Episode 16 2005-09-20

Bill discusses new Powerbook rumor and the new Roku alarm clock for MP3's. Tim suspects that the progress of iBooks and the lack of progress in PowerBooks points to the next major announcement from Apple will be upgraded intel-based PowerBooks. Rick and Bill compare the old Apple Knowledge Navigator video to what has come to pass. Tim goes back on his statement about the over-hype of the Apple announcement of the nano iPod, which is really cool. Gizmo Project gets chat by adding Jabber to its client. Some talk ensues about Time Warner wanting to sell AOL. There is some reminiscing about early AOL, eWorld, AppleLink and other online services related to Apple. There is a quick survey of old online services, including GEnie, CompuServe, Prodigy, AOL, eWorld. Everyone belonged to at least four. Talk of old services brings on a round of reminiscing, including old massively multiplayer games like the Air Warrior flight simulator and the MUD, Island of Kesmai. The podcast deteriorates into more reminiscing about old computers before Bill finally puts an end to it.