The New iPod

Apple has put an end to the “Video iPod” speculation that has surrounded the Apple community for the past year. The new iPod is “lighter and thinner” than previous models and sports both a larger 2.5-inch color screen and the ability to play videos. The accompanying release of iTunes 6 (Wasn’t iTunes 5 [...]


Adium Update v0.85

Adium has been updated to v0.85. “This release is primarily a huge bugfix release, but it also introduces some neat enhancements.” The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Adium here.


Blogroll Dive: 10/10/05

Here are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Bryan briefly tells us how to save OpenOffice documents as DOC files by default.
Owen ruminates on WordPress.com.
Bonnie learns how to set an expiration date for certain WordPress posts.
Michael posts a collection of high-resolution promotion material and stills from “the 1956 science fiction classic”, Forbidden Planet.
Khaled ruminates on blogging [...]


A Few Open Source AJAX Applications

In this week’s Freeloader Friday, Brian presents us with a few useful and Open Source AJAX web applications. From reading your favorite blogs with your own web-based aggregator, to reading your email with your own webmail interface, AJAX is the wave of the future.


Favored Freeware: Quinn

Quinn is a clone of Tetris.
Quinn is an implementation of the popular arcade game Tetris, written specifically for MacOS X. It features a neat user interface, perfectly integrated with Aqua, and a smooth look and feel for best user enjoyment. The goal was not to reinvent Tetris with yet another modification of the rules, but [...]