http://www.macmanx.com/blog The Blog Thu, 01 May 2008 07:08:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of April 2008: App Update v1.6 (review) Camino v1.6 (review) Cyberduck v2.8.5 (review) Delivery Status v4.2 (review) Mactracker v5.0.2 (review) Smultron v3.5 (review) Ubuntu v8.04 (review) VLC Media Player v0.8.6f (review) Widget Update v1.6 (review) http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/05/01/favored-freeware-updates-april-2008/ It's Earth Day, which means that it's the perfect day to save the environment for free, plant trees, and donate to a few charities like The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fun. Want to do more to help the environment?  This list of fifty ways to help the planet should offer ... http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/04/22/earth-day-2008/ Tom is selling his share of CIX, "Ireland’s newest and Greenest data center."  Tom's upcoming move to Spain will greatly interfere with his ability to significantly contribute to the development of CIX, so he is currently looking to sell his share to someone who can "commit serious time to further growing CIX's business (and ... http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/04/18/tom-is-selling-his-share-of-cix/ The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of March 2008: Delivery Status v4.1 (review) iSquint v1.5.2 (review) iStat pro v4.6 (review) Pac the Man X v1.1.1 (review) WordPress v2.5 (review) http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/03/31/favored-freeware-updates-march-2008/ The final season of Battlestar Galactica will begin on April 4th. In case you haven't been watching one of the greatest re-imagined science fiction series to ever grace your television set, the following eight-minute recap of the past three seasons should bring you up to speed. http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/03/30/battlestar-galactica-recap/ Tom announced the launch of Lower (Carbon) Footprint earlier today.  Lower (Carbon) Footprint is Tom's new blog dedicated to "Green issues".  Tom has often used his main blog, Tom Raftery's Social Media, to express his views on environmental issues, energy efficiency and carbon offset, so this veteran blogger's decision to launch a separate blog should come ... http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/03/10/tom-launches-lower-carbon-footprint/ Joen announced the launch of Deskvu earlier this morning.  Deskvu is Joen's new free wallpaper website.  It's already packed with several astounding wallpapers from Mr. Asmussen himself, and it looks like he will be accepting high-caliber wallpapers from other artists some time in the near future. http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/03/05/joen-launches-deskvu/ The following Favored Freeware applications have been updated since the beginning of February 2008: Camino v1.5.5 (review) iBackup v6.3 (review) iStat menus v1.21 (review) Mactracker v5.0.1 (review) NeoOffice v2.2.2 Patch 11 (review) Perian v1.1 (review) VLC Media Player v0.8.6e (review) WordPress v2.3.3 (review) Yasu v2.5.4 (review) http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/03/01/favored-freeware-updates-february-2008/ If you have upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5.2 and use a MacBook Pro with an external display in closed-lid mode, do not install Leopard Graphics Update 1.0.  Once Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 is applied, your MacBook Pro will mistake the external display for a second internal display and it ... http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/02/17/display-issue-with-leopard-graphics-update/ I stopped reading Spider-Man titles because of events that transpired in One More Day and Brand New Day. I know, you have probably read the same opinions every where else, but I've reached that point where I have to express my frustration. One could say that Spider-Man was Marvel Comics' ... http://www.macmanx.com/blog/2008/02/16/why-i-stopped-reading-spider-man/