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Alien wrote:

Maybe Susie can drop them by on her way from work? I mean, you're practically neighbours, no?

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I'm probably about 45 minutes out of her way each way.

Alien wrote:

Just tell her to stop by and drop off the missing issues or you're gonna ban her sorry ass from these her forums.

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What fun would there be in that? She'd just unban herself, silly.

No you can't. I'm too pretty.

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My subscription ends in April, so I have about 2 issues to peruse before I decide whether to renew or not. Right now I'm leaning against not renewing, but maybe when I get the latest issue, I will be persuaded.

Once again, I won't miss the 'new' max - he reminded me too much of Jack (from Jack-in-the-Box).

The only point fido has is the one on top of his head. I thought you knew that?

I recieved my copy today (1/3/07), and my first reaction was negative, because upon opening the issue, I was not presented with 2... or 4... but 6 (count 'em—6!) full pages of ads before the table of contents.

...and those pages are all 'thicker and larger' than the old magazine's pages, so it probably took me a longer time to get through them

Anywho, the layout is okay... but I have trouble sometimes differentiating between ad and content pages. Most of the content is similar to MacAddict content of late, and is sometimes a little too blasé (like MacWorld) for my liking, but I don't quite like the layout. Of course, I'll have to live with that, because it can't be quickly and easily changed.

Regarding the 'thicker pages'—YIKES! The cover is so thick I have to crease it to get the magazine to stay open on my desk while I peruse the articles. The pages are quite fine, though. They're just as easy to tear out so I can save certain articles I like.

Finally, I went online to www.maclife.com, and didn't see the live website, nor could I access the new 'software vault.' I hope those are available soon (I guess after MacWorld?), because I want to see how it all looks.

Goodbye, MacAddict - we truly loved thee!

Aquaman wrote:

I have enjoyed MacAddict since way back.  I felt it was at its peak when Droo did the disc, and the staff videos were fun and quirky.

I still listen to 'New Idea' - from one of the early discs! I used to have a copy of every issue and disc back to issue 2... but I lost some of them during a move/reorganization two years ago. Now I have all but the first 20 issues, and I ditched some of the discs that I didn't really feel were worth keeping.

Two of my fondest MacAddict memories were:

1. Receiving a free copy of Fireworks and Dreamweaver on one of the Discs (they were older versions, but they kicked off my web-development interests).

2. Finding Max on the covers of many of the issues, and having that 'I found Waldo!' (from 'Where's Waldo') feeling.

[edit: 'New Idea' was a song Droo did...]

Last edited by geerlingguy (2007-01-03 3:16 pm)

geerlingguy wrote:

I still listen to 'New Idea' - from one of the early discs! [edit: 'New Idea' was a song Droo did...]

Hey, whether you listen to New Idea, Monkey Developers, or the ever-so-short Funny Rave, I appreciate it!

-droo

I was all excited today when I checked the mail today and saw the words "Mac" peaking out underneath... I ran inside only to discover that it was Macworld.  (my dad got me a subscription for xmas)

geerlingguy wrote:

You're welcome. It's too bad MA decided to stop doing the indie music inclusion on their Discs a while back - that was pretty much the only reason I popped in the Discs! Perhaps they will someday have something on the 'online content' section that was like that... who knows.

Actually, that's one of my plans for the new MacLife.com -- but at launch it won't be there 'cause I'm spending every drop of my mental bandwidth (a "drop" of "bandwidth?"  hmmm...) just trying to get the site's basic structure and content ready for the launch on the 9th.

I would, however, be interested to know if anyone other than geerlingguy would be interested in downloading tunes from MacLife.com.

Rik wrote:

geerlingguy wrote:

You're welcome. It's too bad MA decided to stop doing the indie music inclusion on their Discs a while back - that was pretty much the only reason I popped in the Discs! Perhaps they will someday have something on the 'online content' section that was like that... who knows.

Actually, that's one of my plans for the new MacLife.com -- but at launch it won't be there 'cause I'm spending every drop of my mental bandwidth (a "drop" of "bandwidth?"  hmmm...) just trying to get the site's basic structure and content ready for the launch on the 9th.

I would, however, be interested to know if anyone other than geerlingguy would be interested in downloading tunes from MacLife.com.

Me definately yes. There used to be some really good tunes on those discs way back though it was a bit hard to get them off the disc until someone made the "MacAddict music extractor" or whatever it was called. How'bout a poll to take the temperature on the interest?

Btw is there or is there not a cd with MacLife? Though I can't say I've checked the last cd's I got (I sort of lost interest when you dropped the standard staff-vid), I'm still interested in know this since as far as I understand the price that I've payed for a twoyear subscription of MacLife is the same as for a twoyear sub of MacAddict. Just wondering...

Last edited by Mymac4ever (2007-01-03 6:59 pm)

Digital Droo wrote:

geerlingguy wrote:

Speaking of indie music produced entirely on Macs, check out the band I helped record (called the 'Priestie Boyz' - 'priesty boys' and 'priestie boys' were taken, so we had to do the 'z'...) at the Seminary I attend: www.priestieboyz.com

Cool! Is it me or are the song links broken?

-droo

By golly, they are! I have no idea what happened... I had to move the song files to a separate server last month, but I have moved the files back to the mac.com server now, and the previews should work now.

The album's available through iTunes as well (there's a link on the site).

And finally, I agree with the others who have stated they would be in favor of a music preview section of the site - perhaps it could spotlight groups/individuals who have made music on their Macs?