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10 Free Apps Every Mac User Should Have 2007-01-27 16:15:51
Finding freeware apps that don’t end up just sitting on your hard drive can get pretty hard. This list is a collection of some essential freeware apps for OS X that I can honestly say I would pay for if they weren’t already free. If you’re a new Mac user and/or you haven’t tried these apps yet, I highly suggest you give each of them a spin. (more…)
Technorati Trouble 2007-01-27 02:52:47 I’ve been trying to claim the new blog URL in Technorati
’s system for a few weeks now and every time I get “There was a problem claiming your blog. Please try again in a few minutes” thrown back at me. Technorati’s support has been oddly silent. Am I the only one? Read more:Trouble
OS X: Command+Tab Between Individual Windows 2007-01-26 16:30:49 One of the things I’ve missed since my switch from Windows
was the ability to Command+Tab (or Alt+Tab in Windows) between individual windows instead of applications. (Switching between two windows of Safari and Mail, for example, instead of just Safari as a group and Mail.) (more…) Read more:Individual
Google Image Search Revamp 2007-01-25 18:35:46 Google recently “dumbed down” the popular Google ImageSearch
. It’s an obvious optimization for the average user, but the new UI is surely an annoyance for the average techie. (more…) Read more:Google
, Revamp
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WordPress 2.1 Released 2007-01-23 00:03:21 WordPress 2.1 has just been released. Only a week after the last point release, this version brings not only bug fixes, but new features including improved image uploading, a new WYSIWYG editor, automatic saving of drafts, and more.
iPhone = LG KE850? 2007-01-22 00:44:12 There has been some debate over the iPhone
’s similarities to the LG KE850 after Apple’s keynote. I think it’s pretty clear that the similarities between these two devices were a badly-timed coincidence. (more…)
Wii Tracker 2007-01-21 02:44:32 Wii Tracker
is a handy little site that automatically checks the availability of the Wii throughout a variety of online stores. (I finally got lucky and ordered one from Walmart thanks to the RSS feature.) Read more:Wii
DreamHost: Cheap Project Dumpsite 2007-01-19 01:24:48 In an effort to keep myself organized, I went ahead and opened up a second hosting account at DreamHost
, as opposed to throwing all of my “idle” domains on my already-cluttered Media Temple account. I would have never done this if it weren’t for the fact that a year at DreamHost costs only $19 with the promo code 9999. (This isn’t an affiliate code as the majority of DreamHost codes are, so DreamHost is the only one making money off of this code.)
Yes, I’m aware that DreamHost sucks. You get what you pay for. But the deal is just what I’m looking for — a cheap place to keep everything I don’t want to (or need to) look at every time I open Transmit. Read more:Project
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Several Improvements in Parallels 3120 2007-01-17 19:37:49 I’ve never been the biggest fan of Parallels
Desktop for Mac. There was always a big reason not to use it, like memory leaks, speed hogs, faulty network drivers, etc. I finally gave in and installed the most recent RC build to finally give Vista a much-overdue spin. And I have to say, build 3120 is pretty darn cool. (more…)
Twitter + Twitterrific = Constant Away Messages 2007-01-16 21:32:58 Twitter is a nifty little site that allows you to tell everyone on the net what you’re doing and when. The concept is simple–type what you’re doing in the box and press Update. The result is a nice, simple page with an archive of your activities. (You can also do some neat things like include your current status on your own website, like I’m doing in my sidebar.) (more…) Read more:Constant
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Page Saver for Firefox: Entire Web Page Screenshots 2007-01-29 05:00:24 Pearl Crescent’s Page Saver Basic is a convenient Firefox
extension that saves a screenshot of the entire web page, instead of just the visible portion. It’s especially handy for blog posts with a long list of comments. Read more:Screenshots
Digg Meets Grid-Server 2007-01-29 00:16:01
I used up my 15 minutes of Digg
fame today when my article on OS X freeware reached the homepage. Aside from the exciting traffic spike (over 30,000 uniques today), I was more excited to see how Media Temple’s Grid-Server hosting would hold up under the pressure. (more…)
Mint 2.0 Released 2007-01-29 12:31:37 The incredibly popular Mint stats app was given a huge upgrade today. Mint 2.0 is now available for the same price as it has been — $30 (or $19 to upgrade from Mint 1.x). I’ll be upgrading later today when I can put a quick review and some screenshots up. In the meantime, Designologue.com has a live demo of the new version.
Windows Vista & Office 2007 Released 2007-01-30 12:39:34 WindowsVista
has finally been released to consumers after five long years of development. The new OS is available in an overwhelming amount of flavors, ranging from Vista Ultimate at $399 to Home Basic (Upgrade) at $99. (more…) Read more:Windows Vista
Litesum: Wikipedia Meets Ajax 2007-01-30 09:30:17
I just launched a quick PHP script I wrote this past week to refresh my JavaScript knowledge. Litesum uses Ajax and PHP to instantly extract a summary for any given query from the Wikipedia
article on that topic. (more…)
Flickr To Begin Forcing Yahoo! Logins 2007-01-31 02:20:07 Looks like Yahoo
! has decided to make the Flickr
deal official. On March 15, “old skool” Flickr users (including myself) will no longer be able to login with their email addresses. Instead, a Yahoo! login will be required. Not the biggest deal, but some really old skool members are certainly getting worked up. (more…) Read more:Forcing
Colored iPod Shuffles Introduced 2007-02-01 00:43:45
Apple quietly updated the iPod
shuffle with new colors to match the iPod nano (with the addition of orange). Surprisingly, I’ve only seen a few of the new shuffles around school, while I’ve seen several of the newer iPod nanos (received as a gift for the holidays, I’m assuming). I’d be very interested to know how many of the iPods sold are shuffles — from what I’ve seen I’d be surprised if they were even somewhat popular. Read more:Colored
Correo: Beautified Thunderbird for OS X 2007-02-01 00:20:18 Despite the fact that Firefox and Thunderbird
are two of the most powerful apps geeks know of, many Mac users are turned away from Mozilla software due to the lack of the polished Cocoa design. Correo combines two Mozilla projects — Camino, the Cocoa “port” of Firefox, and Thunderbird itself — to make a much more appealing email client.
Peekvid: Hundreds of TV Series & Movies 2007-02-02 04:55:33 Not that I condone this or anything, but Peekvid
has an impressive collection of TV shows, movies, and cartoons mostly hosted by Dailymotion. All videos are submitted to the site by users in an amazing amount of time. (more…) Read more:Hundreds
Adium 1.0 Released 2007-02-03 04:35:15
Open-source app Adium was just upgraded to version 1.0 today. The extremely popular app brings a universal solution for all imaginable chat protocols, including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, and Google Talk. (more…)
Peekvid: Stream Hundreds of TV Series & Movies 2007-02-02 04:55:33 Not that I condone this or anything, but Peekvid
has an impressive collection of TV shows, movies, and cartoons mostly hosted by Dailymotion. All videos are submitted to the site by users in an amazing amount of time. (more…) Read more:Stream
, Hundreds
Super Bowl Commercials on AOL 2007-02-04 22:32:29 Looks like AOL will be streaming today’s Super
Bowl commercials immediately after the game. Last year, Google Video helped distribute the ads, which proved to be a huge success. Can’t wait to see what the brands came up with this year (especially GoDaddy). Read more:Commercials
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Parallels RC2 Build 3150 Released 2007-02-05 02:19:28 Parallels Desktop for Mac Release Candidate 2 introduces several overdue improvements, including support for USB 2.0 and FAT32 Boot Camp partitions and fixes to the Coherence, drag-and-drop, and Transporter features. But best of all, the Parallels release candidates don’t require a new activation key to unlock all of these new features. Read more:Parallels
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Gmail Mail Fetcher: Auto-POP3 Mail Retriever 2007-02-07 04:00:59 My Gmail
account was just updated with the Mail Fetcher feature — a tool that got a lot of publicity a few months ago when only very few users received the functionality. I’m assuming Google has decided to give the functionality to a much larger Gmail audience, or I’ve moved up on the Gmail beta list. (more…) Read more:Retriever
MapWii.com: Find Wii Neighbors 2007-02-08 03:27:19 I’ve been having a whole lot of fun with the Wii
I got yesterday for my birthday (review by the end of the week). I just discovered that every Wii has a unique Wii Number, which can be used to add friends and send them messages — mine is 1005 5931 8887 9875. (more…) Read more:Neighbors
WordPress How To: AdSense After First Post 2007-02-11 05:58:53 One of the hardest aspects of designing a site is the placement of non-obtrusive ads. I’ve found that placing ads after the first blog post on the homepage is the most ideal place for ads if you don’t have room on the sidebar. Luckily, placing your ad code after the first post is pretty easy with WordPress. (more…) Read more:First
Google Valentine's Logo Theories 2007-02-14 23:02:27
There have been some questions pointed at Google
about the absence of the “L” in Google from their Valentine
’s day logo. After their “official statement,” a few interesting theories have been made. (more…) Read more:Theories
Wii: Everybody Votes Channel 2007-02-14 17:21:07 Nintendo just released a voting channel for the Wii
called EverybodyVotes
. The simple channel only has a few features. Upon launch, it asks the user questions and the user can both vote and predict which choice will win at the end of the poll’s closing time. (more…) Read more:Channel
Peekvid Returns! 2007-02-16 01:22:32 After a little over a week of “closed beta,” Peekvid
seems to have resolved its troubles (probably legal) and has reopened with a refined UI and a nice disclaimer on the bottom:
Peekvid does not contain any content on its site, but is merely an index of available links on the Internet. Peekvid is committed to an industry solution that will provide a mechanism to compensate artists that create the work you enjoy watching. Peekvid would like to be part of the long term solution. Read more:Returns
Yahoo! Pipes: Friendly Data Manipulation 2007-02-17 22:48:57 Pipes is a new Yahoo
! project that allows the Average Joe to aggregate data from feeds and manipulate it through a friendly interface. This simple tool will certainly invite innovative and creative uses of data around the world to do neat things like match Flickr photos with New York Times stories and search eBay with no ads (my favorite so far). (more…) Read more:Friendly
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