Category: 788: Mac Treat #186, The “i” Stands for “Interplanetary”, App Review, Famous Garage Sale

We made some progress on my electric motorcycle. As you might remember, it was underpowered. Well, it turned out that we had the controller set for 50% power so once we corrected that, it was quite zippy! We are working on figuring out a parking brake and some active cooling–then it may just be ready…

As per usual, we wanted our loyal Kibbles & Bytes readers to be the first to know–our Garage Sale is kicking off next Friday, August 17th. We will be including the list of items we have for sale in next week’s issue. Look for HUGE markdowns on brands like Timbuk2, Incipio, Simplism, Edifier, Marware, Griffin…

Halfbrick, perhaps best know for their game “*Fruit Ninja*,”:http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=19XpSnZWhPI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fruit-ninja/id362949845?mt=8%26uo%3D6%26partnerId%3D30 has released another great game for iOS: “*Jetpack Joyride*.”:http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=19XpSnZWhPI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/app/jetpack-joyride/id457446957?mt=8%26uo%3D6%26partnerId%3D30 This game has incredibly simple gameplay. Your character is always running forward through what appears to be some sort of lab (this is not explained) full of scientists running around, flaming bars in the sky, missiles coming…

For many years Apple has boldly gone where no other tech company has gone before. Recent screenshots, captured from the live stream of _Curiosity_ landing on Mars, show that their products have also made inroads into NASA. Images of the Entry, Descent and Landing Operations team at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,…

This week, screenshots have come up a lot in the office for some reason. I take screenshots all the time, and find it to be a great way to grab a piece of the ever-changing Internet, either for posterity or just for a laugh. The easiest way to take a screenshot on your Mac is…

_Dear Friends,_ My Arctic Kiwi plant and its vines now reach over to the apple trees and covers the arbor I welded from rebar. This spring, it was covered with flowers and I was sure that I was going to have a huge harvest of the grape-like kiwi fruit. It turns out that my male…