Concerning the New Year's Day iPhone alarm bug. I too was late for work on the 3rd of January. However, I set the alarm on the second. After talking to about a dozen other iPhone alarm users, I've been able to conclude that the bug was probably fixed by the 3rd insomuch that if you set the alarm on the 3rd, (after midnight) the alarm went off in the morning without a hitch. If you set the alarm before midnight, (on the 2nd of January), the alarm didn't go off...and apparently never will.

FYI,
EZ Mac Mike

I too am a podcaster of the Mac persuasion. My co-host and I produce a monthly podcast that I can only describe as general interest; news, app recommendations, tips, podcast suggestions, etc. Our podcast is called The EZ Mac Podcast and is hosted by Jeff & Mike, of which I am the latter.

I have been using Macintosh computers since 1992 and my first Mac was a Performa 6200. I have been going to Macworld Expos ever since 1997 in Boston and when they cancelled those east coast expos, I started going to the one in San Francisco. This'll be the first year I miss the expo since I started attending and can't wait to hear feedback of how a show without Apple's presence holds up.

How I got turned onto Mac OS Ken:

I first heard a band out of San Francisco called The Famous on a podcast called The Roadhouse. They even did a humorous ID for the show. I thought they were awesome...in fact I still do. I picked up their CD, Light, Sweet Crude and played it endlessly on my iPod and in my car. Then, as happenstance would have it, they had a gig in Toronto and I live in Windsor, ON - about a four hour drive up the 401. My wife and I went to the show and met the dudes in the band. While talking with Laurence Scott, the singer, I mentioned The EZ Mac podcast and he tells me that a friend of his from San Francisco also does a Mac podcast and that I should check it out. That was in February of 2006 and I've been listening to Mac OS Ken ever since.

I have had the pleasure of being on the last Day 6 episode of 2009 wherein we discussed the past year in Apple accomplishments. Ken was also cordial enough to be on a special edition of The EZ Mac show a few weeks back where I asked him what he expected of the impending MacTabletNetbookThingy.