Favored Freeware: BootCD
Filed in Freeware on December 31, 2005 at 12:46 amBootCD is a Cocoa app that creates a disk image that can be used to burn a MacOS X boot CD with a working Finder and Dock on it. This utility is unfinished and still has some flaws, but works. The current version works much better than previous versions, and includes the ability to run [...]
Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2006
Filed in Freeware, Technology, World on December 29, 2005 at 11:41 pmThe Wikimedia Foundation needs your help to cover their expected costs for the coming year. Please keep in mind that the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates several multilingual and free-content projects. Please donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to keep Wikipedia and the rest of their free services alive and online [...]
Camino Update v1.0b2
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 4:02 pmCamino has been updated to v1.0b2. This update greatly improves “rendering accuracy and speed, bookmarks and history management, preferences, and plugin support.” The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Camino here.
Celestia Update v1.4
Filed in Freeware, Technology on December 28, 2005 at 4:50 pmCelestia has been updated to v1.4. This update fixes several bugs and adds some new features. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Celestia here.
Blogroll Dive: 12/26/05
Filed in Blogs on December 26, 2005 at 12:09 amHere are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Bryan reviews the Performancing extension for Firefox.
Owen discusses the likelihood of plugin incompatibilities under WordPress v2.0.
Michael Heilemann recommends that we “unite around a common feed icon.”
Khaled ruminates on the need for Flock.
Rick has a new puppy.
Michael Hampton discusses the roadmap to Bad Behavior v2.
Jon announces the launch of [...]
Favored Freeware: Conversation
Filed in Freeware on December 24, 2005 at 12:45 amConversation makes chatting on the IRC network as easy as using iChat and other IM clients. Conversation allows you to chat in channels and with your friends in a simple, elegant and Mac-like interface without the use of any text commands, and it has a comprehensive set of features, some unique to Conversation.
Pros: Conversation is [...]
OpenOffice.org Update v2.0.1
Filed in Freeware, Technology on December 21, 2005 at 11:00 pmOpenOffice.org has been updated to v2.0.1. This update fixes a few minor bugs and adds some new features.
It is now possible to disable and hide particular application settings, which comes in handy for central administration in networks. Plus, a new keyboard shortcut permits the user to return to a saved cursor position. The bullets [...]
Mactracker Update v4.0.2
Filed in Freeware, Technology on at 3:42 pmMactracker has been updated to v4.0.2. This update adds a timeline feature to view models by introduction date, updated information for the latest iPods, and a few minor bug fixes. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Mactracker here.