odds and ends

Apr 27 2009

White Elephant Freeware

I though this would be a great time to clean out the odds-and-ends of my big hard drive of freeware. I hope you like this quirky assortment of freeware.

Robot Controller

For all of you thinking of what you want from Santa, consider this: Now you can control Lego Mindstorms robots from you Mac. You can even use AppleScripts to automate your robots. Just donít forget to let your kids play too.

Star Wars Name Maker

You all know me as Brian, but when Iím out saving the galaxy from the dark side, I go by Buri Bripr. You too can discover your interstellar destiny with Star Wars Name Maker.

TiVoFerkey

Also from the resistance Software Group comes another must-have. This is basically a TiVo remote for your Mac. You will have to have TiVoWeb working from a web browser for this to work, but it adds a handy interface for controlling your TiVo from your desktop.

XCheck

Think something strange is going on with your computer? Download Xcheck and youíll discover all kinds of things you never knew were wrong with your Mac. This is a gag ìsystem utilityî that could be a great gift for a less than Mac-savvy coworker.

eSanta

At last there is a truly 21st century method of submitting your Christmas wish list. With eSanta you can connect to the North Pole via the ìSantaputerî, submit your desires and get an instant, personalized message back from Santa. eSanta will print or speak letter from Santa for you. The kids are sure to dig his one.

Well, it may be an odd assortment of freeware, but I think thereís something in there for everyone. As always, feel free to email me with suggestions.

Brian (AKA Buri)

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Apr 27 2009

Odds and Ends

This week we have a random bunch of freeware designed to tweak preferences and clean up corruption.

mu Odds and EndsIPMenu

IPMenu is a spiffy little menu item that tells you your current IP address. This is especially handy for people with dynamically assigned IPs. This app includes both your local and external IP.

mu Odds and EndsReturn Receipt

Use the “request return receipt” header in your email? Be a pal and use this script to have Entourage do the same for people who email you. This script, which only works for Entourage X, requires Jaguar or later.

mu Odds and EndsSafari2Yahoo

Swap Google search for Yahoo! search with this script. To make the switch the script requires Panther and Safari 1.2.

mu Odds and EndsCheck Preference Files and PrefBoy

These two utilities help you review and weed out corrupt preference files. Check Preference Files utilizes a terminal command to get the job done. PrefBoy requires Tcl/TK Aqua, and is a script.

mu Odds and EndsFont Cache Cleaner

While you’re cleaning up corruption on your Mac, spread the fear to your fonts. This utility will clean up your fonts by cleaning up the cache.

Thanks for coming by. Come back next week for more free downloads.

Brian

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Apr 27 2009

Get it Together

This week we have some odds and ends that will help you tie up loose ends.

mu Get it TogethersterMachine

This multi-purpose utility gives you a GUI to all kinds of OS X maintenance tasks including cleaning caches, running cron jobs and creating invisible files. This app comes in Panther and Jaguar flavors.

mu Get it TogetherCocoazip

Zip, gzip and tar files to your heart’s content. Oddly enough, Cocoazip doesn’t untar or unzip, but I suppose there are other utilities for that.

mu Get it TogetherFirefoxy

Firefoxywidgets Get it Together

Love Mozilla Firefox, but not so much the windows-looking submit buttons and drop-downs? Swap your widgets for sleeker ones with Firefoxy (shown above).

WebAddressBook

Here’s a nice extra for those of you who’d like to access your addresses from the web. WebAddressBook uses PHP and MySQL to provide password-protected access to your contacts. This server based system easily imports group vCards exported from OS X’s Address Book.

I think we found something for everybody in this mix. Until next week, have fun!

Brian

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