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Mar 2 2008

geekculture.com appears as Jeopardy answer

geekjeopardy 20080301 213543 geekculture.com appears as Jeopardy answerOur friends Nitrozac and Snaggy over at GeekCulture / The Joy of Tech probably thought they hit the height of geek honors earlier this year when they were shown in Steve Jobs’ keynote address at Macworld SF 2008. They might have thought that was as good as it could get until they were alerted by one of their fans on Friday that the site was used for one of answers than that night’s Jeopardy.

The answer shown at right was worth $400 under the category “What’s That on the Top of Your Head?” The correct question (“What is a propeller?”) was given by contestant Gwynne Ash, a university professor from Austin, Texas, who unfortunately didn’t manage to win the game.

Even though I would have known the correct question, if I had been competing on Jeopardy that night, the question I would have blurted out would have been, “How cool is that!?”

Geek Culture’s propeller beanies are available in many styles and, yes, you really can have up to three propellers on one.

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Jan 14 2008

The public beta of Freeway 5 available now

fw5boxesa 20080114 200419 The public beta of Freeway 5 available nowSoftpress has announced the Freeway 5 Public Beta Program. Like most public beta programs, this one will give you a sneak peek at the software in question while also, hopefully, getting you hooked on it. By accepting the role of beta tester, you are encouraged to give feedback. The beta will be available from the Softpress website as a thirty-day fully-working “preview”. A web form will be available for feedback and problem reporting.

Alongside Freeway’s traditional features (Master Pages, Freeway Shop, etc.), Freeway 5 has a few new tricks up its sleeve:

  • CSS menus – create amazing, high-speed dropdown or fly-out navigation schemes in minutes.
  • Make your own personalized Blogger templates.
  • A suite of Google Actions to allow you to add Google content effortlessly.
  • Scriptaculous Actions – a range of sensational dynamic effects: fade, blind, pulsate and more.
  • Accessibility provisions, including reports and views to ensure your target audience gets exactly what they need.
  • Many other new features and improvements, including sliced background images, background effects, new graphic effects, nested HTML lists, Save Archive, iPhoto import, color labeling, and more.

    • Get the beta while the getting is good. While you’re on the site, check out the pricing on the current build of Freeway. Those who purchase Freeway 4 (consult the website for pricing) from here on out will receive a free downloadable upgrade to the new version when it is finalized.

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    Dec 23 2007

    Twitterpoll– Choices for ”must-have” tiny Mac apps? See what made the list!

    I posed the question last night on Twitter: Mac Users what are your “must-have” non-Twitter-related tiny Mac apps? Several people dropped their tinsel and wrapping paper to weigh in their votes.

    This is by no means a “Top 10″ kind of list–for one thing, there are over 40 items on it. The nature of asking questions on Twitter means that the only people who will receive the question are people who follow me or follow the public stream. I don’t necessarily agree with all of the choices for the must-have apps, but they are listed here without identification one way or the other. Votes were sent in by prefacing Twitter posts with “@rickmacmerc” or “d rickmacmerc”; this allows me to receive the posts almost as if they were emails addressed to me. Missing from the list are the favorite applications of those who didn’t get the question. This means, if you don’t agree with the list or think some application has been omitted unfairly, it kind of your own fault. The people have spoken.

    All that having been said, here’s the list…

    1Password – Password keeper, generator and form filler. USD$29.95

    Adium – IM client for AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more. Freeware.

    AppZapper – The uninstaller Apple forgot. USD$12.95

    Butler – “The Original Many-Tricks Pony.” Donationware.

    Camino – Alternative web browser. Freeware.

    Coda – Web development app. USD$69

    Colloquy – IRC, SILC & ICB client. USD$15 Donationware.

    Default Folder X – Open and Save dialog enhancer. USD$34.95

    EagleFiler – Archive and search mail, Web pages, PDFs, chats, and more. USD$40

    ecto – Blogging client. USD$17.95

    Firefox – Alternative web browser. Freeware.

    FruitMenu – Apple menu and contextual menu customizer. USD$10

    Handbrake – DVD to MPEG-4 converter. Freeware.

    Hazel – Housekeeper for the Finder. USD$21.95

    iPulse – All encompassing system gauge in a single “window.” USD$12.95

    Journler – Idea keeper and organizer with iLife integration and blogging support. USD$10 Donationware.

    Linkinus – IRC client. USD$20

    LiteSwitch X – Keyboard application launcher. USD$14.95

    MailPlane – GMail desktop client. USD$24.95 (USD$19.95 until Dec. 31, 2007)

    MarsEdit – Blog publishing desktop client. USD$29.95

    MenuMeters – CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools in your Menu bar. Donationware.

    Money – Personal accounting app. USD$39

    NetNewsWire – RSS reader and browser. USD$29.95

    Paparazzi! – Web page screenshot utility. Donationware.

    Quicksilver – A unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data. Freeware.

    Skitch – Screen shooting, annotation and sharing app. Currently in an invitation-only private beta.

    Snapz Pro X – Full motion screen capture application. USD$29 for image capture only. USD$69 for video screen capture.

    SOHO Notes – Digital note-taking application (successor to StickyBrain). USD$39.99

    Soulver – Notepad for the mathematically inclined. USD$17.95

    SpamSieve – Bayesian spam filtering add-on for almost every Mac email client there is. USD$30.

    SuperDuper! – Bootable backup and recovery utility. USD$27.95 (Free with fewer features)

    svnX – GUI for most features of the Subversion client binary. Freeware.

    Synergy – Menu bar controls for iTunes. See site for licensing costs.

    TaskPaper – To-do list app. USD$18.95

    TextExpander – Keystroke automator. USD$29.95

    Transmit – FTP client. USD$29.95

    TypeIt4Me – Keystroke automator. USD$27

    Vienna – RSS reader. Freeware.

    Vim – GUI editor. Freeware.

    VisualHub – Video conversion tool for apple tv, iPhone, DVD, iPod, PSP, Tivo, AVI, WMV, FLV, etc. USD$23.32

    VoodooPad – Wiki-based note pad. USD$29.95 (Lite and Pro versions also available)

    WebnoteHappy – Bookmark manager with note taking and del.icio.us support. USD$29.95 (Freeware version also available)

    Xee – Image viewer. Freeware.

    xScope – On-screen tools for graphic designers. USD$14.95

    Yojimbo – Information organizer. USD$39

    Well, there you have it. Be sure to follow me on Twitter and keep an eye out for the next Twitterpoll. Thanks to all of the participants in this poll for their great suggestions. I’m sure people are going to discover some awesome applications they hadn’t played with before.

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