About three months ago, I decided to pit my Safari/Mail experience up against Firefox/Thunderbird and see where that took me. Since I spend so much time in a web browser and an email client each day, I want to optimize my workflow as much as possible. I wanted to find the “one client to rule […]
In an effort to familiarize myself with Xcode, I’ve concocted a couple of projects upon which to cut my teeth. Currently I’m delving into it by way of an AppleScript droplet micro-app that I’m calling “DropSync” for now. The general principle is to drop files onto it and have it sync them to a remote […]
Been toying around with doing this list for a while now. The question: What are the top 10 software applications for OS X (that aren’t out-of-the-box, mind you) that are absolutely essential? The top 10 apps that I couldn’t live without: Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/) – The launcher to end all launchers. Is there anything this app […]
While reviewing some traffic info and site stats, I noticed that my current leading search phrases are: “Bonjour Firefox” and “Firefox Bonjour”. For those of you who (like me) asked the question: How do I take advantage of Apple’s Bonjour technology AND the well-received Gecko HTML rendering engine? …I have the following advice: Get on […]
From ’round the web (in this case: MacSlash): Bare Bones’ Yojimbo personal information organizer. What’s this doing that StickyBrain or Voodoo Pad isn’t? Granted, I can’t speak much for StickyBrain. Never used it. Don’t see the point in that kind of system. (Maybe I would if I’d used it?) I’ll stick to Voodoo Pad, which […]
So is anyone else just plain sick and tired of this freakin’ story? To me it’s just another chapter in the s/he said s/he said po-mo mythology of who said what when why where first and whether or not it’s all that original and/or (re?)mix-worthy in the first place. Statement one: The Postal Service’s video […]
The Ars Technica review of the new Core Duo iMac, boiled down: “Instead of being able to remove the back of the computer to get to all the good stuff, users are left with a door in the bottom to add or remove RAM. Unfortunately, that has remained the case with the Core Duo iMac.” […]
While everyone else seems to be harping on the “mini-store-as-spyware” angle of the 6.0.2 update to iTunes, I’ve noticed something else that seems to have gotten NO MENTION throughout this flurry: 6.0.2 BREAKS THE “MY RATING” OPTIONS WHEN CREATING SMART PLAYLISTS In the spirit of Hofstadter: “Try it!” Click to create a new Smart Playlist. […]
Previously on found_drama: we got inside a 3G iPod and then speculated on Frankensteining it into a so-called iPod Super – – and now… Command-Tab’s iPod Junior?
Following up on my pre-MacWorld post…: iLife ‘06 is a given – – duh, zero points minor revisions all around – – of course (some arguably major), zero points with some new deployment of FrontRow and maybe Photo Booth – – FrontRow made it into the “MacBook Pro” but is as yet not all-Mac-wide… the […]