Favored Freeware: NightShift
Filed in Freeware on April 8, 2006 at 12:05 amNightShift automatically downloads and updates WebKit, the Safari HTML rendering engine, to the latest nightly version. No user intervention is required, everything is fully automated.
Pros: If you use Safari, or any other WebKit-enabled application, and like to live on the edge, then NightShift is for you! NightShift will automatically download and install the latest [...]
Run Windows on Your Intel-based Mac
Filed in MacMerc, Technology on April 5, 2006 at 11:27 amApple has released Boot Camp, which “provides a straightforward means of letting your [Intel-based] Mac run Windows.” According to MacMerc:
Boot Camp simplifies Windows installation on an Intel-based Mac by providing a simple graphical step-by-step assistant application to dynamically create a second partition on the hard drive for Windows, burn a CD with all the [...]
Rick’s iChat Status Icons
Filed in Colleagues, Humor, MacMerc on April 4, 2006 at 10:43 amRick was not pleased by .Mac’s iChat status icons, so he decided to create his own.
Having downloaded [the .Mac set] myself, I quickly found that its 9 icons didn’t really fit in with my lifestyle. For instance, I don’t go to the gym so much, and when I go OOTO (Out Of The Office) it [...]
Blogroll Dive: 4/3/06
Filed in Blogs on April 3, 2006 at 12:05 amHere are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive:
Bryan reviewed 30 Boxes.
Bonnie shared some of her favorite “old classroom education films”.
Michael Heilemann discovered a collection of audio interviews with former Apple employees celebrating Apple’s 30th anniversary.
Khaled announced the imminent launch of Broken Signal, which will be his first podcast.
Michael Hampton is requesting volunteers to help him [...]
Delicious Phase Completed
Filed in General, WordPress on April 1, 2006 at 5:52 pmToday marks the completion of MacManX.com’s Publicity Initiative: Phase 1, aka the “Delicious Phase”. MacManX.com’s Publicity Initiative is an attempt to discover and deploy new methods to increase MacManX.com’s publicity in order to create a larger audience and [hopefully] inspire me to construct more posts on a regular basis.
The “Delicious Phase” began late last [...]
Favored Freeware: Neverball and Neverputt
Filed in Freeware on at 12:33 amNeverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill. Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Also included is Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game using the physics and graphics of Neverball.
Pros: Neverball and Neverputt each provide endless hours of entertainment. [...]
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