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			Have a Studio Download Details     * Company: TheDashboard - Widget and Gadget Development     * Version: 0.1     * Post Date: September 24, 2008     * License: Freeware     * File Size: 461K     * URL Type: Download     * Download ID: 21367 Universal Binary System Requirements     * Mac OS X 10.4 or later

			Hidden games in OS X! To play the games, open a new terminal window and type “emacs” and hit return. Once in emacs, press Esc then x to get to the prompt. Now you can type any of the files in the list to play them. My favourites are: snake, tetris and pong, the old classics. doctor, a shrink in your mac (he/she isnt that helpful, unless you threaten to commit suicide) life, one of the first screen savers. dunnet, an old text based game where you can explore zone, makes the text on your screen go crazy Have fun!

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			I was using mp3 / 192k encoding for my music thinking that mp3 would be most versatile, even though it takes up more hard disc space. I've since decided to convert them to aac / 128k instead. The reason is that I can make an mp3 at any time if I need one and my music library would take up less storage space. Here's what to do. 1. Backup 2. Right click on the headings in music view and add the fields 'kind' and 'size' 3. Sort all music by kind 4. Check preferences are set to import aac / 128k 5. Select all mp3 tracks right click and choose convert to aac. It took my iMac all night to convert my music but I was able to gain 10gb of disc space without affecting quality. This could also make hard disc based iPods last longer on a battery charge when playing music. I then set preferences to aac 256k for future imports. Now iTunes is drm free, I'll be buying a lot more music from Apple. P.S. Windows 7 will join the party too as it includes aac support, as well as h264 out of the box. I hope this applies to all versions of windows 7. This means everyone will finally be able to use the same format for audio and video on every computer using aac for audio and h264 ecoded mp4 for video. Cheers mate. Darren Davies

			Hey Will, Long time listener, not a forum user but I've been on board since ep59. You remind me of a guy I used to work with, who loves all things British and old fashioned as it were. I was always a little bit old fashioned with my love of comedy so me and my friend Steve always got on or rather get on. Steve got me into real ale and every year we have a piss up on a canal boat with our old group of work colleagues from Jaguar Cars in Birmingham. I always listen to your podcast on the way to work and often walk into the office since the "Olde Mac and Mouse" tune. Its really weird, from listening to you for so long long its like we are best friends but don't actually know one another. If you're ever in the Derbyshire / Burton on Trent area, give me an email, you've always got board, lodgings and bandwidth in my humble abode, I've just got to try and explain who you are to her indoors! We have a fantastic local selection of real ales round here & the drinks are on me! I must say that I was shocked to here on the last podcast that you are a father, I always imagined you to be a cast iron bachelor, solid English oak type. So more importantly congrats on your baby news, very well done! Also really sorry t hear about your father, I had a big tear when listening to your podcast and the dedication I felt like I was let into a private Green family moment. My wife lost her father when she was only 12 and although I never met him, I feel that I know him really well as the family always talk about him all the time, don't stop talking about your father either. Anyway, reason for the mail, I'm sure that some Green Groupie has beat me to it, but I time machined (Great feature!) and brought back BM63 as you said that you are missing it. I tried to email but it wouldn't do 20mb, so i've put it in my dot mac public area for you to down load at your convenience. Whilst I have your attention could I put forward Colin Chapman as British Icon for the Lotus philosophy of lightweight motor racing, fuck knows how that makes for good podcasting but as I always dream of having one then my vote is for Chappers! All the best Will and keep doing what you're doing, I love the show and being reminded of the good old days when we had an empire and the world was British Imperial red! All the best, Jonathan Pugh

			Hi    I just thought I'd send a quick email to hi really. I am a recent transferee from wobbly windows to The Mac way of life and what a breathe if fresh air it is. My journey started last March with a Macbook 4.1 and I have just recently purchased an iPhone 3G. What outstanding pieces of kit these are! I am still getting to grasps with the way my Mac operates but David Pogues book The Missing Manual helps me out alot. It's funny really because my son (another will) has just started school and he often mentions how his teachers laptop is very slow( it's a wacky windows one ).  He even says to her sometimes you need to get a computer like my dads, An Apple Mac, it's never slow and always does as it's told !. Funny to hear. Anyway that's me , I am loving the podcast which I listen to regularly in work, keep it going it's great!! Cheers Pal Peter from Liverpool. Sent from my iPhone 3G

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			Lloyd Pack attended Bedales School in Hampshire, where he achieved 3 A Level passes and entry to RADA. On British television, he is known for his role as Colin "Trigger" Ball in the BBC sitcom Only Fools And Horses. To international audiences, he recently achieved fame starring as Barty Crouch, Sr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he has appeared on Doctor Who, and is also known for his role in The Vicar of Dibley as Owen Newitt. He is sometimes credited as Roger Lloyd-Pack (with a hyphen) and occasionally as Owen Lloyd Pack. It has been suggested[who?] that Owen is a reference to his popular role in The Vicar of Dibley.