Archive:January, 2009

Headline: New Mac RSS Reader

 

I was actually in the process of editing a post discussing how happy I was with my move to NetNewsWire now that it’s free and I can easily keep up with my feeds on my iPhone. However, I just came across a very promising application titled Headline.
Just judging from the website, this will be an [...]

Apple Launches Video Tutorial Site

 

The new subsection of the Apple website showcases quite a few impressive video tutorials for those new to the Mac, as well as more experienced Mac users. Take a quick look around, you might learn something!
Found via | AppleInsider

Primary Elections

 

I just wanted to remind everyone that the presidential primaries are well underway and that your vote counts! I say that as early voting takes place on campus over the next few days, giving students a chance to vote out of their district. The official voting day for the primaries is next Tuesday, February 5th.
Please [...]

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X 3rd Edition

 

For everyone who has been anxiously awaiting the revised 3rd edition of the wonderful book on Cocoa Programming, the wait is over! The 3rd edition is the first release of the book since Panther and will cover all technologies released in Tiger as well as Leopard. Very exciting news indeed, pre-order your copy at Amazon [...]

Ideas for new Mac application?

 

For one of my classes this semester, I need to take on a semester long project. I have one or two ideas in mind, but I was wondering if anyone out there had any suggestions for an application you’d like to see brought to life on the Mac? I’m also knocking around doing some creative [...]

Web Clip Icons for Touch and iPhone

 

One thing that I quickly noticed when I added a couple WebClip bookmarks to my home screen after the v1.1.3 update this week, was that the icons were useless! A miniature version of the page is fairly useless considering it’s so damn tiny on the iPhone screen.

However, someone was thinking at Apple and created an [...]

iPhone v1.1.3 Update Minor Features

 

I was reading this post from iPhone Alley and came across a really nice feature that I didn’t even realize I was currently missing.
The keyboard now utilizes the screen’s multitouch functionality enabling two-finger typing. That means you can hold shift + a key and it will type in caps, just like a real keyboard.
A nice [...]

Mac Version of Spore from EA Games

 

For those excitingly awaiting the release of the universe designing game from the Sims and SimCity creator, there is good news!
First, the game is slated to finally be released sometime this year. And on top of that, EA has promised it will be released for Mac and PC at the same time. Now, after WWDC [...]

Digital Copy DVDs for Apple

 

I simply scanned over this mentioned feature amid all the other keynote buzz and didn’t get a chance to read further into it and see what was up. The basic design strategy here is that you will be able to purchase select DVDs title that will let you transfer that content onto your Mac or [...]

phpbb 3 Released

 

For those who aren’t aware, phpbb is the amazing and free forum software widely used on the internet. The 2.x releases have been around for years and the community has been working hard for a 3.0 release (with about 9 Release Candidates after months of beta releases) for what seems like forever.
I’ve been keeping tabs [...]