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O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5
2008-02-04T23:51:09Z
O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog Movable Type 3.21
A Raft of iPhone Technical Posts
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5.22905
2008-02-04T23:51:03Z
2008-02-04T23:51:09Z
Erica Sadun has posted a raft of excellent iPhone technical shorts on O'Reilly's Digital Media Mac Blog. Topics include Programmatically Handling iPhone interruptions, Creating an UIImage from a URL, and plenty more. If you're an "under the glass" iPhone type,...
Derrick Story
<p>Erica Sadun has posted a raft of excellent <a href="https://blogs.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=iphone%20development&blog_id=8&IncludeBlogs=8">iPhone technical shorts</a> on O’Reilly’s <a href="https://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/mac/">Digital Media Mac Blog</a>. Topics include <a href="https://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/02/when-it-comes-to-the.html">Programmatically Handling iPhone interruptions</a>, <a href="https://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/02/creating-an-uiimage-from-a-url.html">Creating an UIImage from a URL</a>, and plenty more.</p>
<p>If you’re an “under the glass” iPhone type, you should definitely check out what Erica has been writing about lately.</p>
Five Favorites from Macworld SF 08
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5.22850
2008-01-28T07:44:25Z
2008-01-28T07:44:30Z
"With more than 450 exhibitors at this year's Macworld Expo, it's impossible to see it all," writes Jochen Wolters. "Which is a shame especially because of all those countless small and medium sized companies whose product announcements are often drowned...
Derrick Story
<p>“With more than 450 exhibitors at this year’s Macworld Expo, it’s impossible to see it all,” writes Jochen Wolters. “Which is a shame especially because of all those countless small and medium sized companies whose product announcements are often drowned out by the major news from the big players like Apple or Microsoft. Hence, let me point out five products I stumbled over at the 2008 Expo which, in my humblest of opinions, deserve a bit more attention than they have received so far.”</p>
<p>Jochen goes on to list his picks in the post titled, <a href="https://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/01/macworld-expo-2008-favorites.html">Macworld Expo 2008 Favorites</a>.</p>
This Week on New O'Reilly Mac: PhoneValet & iPhone
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5.22757
2008-01-12T16:02:52Z
2008-01-12T16:02:58Z
Gordon Meyer writes in PhoneValet & iPhone: Instant Landline Voice Mail: "Parliant's PhoneValet has been a valuable part of my automated home for a few years now, but the recent addition of built-in iPhone/iPod touch support has pushed it close...
Derrick Story
<p>Gordon Meyer writes in <a href="https://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/01/phonevalet-iphone-instant-land.html">PhoneValet & iPhone: Instant Landline Voice Mail</a>:</p>
<p>“Parliant’s PhoneValet has been a valuable part of my automated home for a few years now, but the recent addition of built-in iPhone/iPod touch support has pushed it close to a “must have” tool.</p>
<p>PhoneValet has long had the ability to answer the phone, present a simple (or sophisticated, if you’d like) voice mail system, and record messages. It’s also been able to send email notifications of incoming messages and, more recently, offered a web-based interface to view call logs and play voice mail via the PhoneValet Anywhere add-on.</p>
<p>But for me, it took the iPhone to gel all these pieces into a coherent and very useful whole.”</p>
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5.22735
2008-01-09T15:00:00Z
2008-01-09T15:00:08Z
Statz: Modify Your Presence Status on Multiple Systems from Your Mac Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:28:13 From Google Code comes... Statz 0.8.5 ...for Mac OS X which lets you simultaneously change your status information on services such as: Adium, iChat,...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/435">Statz: Modify Your Presence Status on Multiple Systems from Your Mac</A><BR>
Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:28:13<BR>
<p>From Google Code comes…</p>
<p><A href="https://code.google.com/p/statz/">Statz 0.8.5</A></p>
<p>…for Mac OS X which lets you simultaneously change your status information on services such as: Adium, iChat, Skype, Tumblr, and Twitter.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/433">Received Our OLPC XO</A><BR>
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:08:15<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="OLPC XO" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/olpcxocompare.jpg"><br />
The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) XO that I ordered for my daughter under the Give One Get One (G1G1) program finally arrived. We played with it quite a bit this evening. And, after writing a long-ish mini-commentary on it… (see my mobile tech focused blog entry)…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://www.mobileviews.com/blog/2008/01/03/olpc-one-laptop-per-child-xo-arrived/">OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) XO Arrived</A></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/433">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/432">Zoho Creator: Amazing Web Database</A><BR>
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:35:02<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Zoho Creator" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/zohocreator.gif"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/432">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/431">BlogTalkRadio: Net Talk Radio Does Not Need Client Software, Just a Phone</A><BR>
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:32:09<BR>
<p>Just read about this before heading out to my office. But, it looked interesting, so I wanted to mention…</p>
<p><A href="https://www.blogtalkradio.com/">BlogTalkRadio</A></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/431">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/430">Happy New Year! Have a Great 2008!</A><BR>
Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:07:25<BR>
<p>Happy New Year! More freeware, Open Source, and free web services will be noted here soon.</p>
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2008:/mac/blog//5.22693
2008-01-02T15:00:00Z
2008-01-02T15:00:13Z
Annals of Improbable Research Articles Now Free Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:46 The Annals of Improbable Research magazine's articles are now freely available on the web as well as a low-resolution PDF download. The high resolution PDF version as well...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/429">Annals of Improbable Research Articles Now Free</A><BR>
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:46<BR>
<p>The <A href="https://www.improbable.com/magazine">Annals of Improbable Research</A> magazine’s articles are now freely available on the web as well as a low-resolution PDF download. The high resolution PDF version as well as the paper version are available for a fee (seems reasonable to me :-). The magazine also sponsors the annual (and usually hilarious) <EM>Ig Nobel Prizes</EM>. A video of the 2007 event is available for viewing on their website.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/427">Chimoosoft Capture Me: Mac Screen Capture Utility</A><BR>
Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:49:38<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Chimoosoft Capture Me" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/captureme.gif"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/427">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/426">Happy Holidays!</A><BR>
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:14:21<BR>
<p>A combination of holiday busy work and being a bit under the weather (wheeze, sniffle) has me a bit behind checking out items on my list of freeware and Open Source apps for Mac OS X and Windows.</p>
<p>In the meantime, I hope everyone who reads this blog (all three of you :-) has a safe and happy holiday season.</p>
<p>Here’s wishing for more great freeware and Open Source apps in 2008.</p>
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22675
2007-12-26T15:00:00Z
2007-12-26T15:00:15Z
Jooce: Another Web Desktop Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:14:39 read more Microsoft and Samba Working Together at Last Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:21:44 Samba is an Open Source suite/protocol that provides file sharing, printer sharing, and authentication that is built...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/425">Jooce: Another Web Desktop</A><BR>
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:14:39<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="jooce.com" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/jooce.jpg"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/425">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/424">Microsoft and Samba Working Together at Last</A><BR>
Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:21:44<BR>
<p><A href="https://www.samba.org/">Samba</A> is an Open Source suite/protocol that provides file sharing, printer sharing, and authentication that is built on reverse engineering the NetBIOS network protcol used by Microsoft Windows. It essentially allows a server other than Windows (like Linux) appear to be a Windows server.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/424">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/421">Ulteo Beta: Web Based OpenOffice.org</A><BR>
Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:20:28<BR>
<p><A href="https://www.ulteo.com/home/en/ooo?autolang=en">Ulteo (beta)</A> lets you run OpenOffice.org without installing it. It provides a Java powered web-based version with 1GB free storage. Note that you need to a Java runtime 1.4 or newer running to use Ulteo OOo.</p>
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22641
2007-12-20T09:06:42Z
2007-12-20T09:06:45Z
Microsoft Office Workspace Live Cannot Display PowerPoint 2007 Slide Deck Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:47:42 read more Microsoft Office Live Workspace: A Definite Sleeper Hit Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:25:41 read more Jaxtr: Post and Route an Alternate Phone Number...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/420">Microsoft Office Workspace Live Cannot Display PowerPoint 2007 Slide Deck</A><BR>
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:47:42<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Office Workplace Live cannot display PowerPoint 2007 slide deck" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/officeliveworkspace2007error.gif"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/420">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/419">Microsoft Office Live Workspace: A Definite Sleeper Hit</A><BR>
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:25:41<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Office Live Workspace beta" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/officeliveworkspace.gif"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/419">read more</a></p>
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/417">Jaxtr: Post and Route an Alternate Phone Number</A><BR>
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:47:29<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="jaxtr.com" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/jaxtr.gif"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/417">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/416">TubeTV 0.9.2: YouTube Video Converter</A><BR>
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:27:18<BR>
<p>It figures. Right after I said I only found one YouTube downloader/converter for Mac OS X in a Mashable list, I found a second freeware option while thumbing through the current issue of <A href="https://www.maclife.com/">Mac Life</A> (Dec. 2008, p. 18). It is…</p>
<p><A href="https://chimoosoft.com/products/tubetv/">TubeTV 0.9.2</A></p>
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Wednesday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22591
2007-12-12T15:00:00Z
2007-12-12T16:11:25Z
FYI: I'm going to try to release this Mac OS X freeware, Open Source, and free web services summary list on Wednesday from now on. Ruby on Rails 2.0 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:58:32 Ruby on Rails 2.0 is out....
Todd Ogasawara
FYI: I’m going to try to release this Mac OS X freeware, Open Source, and free web services summary list on Wednesday from now on.
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/415">Ruby on Rails 2.0</A><BR>
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:58:32<BR>
<p><A href="https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/12/7/rails-2-0-it-s-done">Ruby on Rails 2.0</A> is out. This web development framework written in the Ruby dynamic programming language was the hot web dev topic for the past year or two (is it still a hot topic?).</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/415">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/414">UnRarX 2.2: Mac RAR Extraction Utility</A><BR>
Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:35:00<BR>
<p><A href="https://www.unrarx.com/">UnRarX 2.2</A> is utility for Mac OS X to unpack files stored in the Rar archive format. I don’t use Rar. If you do and have tried UnRarX, please let us know here how it works for you.</p>
<p>The UnRarX website says that source code will be released on SourceForge. However, there isn’t any source code on there. So, although UnRarX lists its license as GPL, I’m going to call it Freeware for now.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/413">Flickr Integrated Picnik Web Photo Editor</A><BR>
Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:52:53<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Flickr Integrated with Picnik" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/flickr-picnik.jpg"></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/413">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/411">DLO OpenFM: Find Open FM Frequencies</A><BR>
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:53:40<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="DLO OpenFM" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/dloopenfm.gif"><br />
DLO is an iPod peripherals retailer. However, they do provide one very handy web application on their website…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://dlo.com/openFM/">DLO OpenFM</A></p>
<p>…finds open FM frequencies in your area (US only) by ZIP code or City/State. If you use a DLO (or any other) FM transmitter with your iPod or MP3 player, this can help find an unused frequency in your area to use.</p>
FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22529
2007-12-07T15:00:00Z
2007-12-07T15:00:14Z
Track Santa Using Google Earth on Christmas Eve Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:26:49 If your child (or you for that matter) want to track Santa's progress in style on Christmas Eve head over to read the Official Google Blog item......
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/410">Track Santa Using Google Earth on Christmas Eve</A><BR>
Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:26:49<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Norad Tracks Santa" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/noradtrackssanta.jpg"><br />
If your child (or you for that matter) want to track Santa’s progress in style on Christmas Eve head over to read the Official Google Blog item…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/tracking-santa-then-and-now.html">Tracking Santa, then and now</A></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/410">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/409">HubbleSite Gallery: Put the Universe on Your Desktop</A><BR>
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:34:56<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="HubbleSite Gallery" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/hubblesite.jpg"><br />
It doesn’t get much more amazing that this… Images from the Hubble Telescope…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://hubblesite.org/gallery/">HubbleSite Gallery</A></p>
<p>Be sure to check out the Wallpaper section of the site for free downloads of truly amazing images.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/408">My Cool Button: Create Web 2.0 Candy Buttons</A><BR>
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:46:56<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="OgasaWalrus.com button" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/ogasawalrusbutton.png"><br />
Although I believe in all the Web 2.0 hype, on bad days I may respond to the “what is Web 2.0″ question with: It’s all about candy colored buttons! If you want quickly build some of your own Web 2.0 candy colored buttons, head over to…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://www.mycoolbutton.com/">My cool button</A></p>
<p>Its single page menu driven service is so simple even I could build a button :-)</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/407">Google Maps Terrain View</A><BR>
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:51:20<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Google Maps Terrain View" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/googlemapsterrain.gif"><br />
<A HREF="https://maps.google.com/">Google Maps’</A> new <I>Terrain View</I> kind of looks like a blueprint to me (maybe it’s the colors). You can see buildings in a 3/4 3D-ish relief view with hills looking like a big smudge (see that thing between the Street View and Traffic buttons above?). Terrain View also doesn’t let you zoom in as close as the Map or Satellite views do. BTW, the pure Satellite view with no street labels is gone. Satellite gives you what used to be called Hybrid.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/407">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/406">Firefox 2.0.0.10</A><BR>
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:51:50<BR>
<B>NOTE: 2.0.0.11 was released after this blog item was originally posted</B><BR>
<p>Mozilla released <A href="https://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.10/releasenotes/">Firefox 2.0.0.10</A>. According to the release notes, it provides three security related fixes. I will say this about Firefox though. Although it has been mostly stable on Mac OS X, the Windows versions have had a lot of big memory leaks in previous versions. The memory leaks seem less severe starting with, hmm, maybe 2.0.0.8. It still seems a lot slower to me that Firefox 1.5 on both Mac OS X and Windows to me though. I haven’t tried the Firefox 3 betas yet.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/406">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/405">Get Tube: Convert YouTube Video on a Mac</A><BR>
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:41:07<BR>
<p>After reading about Ares Tube for Windows, <EM>Basketball Jones</EM> (check references to Cheech and Chong if you don’t know about that character :-) asked if there is some app for Mac OS X that can convert YouTube videos. Here’s one that claims to do the job for Mac users…</p>
<p><A href="https://web.mac.com/simonvrel/en/gettube/gettube.html">Get Tube</A></p>
<p>It was the only Mac OS X based application in a YouTube converter article over on <A href="https://mashable.com/2007/05/05/download-youtube-video/">Mashable</A>.</p>
FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22448
2007-11-30T15:00:00Z
2007-11-30T15:00:05Z
Caring.com Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:19:17 This one falls a bit out of my usual categories list (freeware, Open Source, free downloadable content, or interactive web service). However, I've been thinking and speaking a lot about Enterprise Knowledge Capture as...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/404">Caring.com</A><BR>
Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:19:17<BR>
<p>This one falls a bit out of my usual categories list (freeware, Open Source, free downloadable content, or interactive web service). However, I’ve been thinking and speaking a lot about Enterprise Knowledge Capture as it relates to an aging workforce in my day job. And, like many other people I have parents that are aging (doing well so far!). And, of course, me and my fellow Baby Boomers are aging too. So, I figured some fellow baby boomers might find this site interesting/useful…</p>
<p><A href="https://www.caring.com/">Caring.com</A></p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/404">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/401">Sandy Your Personal Email Assistant</A><BR>
Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:45:26<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Sandy Your Personal Assistant" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/iwantsandy.gif"><br />
<A HREF="https://iwantsandy.com/">Sandy Your Personal Email Assistant</A> comes from <A HREF="https://www.raelity.org/">values of n</A>. This is the group led by former O’Reilly CTO Rael Dornfest. They previously launched <A HREF="https://www.stikkit.com/">stikkit</A> which used a similar natural language interpreter to schedule events.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/401">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/400">Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive</A><BR>
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:43:32<BR>
<p>The long holiday season the U.S. starts with Thanksgiving weekend (and the Black Friday store sales). Here’s something to let you you legally load up videos for your travels whether short or long…</p>
<p><A href="https://www.archive.org/details/movies">Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive</A></p>
<p>…contains thousands of free movies, films, and videos.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/398">Mapdaze: Maps for Facebook Photos</A><BR>
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:07:46<BR>
<p>Hmm, should I create a separate category for Facebook applications? In any case, here’s an interesting looking Facebook application: <A href="https://apps.facebook.com/mapdaze/">Mapdaze Photo Map</A>. It is a mashup that lets you use Google Maps to display the locations of photos in your Facebook account. You need a Facebook account to read more about this and use it.</p>
Give Good Food To Your Mac
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22442
2007-11-25T18:24:02Z
2007-11-25T18:24:03Z
Top European developers have banded together to offer a Mac software feast under the headline "Give Good Food to Your Mac" to holiday shoppers over the next ten days. In contrast to other deals in the past, this one offers...
Oliver Breidenbach
<p>Top European developers have banded together to offer a Mac software feast under the headline <a href="https://www.givegoodfoodtoyourmac.com/">“Give Good Food to Your Mac”</a> to holiday shoppers over the next ten days. In contrast to other deals in the past, this one offers a steeper discount the more products you choose. A kind of ad hoc bundle deal.</p>
<p>This is another experiment at gaining attention for the products of innovative Mac developers. Apple sells more than 2 million Macs in a Quarter, but for independent Mac software developers it remains a challenge to reach a larger audience.</p>
FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22395
2007-11-23T15:00:00Z
2007-11-23T15:00:04Z
BZFlag 2.0.10 3D Tank Battle Game Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:27:40 BZFlag 2.0.10 was released on Nov. 15 (bug fixes for dual-core and 64-bit processors). It is a multiplayer multiplatform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.) 3D tank battle game....
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/397">BZFlag 2.0.10 3D Tank Battle Game</A><BR>
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:27:40<BR>
<p><A href="https://bzflag.org/">BZFlag 2.0.10</A> was released on Nov. 15 (bug fixes for dual-core and 64-bit processors). It is a multiplayer multiplatform (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.) 3D tank battle game. You can find <A href="https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=3248">screen shots of the game over on SourceForge.net</A>.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/396">FAA Flight Delay Information (US only)</A><BR>
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:34:34<BR>
<p><IMG ALT="Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center" SRC="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/files/faaflightdelay.gif"><br />
Just in time for your Thanksgiving (US) travels…</p>
<p><A HREF="https://www.fly.faa.gov/">Federal Aviation Administration: Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center</A></p>
<p>The map (see image above) dynamically updates based on current US airport conditions. The largest airports are located on the map. Smaller ones can be found using the pull-down menus. Hovering over an airport location on the map brings up current flight delay information for locale.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/396">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/394">Mashable.com Public Domain E-book List</A><BR>
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:08:42<BR>
<p>Mashable.com’s list of <A href="https://mashable.com/2007/11/12/public-domain-ebook-sources/">20+ Places for Public Domain E-Books</A> looks like a pretty exhaustive list of free e-book sites (including the few I’ve mentioned in this blog). Head over there to get the full list.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/393">Microsoft Live Calendar Beta Missed a Golden Opportunity</A><BR>
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:03:59<BR>
<p>Microsoft recently released the beta for their <A href="https://calendar.live.com/">Live Calendar</A> web service. While it looks ok and has reasonable features. It doesn’t distinguish itself from the dozens of other web calendars available (most notably Google’s). What could Microsoft have done to make it stand out a bit more? How about…</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/393">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/391">Carbon Emacs Package: Emacs Editor on a Mac without X11</A><BR>
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:33:17<BR>
<p>If you’ve wanted to try Emacs on a Mac but didn’t want to install X11, you might want to check out the <A href="https://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html">Carbon Emacs Package</A> port by Seiji Zenitani. The latest release came out on November 6.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more about the Emacs editor, head over to the <A href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">GNU Emacs</A> home page.</p>
FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22331
2007-11-16T15:00:00Z
2007-11-16T15:00:06Z
Phew. Slim pickings for Mac OS X freeware or Open Source apps last week. Even the free web item mentioned in my blog (SimCity Classic Live) was ActiveX based. if you have a favorite freeware or Open Source app for...
Todd Ogasawara
Phew. Slim pickings for Mac OS X freeware or Open Source apps last week. Even the free web item mentioned in my blog (SimCity Classic Live) was ActiveX based. if you have a favorite freeware or Open Source app for Mac OS X that hasn’t been mentioned in <a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/taxonomy/term/1">my blog</a> yet, please let me know.
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/391">Carbon Emacs Package: Emacs Editor on a Mac without X11</A><BR>
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:33:17<BR>
<p>If you’ve wanted to try Emacs on a Mac but didn’t want to install X11, you might want to check out the <A href="https://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html">Carbon Emacs Package</A> port by Seiji Zenitani. The latest release came out on November 6.</p>
<p>If you want to learn more about the Emacs editor, head over to the <A href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">GNU Emacs</A> home page.</p>
Tips for better Radioshift-ing
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22325
2007-11-10T19:31:29Z
2007-11-10T19:34:29Z
I've previously written about how I use Radioshift as part of my home automation setup. However, in the last week or so I've been using it as a desktop application, as it's intended, instead. And frankly, it's driving me crazy....
Gordon Meyer
<p>I’ve <a href="https://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/09/radioshift_networking_tips.html">previously written about</a> how I use Radioshift as part of my home automation setup. However, in the last week or so I’ve been using it as a desktop application, as it’s intended, instead.</p>
<p>And frankly, it’s driving me crazy. I’m continually running into two problems:</p>
<p>First, the show streams from KGO-AM are seriously messed up. Without exception, about half-way through the recording, the first 10 minutes of the show repeats. Sometimes this happens more than once. After the repeated segment, the show picks up where it was before the flashback. It’s frustrating, and I’ve reported the problem to Radiotime (the provider of the streams), but it is exacerbated by Radioshift’s interface.</p>
<p>Which is the second problem. Although Radioshift is sometimes described at “TiVo for radio,” it really doesn’t offer many playback controls at all. There’s no “resume playback” feature, so if you stop listening to a show, you can’t get back to where you left off. Not only does Radioshift not remember your stopping point, it does not offer any controls for navigating the recording. No rewind. No fast-foward.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.gordonmeyer.com//Dock.jpg" alt="Dock.jpg" border="0" width="91" height="88" align="left" />But there’s an easy workaround that you can use until Rogue Amobea addresses this oversight. Specify QuickTime Player as your “audio editor” in Radioshift’s preferences. Then, when you want to listen to a show, click “Edit Audio” to automatically open the recording in QuickTime Player.</p>
<p>This works exceptionally well because QuickTime Player, even without buying QuickTime Pro, provides almost all the playback controls that Radioshift lacks. My favorite is that the fast-forward button, if held down while the audio is playing, allows you to skim ahead and easily skip over commercials.</p>
<p>If you do have QuickTime Pro, you can use the AV Controls to speed up the playback of talk shows. Simply open the AV Controls window, then adjust the Playback Speed setting. I use about 1.5X faster. Then, adjust the Pitch Shift slider until the voices sound normal again. It’s really quite amazing and a great time saver.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.gordonmeyer.com//qt_avcontrols.jpg" alt="qt_avcontrols.jpg" border="0" width="351" height="437" /></p>
<p>Finally, don’t forget that you can also skip to points in the recording by dragging the playhead. If you want to temporarily mark a point in the recording for later review, use the “I” and “O” keys during playback to set selection markers in the QT window (QT Pro required).</p>
<p>I hope these tips help you get more out of Radioshift. If you have one of your own to share, please leave a comment.</p>
FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday
tag:www.oreillynet.com,2007:/mac/blog//5.22301
2007-11-09T15:00:00Z
2007-11-09T15:00:05Z
Wow! Check Out Tumblr 3.0 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:01:59 Going through list of the new features in Tumblr 3.0 is mind-blowing. Check out the blog post... Third time’s a charm ...for the details (there are a lot of new...
Todd Ogasawara
<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/386">Wow! Check Out Tumblr 3.0</A><BR>
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:01:59<BR>
<p>Going through list of the new features in <A href="https://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr 3.0</A> is mind-blowing. Check out the blog post…</p>
<p><A href="https://blog.davidville.com/2007/11/01/tumblr-3/">Third time’s a charm</A></p>
<p>…for the details (there are a lot of new features).</p>
<p>I am not a frequent tumblogger. But, I really do enjoy using Tumblr when I do get the urge to post something there (usually a couple times a month).</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/385">Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta 2)</A><BR>
Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:27:16<BR>
<p>Here’s some words you don’t see next to each other too often: Mac OS X freeware from Microsoft.</p>
<p><A href="https://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/MISC/RDC2.0_Public_Beta_download.xml">Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0 (Beta 2)</A></p>
<p>If you need to remotely work with a Windows XP/Vista or Windows Server box from your Mac, you definitely want to keep an eye on the development progress for the RDC Client for Mac. It let’s you manage those Windows boxes without leaving the comfort of your Mac :-)</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/385">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/384">Lifehacker List: Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters</A><BR>
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:32:49<BR>
<p>Here’s a list from Lifehacker that is bound to be a popular read…</p>
<p><A href="https://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-free-video-rippers-encoders-and-converters-316478.php">Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters</A></p>
<p>The list includes freeware and Open Source video apps for both Windows and Mac OS X. Be sure to check out the huge number of comments that follows the list. Lots of interesting information there too.</p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/382">FavIcon from Pics</A><BR>
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:42<BR>
<p>Some sites (not this one though) have a custom icon to the left of the URL in the web browser’s address bar. This is called a FavIcon and comes from the favicon.ico file in the website’s directory. Creating the little ico file can be tricky, but the <A href="https://www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/">FavIcon from Pics</A> site turns this into a simple process. Click the browse button on the web page to search for a suitable image on your hard drive, upload it to the web site, press the generate button, and then save the favicon.ico file back to your local hard drive.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/382">read more</a></p>
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<A HREF="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/381">Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Up and Running</A><BR>
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:10:22<BR>
<p>FedEx delivered my Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard box this past Friday. I installed it on my 1st generation MacBook that evening. The update took quite a while (around 2 hours). But, the system looks quite stable after the upgrade. BTW, Apple issued its first 10.5 update the next day.</p>
<p>Haven’t done much with Leopard except confirm that major components seem to work and fire up VMware Fusion to see how Fedora 7 (Linux) runs. I’m still running the 1.0 release. I hope to get some time to download and try out the 1.1 Release Candidate soon.</p>
<p><a href="https://ogasawalrus.com/blog/node/381">read more</a></p>