Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
I've been using Joost on and off for about 4 months now. More off than on. It's not that I didn't like the app - it was pretty slick and quite solid for an early beta. It's that there wasn't a heck of a lot to watch. At some point ...
Posted in Other, Reviews | 12 Comments »
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
As a part of the Lifehacker Show Your Menu Bar post, I'm posting my OS X menu but with a few more details than I'll send to LH (mostly because it involves deep linking to other content here on Simplehelp).
Posted in Mac | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
SmallScreenX is a Cocoa version of the "Small Screen" utility for the old Mac OS. It simulates smaller screen resolutions, which can be particularly helpful for web designers. This overview gives you a run down on its main features.
Posted in Mac, Web Design & Dev | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 28th, 2007
This tutorial will guide you in using Restoration 2.5.14, a free program that can help you recover files that you may have accidentally deleted (and removed from/emptied the Recycle Bin).
Posted in Security, Windows | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
This is a requested tutorial for Marcelo. It will take you through the steps to set up Gmail using the Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
Posted in Email | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
With the hockey season fast approaching, like many Canadians, I'm starting to get psyched. It's not enough that I have the Leafs schedule added to my Google Calendar, I have to have them on my dashboard too. Enter Conference Call Omni. Oh and yeah, it works with pro football (and ...
Posted in Mac | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Thanks to Michael, who contacted me to let me know there was in fact a better solution to the one I first provided regarding bandwidth monitoring in OS X. And that solution is SurplusMeter. This brief tutorial will get you started using SurplusMeter.
Posted in Mac | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Why MWSnap doesn't show up on every "top Windows freeware" list, I'll never know. Version 3 has been around since 2002 (!?). Admittedly, it hasn't been updated since 2002 either - it still works perfectly well in XP (I haven't tested it in Vista yet). With the resulting screenshots you ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev, Windows | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Using the same software that allows you to extract the contents of an .iso, MagicDisc, you can create .iso files. This brief tutorial will guide you through doing just that.
Posted in Windows | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
I have to admit, I almost want this one (BlogRush) to work. It's like the little train that could. It came out of nowhere, had huge publicity immediately, and then huge problems, immediately. Today it rolled out the promised "Flavors" feature. So now I have a slightly more appealing widget. ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Delicious Library has been out for a while. I know this. I've had their site bookmarked for months, and during my last 'bookmark cleanup', I decided it was time to finally time to download and install it. The following article is part tutorial, part overview, and has lots of screenshots. ...
Posted in Mac, Reviews | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Mailplane is a stand-alone Gmail client for OS X. Besides including all of the great features of Gmail, Mailplane adds extras such as built-in drag-and-drop attachments, quick import from iPhoto and iTunes, Growl notifications when you get new messages and much more.
Update: All 5 of my invites have been given ...
Posted in Email, Mac, Reviews | 7 Comments »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
From the AppFresh site:
AppFresh helps you to keep all applications (third-party and Apple), widgets, preference panes and application plugins on your Mac up to date, from one place. It works by checking the excellent iusethis.com for new versions and lets you download and install available updates easily.
This tutorial will walk ...
Posted in Mac | 3 Comments »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
If you've downloaded an .iso (or .bin, .img, .cif, .nrg, .img etc) and don't want to burn it to get to its contents, you can download and install MagicDisc, a freeware app that lets you "mount" the image file as if it was a CD/DVD drive. This tutorial will guide ...
Posted in Windows | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 24th, 2007
I was recently approached by someone who wanted to buy $550 worth of advertising on Simplehelp, and ended out turning them down. After seeking the advice of a number of other bloggers, here's why I said no.
Posted in Blogging | 7 Comments »
