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Archive for July, 2007
iPod, iPhone anti-theft device
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007MacUpdate Promo deal almost entirely unlocked
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007So for US $49.99 as well these 7 apps you now get Lil’Snitch and Intaglio thrown in to sweeten the deal. At the time of writing, 12 hours left and 2100 more registrations to go before TechTools gets unlocked. Even 9 apps for US$49 is great value!
Happy iCal day!
Monday, July 16th, 2007Remember that tomorrow (July 17th) is iCal Day (includes a hat for you to print and wear 
Retro Pyro
Sunday, July 15th, 2007Want to relive the heyday of Mac screensavers? Check out Pyrotheque. US$4 registration enables the classic black and white mode.
Hack 802.11n into a MacIntel Mini
Saturday, July 14th, 2007Just in case you want to know where to put that second aerial in your Intel Mac Mini.
The evolution of the Airport base station
Friday, July 13th, 2007Cool page comparing all the various versions of the Airport base station. Namely Graphite, Snow, Extreme, Express, and Extreme-n.
Yes, it blends
Friday, July 13th, 2007The “Will it Blend” guy gets his hands on an iPhone.
Use fseventer to watch your files
Thursday, July 12th, 2007fseventer is a very cool tool for watching what files are being accessed, created or deleted on your filesystem (and drawing a pretty tree of them). Hooks in using the same fs event system used by Spotlight.
Watch all the registry files get created when you open Word 2004, very scary!
Back from X World 2007
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Back home from X World 2007 in Sydney. Important things we learned:
- Canadians got their own keyboard layout because they pointed out Australians have one (I suspect the hand of Quinn in there somewhere)
- New Zealanders still don’t have their own keyboard layout
- Somewhere out there is a school still using several hundred eMates. They rang Apple to ask where they could get replacement batteries (hint, you can use AA’s)
- Canadian ice wine is yummy
- Don’t expect many (unhungover) people to turn up to your presentation in the morning after the conference dinner
- There are negative levels to the Capability Maturity Model
- A Canadian, an Iranian and 13 Australians walked into a German restaurant…
- Apple staff hate being asked about the iPhone
- The AUC’s DevWorld is meant to be happening around easter time 2008
MacUpdate Promo
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007MacUpdate are running a promotion where you get 7 apps for US$49.99, namely
- SRS iWOW - Improving the dynamic range of the sound from iTunes
- GarageSale - Selling stuff on eBay
- Cocktail - Setting various ‘hidden’ Mac OS X settings
- ProfCast - Recording and publishing your own podcasts (including slides)
- Amadeus - MP3 recording and editing
- Fetch - File transfer
- GraphicConverter - Graphic manipulation
If more than 2500 people purchase, they throw in Little Snitch (essentially a firewall for monitoring outgoing connections from your computer). If more than 4000 people, they throw in Intaglio (a drawing package), If more than 9,999 people, they throw in TechTool Pro (a Mac OS X diagnostics package). Great value for money, given the price some of these apps go for by themselves!
