Feelin' Fine

While browsing Softpedia's Mac section, a neat little application got my attention. WCode claims to be an application for developing widgets - let's see it there is some truth to that. Read More

All those Panther users out there who do not want to upgrade to Tiger or cannot afford it at this point, there's a light at the end of the tunnel - you may be missing out on Spotlight, Core Image and stuff like that, but at least you can use Dashboard widgets now. Read More

Today, Apple released the first update to Mac OS X Tiger. The update labeled 10.4.1 comes only two and a half weeks after the initial release of Tiger since it has been in the pipe before the new Mac OS X version even shipped. Read More

If you're a long time Mac OS X user, you've probably noted that the Aqua style did change over the last couple of versions. Now, I love what Apple has done to improve the look of Mac OS X (I couldn't stand the tabs before Panther, for example), but in some cases stuff might look better if it was a little different. Read More

Apparently, some kid from Bayswater, Australia, tried to repair his iPod with a screwdriver after his mother accidently washed it. Turns out, that wasn't exactly a good idea - the device exploded, leaving a burn mark on his bed. Read More

...my favourite IRC client on OS X, MacIrssi, runs on Tiger. This is already a few days old, actually, but I rarely get to check stuff like that during the week.

The recently discovered security threat which involves a loophole in Safari and Dashboard turns out to be more serious than previously expected. It can even lead to a compromise of root privileges, or spread itself. While this cannot be done in a completely automatic way, it is easy to trap even experienced users into following the necessary steps to accomplish this - without them knowing that their machine has been compromised. Read More

Those of you who write their own HTML as opposed to using WYSIWYG editors like Macromedia Dreamweaver know the hassle it is to find a good, free editor to use on a day-to-day basis. I love vim, but let's be honest - it is not the most useful editor for work on HTML files in a GUI environment. One of the better fitted editors is Taco HTML Edit. Read More

I find myself using Dashboard a lot these days, since I like Apple's intention to have information available in the background, accessible with a keypress (or by moving my mouse in the lower left corner of my desktop). Now that it has been almost two weeks since Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) has been released, I found quite a lot of widgets that I learned to appreciate. Read More

Apple has finally made its pricematching offer available to customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under the name "Attraktive Preise" (translates to "Attractive Prices"). In case you didn't know, Apple has offered to match competitor's prices in its UK and US online stores since August 2004. Read More

Since Apple does not provide a way to delete widgets (other than deleting them in the Finder or in the Terminal), you might find a little piece of software called Widget Manager pretty useful. Widget Manager provides a pretty good way of managing your widget collection and allows you to delete unwanted widgets. Read More

Ok, so I finally know what my first widget will be. I won't let you know it beforehand, but it is certainly going to be pretty neat once it's done. As it is going to have a lot of functionality, it might be a while before I actually finish it - I've got lots of work to do this week, so I might only get around to work on it on the weekend. Read More