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September 2007

Joost Beta 1 - överblick

vid Ross McKillop September 29, 2007

Jag har använt Joost 'På/av' för omkring 4 månader nu. Mer av än på. Det är inte att jag inte gillade appen - det var nätt oljefläck och ganska heltäckande för en beta tidig sort. Det är att det inte fanns en heck av ett lott till klockan. På något peka över de sist få veckorna, har de tillfogat en radda kanaliserar/tillfredsställer, och den senaste versionen (beta 1) är även mer slicker än för.

Notera: Inviterar är inte krävt något mera - Joost är nu öppen till någon som önskar att underteckna upp. Rättvist huvud över till joost.com och underteckna upp.

joost beta 1
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Min Apple meny bommar för

vid Ross McKillop September 29, 2007

Mac

Som en del av Lifehackeren Visa att din meny bommar för postar, Specificerar I-förmiddagen som postar min meny för OS X men med några mer, än jag ska överför till LH (mestadels, därför att den gäller djupt att anknyta till annat nöjt här på Simplehelp).


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SmallScreenX - simulera avskärmer upplösningar i OS X

vid Ross McKillop September 28, 2007

Mac Rengöringsdukdesign & bärare

SmallScreenX är en kakaoversion av ”det litet avskärmer” nytto- för det gammala MacOSet. Det simulerar mindre avskärmer upplösningar, som kan vara bestämt hjälpsamma för rengöringsdukformgivare. Denna överblick ger dig som en körning besegrar på dess huvudsakliga särdrag.

smallscreenx
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Hur man återställer föregående borttaget sparar i Windows

vid Ross McKillop September 28, 2007

Säkerhet Windows

Denna ska tutorial vägleder dig, i att använda Återställande 2.5.14, sparar ett fritt program, som kan hjälpa dig att återställa, att du kan oavsiktligt ha tagit bort (och borttaget från/, tömde återanvändningen slänga i soptunnan). [klicka för att fortsätta…],

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Hur uppsättningen upp Thunderbird man överför och som mottar din Gmail

vid Ross McKillop September 27, 2007

E-post

Denna är en bedd tutorial för Marcelo. Det ska taken som du till och med kliver till uppsättningen upp Gmail att använda Mozilla Thunderbird e-postbeställare. [klicka för att fortsätta…],

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Cool Dashboard Widget: Conference Call Omni (sports widget)

by Ross McKillop on September 27, 2007

Mac

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 lots of other sports/leagues).

maple leafs via conference call omni widget
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How to monitor your Internet bandwidth usage in OS X, redux

by Ross McKillop on September 27, 2007

Mac

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. [click to continue...]

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How to take great screenshots in Windows

by Ross McKillop on September 26, 2007

Blogging Web Design & Dev Windows

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 have a choice between BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG and GIF formats, with selected color depth and quality settings - among dozens of other features. This “part tutorial, part overview” will get you started using MWSnap in no time. [click to continue...]

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How to create an .iso file in Windows

by Ross McKillop on September 26, 2007

Windows

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. [click to continue...]

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More on BlogRush

by Ross McKillop on September 26, 2007

Blogging

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.

blogrush widget

The BlogRush CEO sent out another long-winded email today (I’m talking 50+ paragraphs) that I’ll summarize for you here:

-”we won’t rest” until it’s working great, acknowledgment of problems
-huge list of excuses for problems
-reassurances that BlogRush isn’t some passing “fad”
-huge rant full of threats to current “cheaters”
-we’re moving to a manual, human reviewed process for allowing sites into out network, and we’re going to review everyone who has signed up already
- SPECIAL NOTE TO ALL LOW-TRAFFIC MEMBERS: In the near future we’ll be giving our low-traffic members (those that need more traffic the most) the BULK of our bonus credit allocations. You’ll get a ton more bonus credits than high-traffic members because you really need it. It’s only FAIR!
-Flavors and “Filters” are now live. Filters allow you to stop certain posts from appearing in the BlogRush widget (ie. content you don’t want displayed via BlogRush).

Update: (later in the day) If you really, really want, you can read the entire thing here. And, since I wrote this post, the “Dashboard” section of BlogRush (the part that displays your ‘credits’ etc) hasn’t been functional.

Also, in the last 3 days, my BlogRush referrals has doubled to 30. But the average time spent on the site is pretty low.

Source: widget.blogrush.com
Visits: 30
Avg. Pages/Visit: 1.30
Avg. Time on Site: 00:00:21

Site Avg. Pages/Visit: 1.67
Site Avg. Time on Site: 00:01:28

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Overview: Delicious Library for OS X

by Ross McKillop on September 25, 2007

Mac

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. If you’re a serious DVD, book or CD collector, you may want to take it for a spin. [click to continue...]

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Overview: Mailplane - a Gmail client for OS X (plus beta invites)

by Ross McKillop on September 25, 2007

Email Mac

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 away. If you’d like to sign up for an invitation to the beta program please visit http://mailplaneapp.com/beta/request_invitation.php. If you’d like an invite to the beta program, leave a comment. I have 5 invites to give away to the first 5 commenters. [click to continue...]

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How to keep the software on your Mac up to date

by Ross McKillop on September 24, 2007

Mac

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 you through the steps to get started using AppFresh. [click to continue...]

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How to extract (or access) the contents of an .iso file in Windows

by Ross McKillop on September 24, 2007

Windows

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 you through doing just that. [click to continue...]

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When not to accept advertising

by Ross McKillop on September 24, 2007

Blogging

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. [click to continue...]

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