Tuesday December 4, 2007
Miss coloring with crayons and finger paint? Tired of spending $500 for a graphics program that you use only a few features of? Like playing with cool looking, visually gratifying software? Are you a small child, or do you have one locked away in a closet somewhere?
Then check out Scribbles, a fantastic little program used to create basic, …
Sunday December 2, 2007
Found a great program the other day that makes working with archives (zip, sit, tar, etc…) so much better, at least from my perspective.
BetterZip
Instead of the standard ‘double-click a zip to extract’, which often times leads to a trail of folders everywhere, BetterZip opens a Finder-like window which lets you preview the contents …
Wednesday November 28, 2007
I don’t know what kind of crack Matt Veenstra from TribalMedia is smoking, but I do know that he should share it.
Microsoft can’t even get Entourage to work properly with Exchange…what chance in hell do they have of making a mobile version work?
But why did Apple wait? Here is the reason. Microsoft will be announcing and showing a demo …
Monday November 26, 2007
I was checking out the server stats for BabyGotMac today, and found some surprising stuff in there. As you may be aware, the site runs Wordpress. Well, I’ve been using a plugin called ‘FireStats‘, which runs ok and keeps good live stats, but it isn’t so awesome for historical data. Countered with the fact that over …
Monday
Ever wondered what was inside a zip file but didn’t want to have to go to the trouble of extracting/opening it with some bulky program? How about looking at all of the folders in your Downloads folder and asking yourself exactly what ‘untitled folder 4′ contained?
Wonder no more! An enterprising developer has created two QuickLook plugins that will …
Monday
We’re happy to announce the addition of TwitThis to our social bookmarking section. Now, when you read a post you have the ability to quickly and easily add the current pages URL to your Twitter Feed, so all of your devout followers will know what you’re reading.
Simply click the ‘Twit This’ link above, in ‘Post Actions’. You …
Sunday November 25, 2007
BW Online | May 21, 2001 | Commentary: Sorry, Steve: Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work:
A classic bit of punditry from BusinessWeek.
Rather than unveil a Velveeta Mac, Jobs thinks he can do a better job than experienced retailers at moving the beluga. Problem is, the numbers don’t add up. Given the decision to set up shop in high-rent …
Sunday
Hey, Clocky is finally for sale! Yes, yes, I know it’s not a Mac product, but damned if this isn’t awesome. I first heard of, and posted about, Clocky almost a year ago. now it appears it is finally available in mass production.
To quote my initial post:
Clocky is an innovative alarm clock that hides from you after the snooze button is pushed. It rolls off the table and randomly relocates to a new position in the room.
Sunday
The folks over at LifeClever have composed a list of 17 ‘bookmarklets’ — little Javascript prompts that perform browser functions — that can be used with your iphone. There are some really good ones there, which ‘fix’ a few of the shortcomings in mobile Safari.
My favorites:
Open links in new window Makes links appear in new windows when …
Saturday November 24, 2007
Welcome, MacSurfer.com visitors!
Ok, this is pretty cool. iGet Mobile is a program that runs on your Mac and acts as a server. Once it is running and configured (a couple of clicks), you can browse the contents of your Mac from your iPhone. Not only that but you can view, convert and download or email the file …