Stat Service Chosen
Filed in General on January 25, 2005 at 3:42 pmWell, after a few weeks of searching for a free stat service or WP plugin that will suite my needs, I’ve finally settled on StatCounter. StatCounter is free, very complete as far as live stats go, and offers an invisible counter. The only downfall is that the log offered in the free package [...]
Firefly: The TV Series
Filed in Nostalgia on at 12:17 pmFor those of you who don’t know, Firefly was probably the best sci-fi series to ever grace network television. If you can’t accept that, then it was at least the best western to ever grace network television. Are you interested now? Firefly is an interesting, exciting, and humorous space-drama with a western [...]
Adium X Update v0.75
Filed in Freeware on January 24, 2005 at 12:07 amAdium X has been updated to v0.75. This update fixes a few bugs and improves connection speed. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Adium X here.
Review: Epson CX4600
Filed in MacMerc, Review, Technology on January 23, 2005 at 5:25 pmAre you looking for a good Printer/Scanner/Copier? Are you shopping on a low budget? Then look no further than the Epson CX4600. Read the review.
Favored Freeware: SNES9X Custom HQ
Filed in Freeware on at 4:42 pmSNES9X Custom HQ is an unofficial build of SNES9X with the addition of the HQ2X and Scale2x blitters. HQ2X is very high quality and generally faster than SNES9X’s current implementation of Super 2xSaI. Scale2x is very fast, even on low performance computers, and looks pretty decent for the miniscule speed hit. Both of [...]
PUM: System Stats at a Glance
Filed in MacMerc on at 3:32 pmHave you wondered what your CPU usage is? Have wondered if that installer is doing anything at all, or if it’s stuck? Is it too difficult to open Activity Monitor? Well, never fear. Just read this week’s brief Power User Monday Tip of the Week.
Review: Sennheiser PXC 250
Filed in MacMerc, Review, Technology on at 2:49 pmWhile finding a good set of headphones is very difficult, finding good set of noise-canceling headphones is even more difficult. I’ve had experience with the Bose Quiet Comfort and the Sony MDR-NC11 models, and neither were even worth reviewing. Sure, their sound quality was nice, but their noise-canceling technology (while innovative) was lousy. Is [...]
Gimp.app Update v2.2.3
Filed in Freeware on at 10:13 amGimp.app has been updated to include Gimp v2.2.3. You can read the release notes for Gimp v2.2.3 here. Additionally, the Gimp.app package now includes an AppleScript to “Turn On X11 Focus Follows Mouse”, which correctly alters X11 so that you only have to click a window once to bring it into focus (rather [...]
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