The following is a message I received from a good buddy of mine who is also a Mac user.  This tickles me so much I had no choice but to post it to Candle Shore. 

Thank you for making my weekend, Tom!!!!!  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone, 

This little tidbit comes to us courtesy of CNET. 

It’s back-to-school season, and that means you may be among the countless students who are setting up shiny new MacBooks, because this is the year you have vowed (again) to focus on studies. But then the doubts start to creep in:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello My Fellow Macintosh Owners,

Yes, you read it right.  As of this date, in the year of our Lord, Thursday, August 20, 2009, at precisely 8:21pm (PST), I became the owner of a brand new MacBook Pro 13-inch LED-Backlit Widescreen Notebook with a Precision Aluminum UniBody Enclosure.

Just as the saying goes, “Never say “Never.””

I’ll see you all somewhere along the Apple Brick Road.

Mark

Hello Everyone, 

With the imminent purchase of a Mac Book close at hand, I decided to order a Braille copy of the VoiceOver Getting Started Manual.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello My Fellow Windows Loving, Mac-Bashing Compatriots,  (Big Smile) 

If you want to have perfectly synchronized access to your Microsoft Live and/or Hotmail email accounts, then the following iPhone 3G/3GS, VoiceOver accessible, $9.95 application is a “must-have”:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoy this approximately 55 minute episode of the 1970’s CBS Radio Mystery Theater program published here as a Candle Shore podcast.

This episode of the Candle Shore Podcast is dedicated to those of us who have gazed upon true love and did not recognize it until it was much too late.

Listen to this episode either on your computer, MP3 player or, as I do, on a mobile phone and always remember.

Most Sincerely,

Mark
Episode:  The Venus Dile

I’ll bet the title of this post got your attention, eh?  (Big Smile)

Read on, you will not be disappointed:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoy this approximately 10 minute episode of the Candleshore Podcast in which I demonstrate how to use an outstanding iPhone language translation application.

Mark
Episode 38:  I Speak Translations On iPhone 3GS

Hello Everyone (and I do mean EVERYONE)!!!!

I strongly recommend that anyone who uses a telephone of any type, explore the following free service as it is, without a doubt, a life changer:  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone, 

Just as on my beloved Samsung Epix SGH-i907 Windows Mobile SmartPhone, on my iPhone 3GS, I sometimes find it necessary to export text messages to my computer in order to either print them for references or to archive for the future.  Read the rest of this entry »