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Apr 27 2009

Out of this World

I’ll say it up front: there’s nothing practical about this week’s picks, but they are fun. All of this weekís picks are designed to help you find your place in the world and put your head in the stars.

mu Out of this WorldGlobalTraceRoute

Another win for my New Zealanders at SubRosaSoft. This little app that graphically displays the route your packets are taking around the earth. It even includes real-time sunlight and cloud mapping.

mu Out of this WorldAion

Named after the Phoenician god of time (oh, yeah, him), this little menu extra shows time in different time zones. Handy if you are always wondering what time it is in (insert exotic location). The author is very responsive to input, too.

mu Out of this WorldAPOD Grabber

Plug in to the cosmos with this utility from RAILhead that downloads the Astronomy Picture of the Day. With this app you can browse APOD archives and easily apply an image as your desktop.

mu Out of this WorldTriVectus Planets

This is a screensaver that animates your sleeping Mac with orbiting planets, peppered with an occasional exploding planet or nuclear war.

mu Out of this WorldanAtlas

This atlas utility, available for OS X and 9, lets you search for and locate places on earth. By choosing a hub, you can calculate circle plots and ranges. For the rest of us, you can use it to find Paradise California.

Take a break this week, and have some fun with one of these odd little free apps, and come back for more next week!

Brian

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Apr 6 2009

One day left to grab the MacHeist 3 Bundle. 14 Mac Apps for $39

MacHeistBundle 20090406 193757 One day left to grab the MacHeist 3 Bundle. 14 Mac Apps for $39

The controversial MacHeist 3 is coming to a close. It began, as it always does, with a series of secret agent-style missions that end in the reward of free Mac applications.

After the missions were completed, the 12 app bundle was announced–iSale, Picturesque, SousChef, World of Goo, PhoneView, LittleSnapper, Acorn, Kinemac, WireTap Studio, BoinxTV, The Hit List, and Espresso all for USD$39.

Since the then, there have been two bonus apps added (Cro-Mag Ralley and Times). Two more applications are available to those who have purchased and participate in the Tweetblast–they will receive Delicious Library 2 and Multiwinia.

All this is coming to a close in the next day or so, when the MacHeist 3 promotion ends. So far over $600,000 has been raised for charity through sales of the bundle. If you haven’t picked yours up, you’d better hurry.

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Apr 2 2008

Adobe announces Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Public Beta at Photoshop World 2008 Keynote

lightroom 20080401 211718 Adobe announces Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Public Beta at Photoshop World 2008 Keynote

Adobe has announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta, a public preview of new and improved functionality to be delivered in the next major release. Lightroom 2.0 beta will feature enhancements such as dual-monitor support, localized dodge and burn correction and will be the first Adobe application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Intel Macs and Microsoft Vista 64-bit operating
systems.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta will be available as a 30-day trial for free download on Macintosh and Windows platforms. Existing Lightroom 1.0 customers will be able to test the beta for an extended period until Aug. 31, 2008 and can invite friends to take part in this trial period. Recommended system requirements are Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5, 1 GHz PowerPC G4 or G5 or Intel-based processor, 1 GB RAM and a 1024×768 resolution screen.

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