickr via WiFi-Kodak wireless camera and the roaming EVDO Wifi network we’re broadcasting — so here they are, some of the first photos with hot system info action, too! Link.
Here’s a midnight post from Kevin Rose who has a great track record with what usually is announced at Macworld: “I’ve heard: 15″ intel Macbook – order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core), iPod FM receiver, iWork/Life ’06, New remote of some type, Photocasting (iPhoto)” Link. And last up, there’s this, an Apple TV. Stay tuned to MAKE on Tuesday, we’ll post up what’s new and what’s cool for Makers.
“Widgets are great–there is no denying it. Arranging these small, lightweight utilities on your Mac OS X Dashboard desktop puts lots of useful and fun possibilities at your fingertips and eyeballs. But when a widget you want doesn’t exist, there is only one thing to do: make it.” Here’s our how-to on making a RSS widget for Mac OS X (other PC/Mac widgets coming soon) and here’s a direct download on Apple! Link.
The sixth annual Bloggies are here and we just voted for our favorites (there were a lot, but our pick for weblog of the year is We Make Money Not Art. The MAKE blog launched in 2005; we just passed the 3,000-post mark, covering all things do-it-yourself. We hope to do even more this year, so head on over and vote for us and your favorite blogs if you like what we’ve been cooking. Link.
O’Reilly Media has a full slate of in-booth tech talks at Mac World January 9th to the 13th and plenty of Mac and digital media titles to browse. Plus we have goodies, too! If you buy two or more titles at the booth, you get your choice of a canvas book bag or an O’Reilly T-shirt (while supplies last). And even if you’re not in a buying mood, you can enter a drawing with the opportunity to win a 30GB iPod Fifth Generation (video model). MAKE (part of O’Reilly) will be speaking each day about all the things everyone wants to do with their iPods like convert video, install linux, etc. Ok, not everyone… Link.
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Peter writes with the results from the call for one second music in celebration of the extra second we get in 2006 – “Composers, piano tuners, producers, sound designers, and stand-up comics (and many Make readers) have responded to CDM’s call for one-second music to honor the leap second added to atomic clocks this year. The results are astounding miniature compositions, which I’ve assembled into a full song for download. Happy New Year!” Link.
