As a long time user of iWeb I have become somewhat jaded with the themes that Apple supplies with their easy to use website creation program. So much so that I did a series of articles on how to use it and make your site look anything OTHER than yet another iWeb site. It’s relatively easy to do so, cut this piece there, add a little here, not entirely unlike gourmet cooking but with a Betty Crocker Easy-Bake oven.
Author: Guy Serle
Guy is a long-time Mac user (since 1987) and insists on inflicting his opinions on technology even when others around him wishes he wouldn't. He's married and the father of two sons. He used to take Tae Kwon Do until the shame of being beaten up by teenagers became too great. He now gets his fix for personal humiliation each week as the co-host of the MyMac Podcast with GazMaz
Jumsoft iWeb Themes
FS100 Digital Video Camera
Review
I’ve been avoiding buying a new camcorder to replace the 8 year old DVC tape unit for awhile now. There were plenty of tempting offerings, but none matched the feature set and price point that I was looking for until I happened upon Canon’s FS100 model at an Apple Store. While giving it a once over there, I liked the light weight, the responsive and variable zoom, the microphone input, and that at $399, it was still very much reasonable in price.
LaCie 1TB external Hard Drive, design by Neil Poulton
Review
Designer hard drives. Has it really come to this? A hard drive should be utilitarian, be robust and have oodles of space for all the stuff we want to put on it. Considering that we rarely look at them except over whatever icon is assigned to them (or that we assign to them ourselves) on our desktops to access information and data, who cares what they look like and I’ll be damned, DAMNED I say if I’ll buy a drive based on looks alone. Except…
When the deal is no deal: How a little PC company advertised a Mac compatible and lost (so far)
Ever heard of PsyStar? Prior to Monday, April 14th, 2008 I never had. This Florida-based company (it just HAD to be Florida) announced a Mac-compatible computer for sale called the Open Computer (renamed from OpenMac in the last few hours) and caused a crapstorm of EPIC proportions.
Taking iWeb 08 even further – Part 7
Guy Serle returns with part seven of his iWeb series, this week looking at creating a new blog on your .Mac account. Read one of the only continuing internet columns about taking iWeb further than you would believe.
FastMac Dual 1.4 GHz G4 AGP processor upgrade
Review
Why upgrade an older computer? Macs are expensive. Especially if you’re talking about replacing one older tower with another. So is it worth upgrading an older G4? Guy takes a look at the 1.4GHz upgrade from FastMac to find out.
Using iWeb 08
Part 6
If you have stuck with me so far, I’ve talked a lot about how to use iWeb’s powerful built-in tools, how to make your own navigation bar, and how to set up Master Pages. What have I left out? Oh yeah, some other tools you may find useful and actually using the program.
Using iWeb 08
Part 5
In parts 1 through 4 of this article we discussed iWeb and its interface and finally we are ready to start talking about making web pages!
Using iWeb 08
Part 4
All right, this is the last part of looking at the iWeb interface. We finish off looking at the Inspector, including Metrics Tab, Link Tab, and the QuickTime Tab
Using iWeb 08
Part 3
One part of iWeb that you’ll get to know very well is the “Inspector†window. This box is what makes almost all the changes behind the scenes. iWeb relies on this box and its sub-windows for almost everything you’ll need to do beyond dragging and dropping graphics and text boxes. So let’s talk a bit about the Inspector.
Using iWeb 08
Part 2
Welcome back. In part two of “Using iWeb 08â€, we’ll look at the main screen icons, and what they do.
Using iWeb 08
Part 1
Most people who own Macs these days are using some version of OS X. If their Mac is of a relatively recent vintage, they probably also have a copy of Apple’s iLife. I won’t bother to explain what iLife is, you either have it or you don’t. Apple’s iLife 06 is the version that brought one new application that has wormed its way into my heart; iWeb.
Read MoreMoving your iTunes Library
Thinking about moving your iTunes library from one drive to another? Guy Serle needed to make a similar move to a larger drive now that he can put video on his iPod. Read this article to avoid pitfalls.
Ubercaster
Review
Ubercaster is very different from GarageBand in one important way. The program does many of the things needed to do in GarageBand in post-production all within Ubercaster’s workflow BEFORE you begin recording. It has a unique layout that is reminiscent of most good Mac software, drag and drop. There are four layers to the program and each is well structured for making podcasts.
Read MoreEH 150 Headphones
Review
After playing around with cheap headphones I came to the conclusion that many do with devices like this; you get what you pay for. That doesn’t mean you can’t get a decent set of headphones without spending a fortune though. Case in point, the Sennheiser EH 150 headphones.
Read MoreHarmonyAudio
Review Review
Looking for a way to get the audio from a 1/4-inch input jack into your Macintosh? The HarmonyAudio may just be the firewire ticket you have been waiting for. Guy Serle reviews.
Read MoreAll Guy wants for ChristHannaKwanzmas 2006 (A Holiday Rant!)
What? What’s that I see? I turn the page on the calendar from turkey overload to shopping chaos and I see it’s time for my annual (well, it IS my third) ChristHannaKwanzmas Holiday rant. I’m coming up on my anniversary for my third full year with MyMac.com and the writing fever has yet to leave me. I can’t speak for your reading fever naturally, but I hope you all enjoy these riotous wrangling of writing as much as I do making them. If not…well…NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Read MoreApple should (snicker) license to Dell?
A report by Gartner has been floating around the web calling for Apple to leave the hardware business and let someone else, like say…Dell, make their Macs for them. While this is a preposterous proposal, parts of is not so ridiculous.
Read MoreAn iBook Odyssey
Guy does the unthinkable. He replaces his iBook hard drive without losing his soul. A couple layers of skin maybe and some time in purgatory for extremely foul language, but the soul is intact!
Read MoreNew Apple Gear: The Good…the Bad…and the Ugly
WOO-HOO! A Stevenote to remember as Guy crashes and burns with new Apple announcements. Hilarity ensues.