Top Draw Viewer
September 30, 2008
Like to switch your desktops up all the time? Well Google has made
it easy for us Mac users to have really cool artsy backdrops
randomly generated and replaced on our desktop at a given time
interval with their new application
Top Draw.
Here’s an example of what Top Draw has on my desktop right
now...
iTunes 8
September 29, 2008
Two bits of iTunes awesomeness... first up, iTunes 8 is out, as
many of you must know by now. Well there are some nice new changes
and one annoying one. First the good: the new Genius feature lets
you get a chance to make playlists that are similar to the song you
are currently listening to. A lot like Pandora al in itunes with
your music. The other great new feature is the new
visualizer!
And my one annoyance is that now iTunes has the arrows to the iTunes store on always... not cool. Well throw this line into your terminal and goodbye annoying little arrows!
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE
Until next time, enjoy!
Along with being really cool it can be controlled with some pretty
basic key commands that make it even more fun!
Check it out:
- • + and -: Increase or decrease the intensity (brightness) of the particles; multiple presses further increase or decrease the intensity.
- A and S: Add or Subtract particles to the visualizer. You can make the visualizer as complex (or sparse) as you wish.
- R: Reset the intensity and particle count to their default values.
- E: When in nebula mode (press N), this greatly accentuates the nebula clouds, making them very easy to see. (If you’ve used the M key to change modes, you may find that the nebula clouds aren’t visible; it seems they’re only used in certain modes.)
And my one annoyance is that now iTunes has the arrows to the iTunes store on always... not cool. Well throw this line into your terminal and goodbye annoying little arrows!
defaults write com.apple.iTunes show-store-arrow-links -bool FALSE
Until next time, enjoy!
Google Chrome
September 11, 2008
Google seems like they want to get into pretty much anything and
everything that touches the internet... until recently they had yet
to make a browser; enter
Chrome.
This browser is still in the workings, but Google has released a
working version for XP and Vista so far, and... I really like
it.
Chrome
is smooth and simple to use. The url bar doubles as a search bar,
the tabs are above everything and out of the way, but they
don’t feel out of place. Bookmarks are imported from Firefox
automatically, including the toolbar bookmarks. My favorite part is
that Google thinks of everything... when you open a new tab the
window shows you your most visited sites in thumbnail form and has
a list on the side of recent sites. How cool is that?
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