Thursday Morning News

<img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2930" title="jobs_ep" src="http://www.mactalk.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jobs_ep.jpg" alt="jobs_ep" width="374" height="269" /><a href="http://www.techsmith.com/camtasiamac/">Camtasia</a> is on the Mac. Screen recording nerds from Windows will know this app well, as it's pretty much all there is on Windows to do the job properly. <a href="http://smokingapples.com/software/reviews/camtasia-screen-recording-mac-review/">Smoking Apples has a review.</a>

That white plastic MacBook is all alone in that little quadrant, being lame. Surely Apple has something up their sleeve? <a href="http://theappleblog.com/2009/08/26/rumor-has-it-apple-to-refresh-macbook/">The Apple Blog</a> has heard some rumours regarding a MacBook shake-up.

Using Adobe CS3 on Leopard right now and looking forward to Snow Leopard? Might want to keep your pants on, as <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2009/08/26/adobe-creative-suite-3-unsupported-on-os-x-snow-leopard/">Adobe said they aren't supporting CS3 on Snow Leopard.</a> You gotta move up to CS4 if you want Snow Leopard support.

Jeff Veen is one of the top internet-related designers, responsible for Google Analytics and the new fancy Typekit. <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/ignite-show-jeff-veen-on-great.html">He gave a presentation at some wanky Ignite thing</a>, explaining that all these iPhone imitators and dudes making Apple tablet mock ups, keep focussing on the sizzle, rather than the meat of Apple's magic, ending up in the rows and rows of dud products we see before us currently.

Handbrake is an awesome app for ripping DVDs and converting other sorts of videos. If you're a bit of a tinkerer, you can achieve better quality video by playing around with the settings. <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/142301/2009/08/beyond_handbrake_defaults.html">Macworld has a guide on how to extract the best results from Handbrake.</a>

The Sydney Apple Store is collecting a bunch of old fart Aussie rock "legends" and having them play gigs in the store for a couple of weeks. If you're into the Hoodoo Gurus, Jimmy Barnes, Mental as Anything, Ian Moss or Diesel, <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/sydney-apple-store-hosting-aussie-rock-legends-all-next-month/">you might like this.</a>

The <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/21/canalys_iphone_outsold_all_windows_mobile_phones_i n_q2_2009.html">iPhone outsold all the Windows Mobile</a> phones in Q2 2009. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo">Fuck you Steve Ballmer, you fucking soul-less, copycat, luddite gimp.</a>

<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5344205/8-years-of-great-mac-os-x-box-design-end-in-a-stupid-clip-art-cat">Gizmodo</a> also hates the stupid cat on the Snow Leopard box.

<a href="http://rumplo.com/tees/tee/14546-first-macintosh-great-moments-of-the-20th-century-series">A Mac on a t-shirt.</a> You want it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYhdY-A_Hs">What an amazing pair of pants.</a>