Tired of loading you default homepage to the web dozens of times each day when all you want to do is go to another site? If this is the case, you want a really fast loading page as your homepage.
The answer for most is Google.com, but today I found a super-fast alternative called Smplr.
Smplr is [...]
Following up from the last edition which proved so popular, here is the 7 Slickest Mac Setups: Take Two, where I have selected another 7 setups from Flickr to showcase.
Over this past weekend I’ve made a few (okay, a lot) of purchases online. So what did I spend my hard earned cash on?
ScreenCastsOnline Extra! Membership
ScreenCastsOnline provide great, educational, helpful video tutorials bought to you from Don McAllister.
I decided to splash on the Extra! Membership because of the added bonus content you get over a [...]
Many will agree with me when I say I hate the Firefox icon under OSX. I dont hate the actual icon, just when it’s in your dock it’s too big and looks out of place. Change that now with Adam Betts Firefox replacement icon, which is a little smaller and enhanced than the default icon [...]
Pukka is a simple OS X app for del.icio.us bookmarking. I discovered Pukka after reading the article “Top 10 OS X apps to supplement blogging” by Derek Punsalan.
Most of you should know about the social bookmarking site del.icio.us. If not, the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to [...]
Sick of the NewsFire RSS reader icon and feel it needs to be refreshed? So do I, thats why I went searching for replacement icons and found this highly stylish replacement icon from Denis Radenkovic
Download the icon at this link, then to install Ctrl-Click on NewsFire, choose “Show Package Contents” from the context menu. Go [...]
Shiira is not a big name in the Mac browser business, that spot belongs to the likes of Safari, Firefox, and Flock. But be prepared to have another browser added to the list of must haves very soon, when Shiira 2.0 is released to the public.
Shiira 2.0 has been completely re-designed from the ground up [...]
Well, this has got to be one of the quickest, yet most beautiful simplistic design I have ever made for a site.
First, a little back story. Throughout the past few weeks I’ve been dugg to the Digg homepage many times, and my CMS (content management system) Symphony just didn’t handle the traffic well enough, so [...]
Adobe today announced Creative Suite 2.3 Premium, the next version of its professional bundle of Adobe applications. Version 2.3 will include its Acrobat 8 Professional software, the newly released version of its PDF workflow software.
Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium also bundles Dreamweaver 8, the Web design and development tool acquired from Macromedia.
Adobe expects to ship [...]
Looking for a basic bittorrent client where you can manage the whole bittorrent process from within?
David Watanabe’s latest application Xtorrent run’s you through the whole torrenting process flawlessly, from searching for, and picking a torrent, to downloading and delivering it straight to iTunes and your iPod.
Pick up the beta here, and look out for a [...]
Chris Forsythe has an interesting little post on the Adium developer blog regarding the progression of the application’s icon.
He say’s: “Overall, the duck has been a good mascot and has worked well for us for years. It’s drawn sharp criticism by some, and love and affection by others. You have to know you are doing [...]
Check out these amazing pictures of a 17″ iMac, compared with a 20″ display and the brand new 24″ iMac thanks to a MacRumors member by the name of mulletman13
This machine is absoutely huge!
Look’s like Engadget has undergone a radical re-design.
Some of the new features include
Digg like user moderated comments
Auto comment login
Dynamic content width for widescreen monitors
Engadget Mobile headlines
Tags and tag feeds, and category feeds
Multiple podcast feeds!
What do I like about the new site? The design now look much more Web 2.0ish, the new dynamic content looks great [...]
Following in the steps of successful technology blogger and friend Paul Stamatiou I decided to take a few moments to post and request all the lurkers to my blog to show their faces so I can get to know you all!
I’ve been wondering who all the wonderful people are who read my blog, I know [...]
Update: I’ve taken the plunge on the 350D. To check out some sample images, check out the posts filed under photography.
As many of you know, I’m currently saving for my first digital SLR. I’m not sure when I’ll be purchasing it, but the advice I get from this post might determine how much longer it [...]
Happen to just love stats about your Macintosh? Well then you should know about the iStat widget from iSlayer Software. But no, it’s not the widget I’m talking about, introducing the brand new iStat 2.0, a full Mac statistical application for those who just cant get enough of the widget.
How is it different from the [...]
Uno, the theme Mac users like myself has been updated to correspond with yesterdays release of iTunes 7, plus many bux fixes.
The change log:
iTunes 7.
Fixed a bug that would prevent UNO from applying to Firefox and Thunderbird on some system setups.
Fixed an issue that would prevent UNO from install and uninstall on systems where Spotlight [...]
Looking for a new icon for your brand new 5th Generation iPod, iPod nano, or iPod shuffle? Then these are the icons for you.
Including 8 icons: iPod 5G, iPod shuffle 2G, iPod nano (silver, blue, black, pink, and green) .They will go perfectly with your new little treasure and help on the ever adventure to [...]
I am always having to resize images for my various blog posts, forum signature, avatars, and more. But I dont always want to open a bulky application like Photoshop, or even something smaller like ImageWell. I want something which is simple, opens in a flash, and just does the job right.
What’s my solution? Resize from [...]
I didn’t plan on posting any video’s from YouTube on my blog, nor’ do I intend to in the future. But today I was bored so I created a little movie using my MacBook’s iSight camera, and iMovie with it’s Time Lapse feature.
View it here
Welcome to the first “User Feedback” post. What I’m hoping to get out of this blog post is to understand my readers (thats you!) a little better, and understand what aspects you like about this blog.
Today’s topic is which kind of posts are better, long (article’s and long lists) or short (like I’ve been posting [...]
Did you like Menuet 1.0 from Specere Software? If you did, then you are going to love the enhanced features and functions in the upcoming release of Menuet 2.0.
Here’s a quick overview of the new features/enhancments:
Support for Synergy Buttons
A totally open, new skin format based on Cocoa
Improved Last.fm Support
Art Collector 1.5 included for free
In-app prefs. [...]
Don’t like the new icon of iTunes, and find it an eyesore to look at in the dock and Front Row? Then download these icons and make your dock look pretty again.
To Install iTunes Icon:
Macintosh HD > Applications > iTunes > (right click and show package contents) > Contents > Resources
Drag and drop the ICNS [...]
Just hours away now, the Apple September 12th Special Event has almost arrived, and as most of the Mac community has already done so, it’s my turn to speculate my complied list of ideas/wishes.
Predictions
Apple Movie Store
New Widescreen iPod in 50/80GB variations
iTunes 7.0
One more thing…Airport Express (with Video)
Wishes
16×9 widescreen iPod, 50/100GB, Bluetooth syncing with iTunes, ability [...]
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A brand new YouTube like site featuring videos full of advice for bloggers, Tubetorial is a video based tutorial site which will focus upon web development and internet marketing.
Have a liking for pretty desktops? TUAW has launched a new Flickr group specifically for users to post their desktop image and attempt to be featured on [...]
Apple’s consumer line notebook, the MacBook features an ultra-compact 13.3” screen. You need to make the best possible use of your limited screen resolution. Here’s 5 ways to maximize your working space and productivity using your small display.
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Hide the dock. If you hide the dock you open up a few extra pixels for yourself to [...]
New to bittorrent and looking for application, or just want a change from your current, bulky, resource hogging client? Clone Software’s latest piece of work, BitRocket is the client every bittorrent user on the Mac should have.
But why BitRocket over competing applications such as Azereus or Transmission?
Clean, easy to understand interface
The interface of the application [...]