International Mac Podcast

Hi all, it’s me, Matt Rhinesmith, back with another post, after a “short” delay. This time, I’m posting a little tidbit I found about overclocking ANY sub-533 MHz G3 or G4 Mac to 533 MHz. I have tried this personally on both my iBook and iMac G3, and I’ve definitely noticed improved performance. For example, as I write this post in Safari 4.1.1 with 3 tabs open, I also have Mail and Twitterrific open, and DVD Player open, paused.

While it definitely helps that I have the maximum of 567 MB of RAM installed, it would choke long before this at 366 MHz. These instructions are courtesy of Mark Sokolovsky, a netizen of LEM’s G3-5 List. You will want to print these out, since they’re not easy commands to remember. Also, where it says ” <something>, there is a space in between ” and <something>. That tripped me up when I first tried this. Anyway, here they are, exactly as he posted them to the list: (more…)

I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but I’ve only gotten around to it now. I’ll be reviewing 4 graphing calculator apps: WolframAlpha ($1.99), GraphingCalculator ($1.99), PocketCAS Pro ($4.99), and SpaceTime ($19.99) [iTunes Links].

WolframAlpha

Probably the most well-known graphing calculator app, WolframAlpha is one of the more powerful apps, though to do more than basic calculations you need an internet connection.

Usage is very simple: just type in the equation in the search bar at the top and press enter. A page will pop up with everything you could possibly want to know about the equation, including the graph, factored form, vertex, x-intercepts, etc. Graphing multiple equations at the same time is just a bit more complicated. To graph multiple equations, just put a comma between each equation.

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It’s 2010! Can you ruddy believe it!?

From everyone here at the International Mac Podcast, we want to wish all our amazing readers, listeners and now viewers (thanks to Keaton) the best year and let’s hope for you it is a fantastic year.

Thank you so much for making 2009 great for us and we have so much more to come in 2010 as we grow more and more.

I am pleased to announce that after several weeks of development, a month or two of beta testing, and another month of sitting on my rear, doing nothing, IMP for iPhone has been submitted to the App Store and is in review. We’re hoping that we can get this approved as quickly as possible to get it out to you people. So, keep your eyes peeled, and we’ll even let you know when it’s out.

We are happy to announce the IMP iPhone App! …Sorta. We are now accepting people for an open beta so we can iron out bugs before it goes public in the App Store.

How to Apply:
Send an email to beta AT impodcast DOT tv with your device UUID and your name. We’ll email you back with a beta version of the app, and instructions on how to get the application installed on your device.

Due to restrictions, however, we can only accept a few into the beta for now. The first twenty people or so we hear from will be accepted, but no more. There is a possibility that we may accept more in the future, but that is not guaranteed, so don’t hold out for it.

For those that don’t get into the beta, check out these fresh screenshots we have straight from the app.

Apparently it’s now a unspoken rule that all of our recurring segments have to use alliteration, unfortunately I drew the short straw and got stuck with the letter ‘K’. Very little apple-related starts with K, but then I realized that I can publish my own posts on this blog now, so I just thought of the most random thing I possibly could that starts with K. Turns out that’s Kumquats. The problem is that I have very little to say about kumquats. So the rest of this post will be very short, only lengthened by the fact that it’s entirely in binary:

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I don’t think that IMP has had any competitions so I thought that I would get Blue Pyjama to donate something.

From the Blue Pyjama website:

We are really excited because Whitex 2.0 will be out soon. The current version of Whitex is very simple and lacks many features. Whitex 2.0 gives you so much more; fonts, sizes, saving and opening documents etc.

Blue Pyjama has kindly given IMP 3 beta copies to give away to you nice people. It’s really simple to win, you just have to answer the question: Which city is Blue Pyjama based in? Email your answer to competition@bluepyjama.com

The competition will be open until the 28 of March 2009 on which day the 3 winners will be drawn randomly.

If you are having trouble finding the answer look on the Blue Pyjama website!