RMg170 -MUG's, Mini's and Repairs

The music on this edition of RadioMacGuys is from the Podsafe Music Network.
We open with Merrigans Reel, a tune by Jim Fidler, a songwriter from Newfoundland.
Krystal and Wifi

Graphics update for 1.67 MHZ 15 and 17inch Powerbooks.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has responded to the recent FCC VOIP ruling.

I did an interview last week with Amsterdam podcaster, Bicycle Mark on the topic of government regulation of internet communicaitons.

Silicone Valley MUG (SVMUG) having their normal 3'rd Monday meeting on the Apple Campus (Beatles Conference Room in DeAnza 3) starting at 7PM. This weeks meeting focuses on the entertainment products of Elgato Systems.

Design Matters, a MUG in Japan, is meeting on August 15th at 5PM at a local Apple Store


The podcast closes with a tune by Ryo Sode.

RMG169 - Repairs

The Apple iTunes Music Store for Japan is open for business. 1 million tunes were sold during the first 4 days that the store was open.

Welcome to the three newest Apple Stores in Braintree Mass, Pentagon City, and Tokyo, Japan

Here I come, to save the day...

In the states, the FCC has decided that phone companies are no longer required to lease lines to ISP's a set rate. The FCC has also issued an order requiring broadband ISP's to "accommodate" government wiretaps.

Free GarageBand loops from MacJams.

Check out PatioTunes. from Mindola.

The great little freeware metronome/tuner, iBeat, has been upgraded to version 1.5.

Apple expo 2005 will take place in Paris, Sept. 20th to 24th.

The Alaskan Apple User's Group meets August 10th at the Anchorage Museum.

The Beijing MUG meets August 27th.

If you're in New Zealand, the Wellington Commercial Users Meeting witll be August 22nd at the Chamber of Commerce.

The UK Mac catalog retailer, MacWarehouse, has announced a new after warranty service plan which competes with AppleCare.

We answer user questions about finding reliable Apple repairs.

The podcast ends with a tune, Stages, by Lynn Harrison, a musician from Toronto Ontario, and is sent out to my buds who in Canada this week for a training camp. I wish I could be there.