It ’s hard to storm a gamer . Not just because they ’ve get the inborn reflex of a mongoose mainline Mountain Dew . But , more than any other tech aficionados , they ’re always on top of the late — the in style games , the late joke , the latest ironware . So shopping for gamers pose a couple of challenge : Finding something they ’ll like , plus finding something they do n’t have already or ( proficient ) have n’t even heard of ....
Every time I passed by my colleagues ’ computing machine , I saw something that I did n’t normally see on my own — iChat , or some other brand of instant - message software system . I like iChat — it ’s cute . you’re able to have your own customized picture , and you’re able to keep it on just in pillowcase someone need to talk to you from the secrecy of their keyboard ....
From the remote mikes we use to supervise babies in the nursery to the gaming consoles and headphones teens expend to tune out Mom and Dad , electronics have become integral ingredients of modern family life . But , if you ’re looking for digital gear for parents and/or kids , you do n’t have to bond with the tried - and - true . Here are five originative suggestions for the electronic menage , from Mac - theme child tog to a pat camcorder that ’ll let you record every burp , soccer secret plan , and graduation ceremony ....
Ever wonder what happened to the Incredibles after the end ofthe Disney Pixar film ? THQ has endeavored to tell apart that tale with a new game calledRise of the Underminer . If you ’ve seen theThe Incredibles , you may recall the Underminer from the final scenery of the cinema — he emerges from a stadium parking lot and announces his presence . The plot picks up where the movie leaves off ....
Got a lot of repetitious tasks in your work life ? Automate them ! We ’ll show you how . All month long , Macworld has been taking a look at Automator , the built - in Automation prick found in Mac OS X 10.4 . As part of that attend into how to use Automator workflow to handle the repetitive jobs on your Mac , we ’ve lined up an interview with Sal Soghoian , product director of Automator at Apple ....
If you print a lot of label for files or mailings , feature a consecrated label printer can be a useful addition to your post . I like these type of printers because I do n’t have to impress a varsity letter - size plane full of labels when I only want one or two . While labelmaker manufacturer Dymo bring out Mac software system for its LabelWriter 330 Turbo ( , March 2004 ) a while ago , Seiko recently released a Mac driver for its Smart Label Printer 410 , 420 , and 430 printers ....
When I blue-pencil an article about a new - fangled service that let you talk over the cyberspace in the fall of 2004 , I never imagined that a twelvemonth subsequently I ’d being living without a landline . After all , Skype ’s Mac client — in beta at that point — didn’t have the gravid sound quality . It was better than iChat ’s audio frequency and you could call a regular sound for a modest monetary value ....
When it comes to digital medicine rooter , there ’s no shortage of gear — in fact it ’s just the opposite : There ’s so much gear mechanism out there , it ’s easygoing to get misplace . But do n’t desperation : We ’ve consulted with our resident digital music experts , Jon Seff and Dan Frakes , to get their picks for Mac - compatible music gear ....
Halloween has just passed us by , and Thanksgiving has yet to arrive , but there is already a big red medal bond across the top of the Apple Store which can mean only one thing : quick or not , the holiday shopping time of year is upon us and Apple wants you to stuff at least a few stockings with nanos , shuffles and video iPods . If the psychoanalyst Playlist spoke with are correct , many of you will do just that ....
I ’m no geek by any stretch of the imagination , but I ’ve acquired a real admiration for Automator . I did n’t have in mind to get involved with this AppleScript simplifier , start out off with an natural process that was purely productive . I wrote an action ( base on Rob Griffiths ’ Mac OS disco biscuit hint ) that opened , renamed and saved a daily text filing cabinet for all the blurbs and link I posted on theMacworldsite ) ....
I discover a very important lesson during my eminent schooling fine art stratum — I should n’t paint . It ’s not that I did n’t have any talent ; I could draw , but paint just completely escape me . For the past couple of weeks , I ’ve been using Corel ’s Painter Essentials 3 , an software targeted to consumers that would like to transform their epitome into paintings ....
The Graphire4 4 - by-5 - column inch tablet is Wacom ’s latest low - price , pressure - sensitive tablet . Priced at just $ 100 , it has a new design and even packs a few features culled from the most recent Intuos3 tablets (; January 2005 ) , Wacom ’s higher - conclusion line . If you ’re a photographer , illustrator , or World Wide Web designer looking for more flexibleness in the creative body of work you do on your Mac , the Graphire4 is a peachy product with which to start ....
Do you do a lot of exporting from iPhoto ? For me , the answer to that question is a authoritative yes . You see , I do n’t apply iPhoto ’s build - in ‘ exportation to connection page ’ feature , as I find its feature set too restrict . Instead , I usejAlbum , a free Java - ground WWW slideshow creation shaft , and then upload the resulting album to my web site ....
