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Apr 27 2009

Field Trip

Setting out across the solar system, the planet or the state? Get to the destination of your choice with these armchair traveler picks.

mu Field TripFactbook

Access the CIA’s online World Fact Book. Learn all about exotic places you can’t pronounce. Download a map and flag. It’s the next best thing to being there, minus the hassles of international travel.

mu Field TripMaestro

Tag along with the Opportunity and Spirit on Mars with this mini control center from NASA. I’m not guaranteeing how long the rovers will be broadcasting, but this is the best software for playing along at home.

mu Field TripBull Market

For those of you that’d trade Mars for Wall Street, you’ll want to download Bull Market for quick menu-bar access to your favorite stock quotes from Yahoo! Finance. Retrieve quick updates on your portfolio stocks easily.

mu Field TripWeather Map 2.5

Wherever you’re headed, know what to wear. Download quick weather maps for your region with this tiny AppleScript app and get a heads-up on Mother Nature’s mood.

Have fun and learn something. See you next week with more good stuff.

Brian

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Feb 24 2009

Is there anywhere Apple won’t put Cover Flow? Safari 4.0 Beta Announced

safari4 coverflow 20090224 175130 Is there anywhere Apple wont put Cover Flow? Safari 4.0 Beta AnnouncedToday Apple announced the public beta of Safari 4 for Mac (under Tiger or Leopard) and Windows (XP SP2 or Vista).

Apple claims the Nitro engine in Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 also has other new features like “Top Sites” (which gives shiny thumbnails of frequently visited pages), Full History Search, Cover Flow (because everything has to have Cover Flow), and Tabs on Top (with no option to put them back where they were).

Safari 4 is available immediately as a free download. A more complete list of features is listed after the “Read more.”

The new features in Safari 4 include:

  • Top Sites, a display of frequently visited pages in a stunning wall of previews so users can jump to their favorite sites with a single click;

  • Full History Search, where users search through titles, web addresses and the complete text of recently viewed pages to easily return to sites they’ve seen before;
  • Cover Flow, to make searching web history or bookmarks as fun and easy as paging through album art in iTunes;
  • Tabs on Top, for better tabbed browsing with easy drag-and-drop tab management tools and an intuitive button for opening new ones;
  • Smart Address Field, that automatically completes web addresses by displaying an easy-to-read list of suggestions from Top Sites, bookmarks and browsing history;
  • Smart Search Field, where users fine-tune searches with recommendations from Google Suggest or a list of recent searches;
  • Full Page Zoom, for a closer look at any website without degrading the quality of the site’s layout and text;
  • built-in web developer tools to debug, tweak and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility; and
  • a new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows for Windows users that actually like the way Windows looks.
    Note:For those of you using 1Password, Safari 4 might appear to break the password app’s functionality, but it is actually not the case. 1Password Version 2.9.9.BETA-11 (build 7364) works wonderfully well with Safari 4. To access this update, go to Preferences in 1Password and under Updates check the box next to Include Beta versions and then click the “Check now” button. A new version will be offered to you. Download it, apply its plug-in to Safari and restart your browser.

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Mar 11 2008

Ecamm’s Huckleberry3 iSight Mirror turns attention the other way

huckleberry3 20080311 193739 Ecamms Huckleberry3 iSight Mirror turns attention the other wayOne thing the iSight webcam lost when it became incorporated into the screens of iMacs and Mac portables is the ability to be repositioned. Ecamm’s Huckleberry Webcam Mirror gives current iSight users the ability to direct their webcam’s attention away from the user and onto the action happening “behind the screens,” as it were.

The Huckleberry is made from two acrylic mirrors and two mounting brackets. The device attaches to your screen and reflects the built-in iSight’s field of view. The new design of the Huckleberry 3 fits both MacBooks and MacBook Pros and comes with Ecamm’s iGlasses to flip and rotate the video image.

The Huckleberry costs USD$28.95.

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