I just downloaded FireFox 1.5 (Beta 1) and first thing I noticed is that none of my extentions are compatible with it. Other then that FireFox still visually looks the same. I was expecting the icons maybe to be updated or something. The Prefrences control panel has changed, it now works like most other Mac apps. The browser seems a bit faster in loading up websites and actually FireFox 1.5 as a whole seems lighter and quicker. Sadly I will have to install the older version of FireFox again because I need my extensions. Here is the link to the FireFox 1.5 Beta 1 Start Page. [Link]
Category: Apps
The new iTunes is really slick. I was so over the brushed metal look and I hope other brushed metal aps (like Safari and Quicktime) adapt this look. Everything new is so kick ass.
You need a dual-core processor system, with 2Gb or more of fast RAM, a 256Mb or better display card, a hard drive better than what’s currently available and, if we want to watch the upcoming high defininition multimedia content, a monitor that doesn’t even exist yet! [Link]
Oolite
Oolite is a space sim game, written for Mac OS X in Objective C using Cocoa and OpenGL. It is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors. Oolite now works in Tiger. [Link]
Update: Although the idea behind this game sounded promising, after playing it or should I say trying to play it, this game is basically crap.
LEGO Digital Designer enables you to build and customize your own LEGO product. Now available for Macs & PCs. [Link]
Using Safari, Omniweb or Shiira? Feel like crashing the browser?
Then click here!
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Info on Your Apple Laptop Battery
This is a really cool software called coconutBattery and I can’t wait to use it on Nat’s PowerBook once I get home. This software gives you a whole bunch of details about the laptops battery including how much charge it originally held and how much it holds now. Nat’s battery is pretty messed up, in OS X it says her battery would last for 26 more hours when in reallity its more like 26 minutes. [Link]
My favorite mail.app anti-spam tool just got better. With their most recent update, JunkMatcher can now integrate with SpamBayes! [Link]
Install OS X on Intel PC’s
Yesterday Tivo-Guy messaged me telling me he was able to install and run OS X Tiger on one of his machines at home. Tivo-Guy unlike us regular geeks is a Super Geek who can turn a kitchen blender into a computer if he wanted to. So I decided to share a link on how to setup OSX to work on your PC in a language us regular geeks can understand. [Link]
I found this via BoingBoing, the software is called DTV and I downloaded it and tried it and basically its like Pod Casts except with video. Currently its only available for Macs but PC version coming out soon. [Link]
PSP Software Version 2.0
Where the fuck are you damn it!! [Link]
Finding Warez Using Google
As I predicted, Freehand has died. Good riddance to bad rubbish. [Link]