Dark 3D Dock in Leopard
Get your dock looking like this by going to the
Goodies
page!
Guest Login
Guests can login and are allowed to do only the things you predefine. But instead of restricting your friends, you can pretty much let them do whatever they want because when they log out the account is expunged, and the next time it's logged into it's as if it's a brand new account again. Apple reinstalls the user each time you log into this special guest account, that way no matter what your guests mess with, they'll never do anything to your computer!
Leopard
Check out some of the recent screenshots taken right from the most recent developer build that showcase some awesome new features and a great new look.
Quicksilver
Next we have a screen shot of an add-on to Quicksilver called
Constellation Menu, it lets you see things much more graphically
for certain applications, such as iTunes, seen
below.
Quicksilver has a plug-in for just about any application you use, and the repository works much like a Linux distribution system. You just go into the preferences and check off which plugins you want to be installed and they automatically download and install, no hassles. Hopefully Apple will take notice and add some of this functionality right into spotlight when Leopard arrives... or maybe later on. They do need to have things to upgrade too, they can't start with everything.
New Apple iPhone Apps Page
Apple's got a great selection of the greatest iPhone and iPod Touch Web Apps for all to check out and bookmark!
No More Dotted Lines!
Go to about:config and filter down the results and look for browser.display.focus_ring_width, then click on the on the parameter on the right and set the value to 0 (zero). This will get rid of that annoying dotted line and make your browser much nicer on the eye when clicking links!
Grab and Drag
Although Safari has wonderful RSS support that Firefox couldn't
hold a match to, I just can't have my Facebook bar with buttons for
sharing links or getting notifications when someone messages me. I
can't have a built in downloader that works like a dream
(DownThemAll!). I can't have the weather forecast(ForecastFox
Enhanced) in my status bar for me to check at any time. I sure as
hell can't use StumbleUpon features, or even my latest
addition...
Grab and
Drag.
This extension lets you physically drag the screen up and down just
like how the iPhone uses multi-touch. You can even turn on momentum
features so when you drag and let go the screen will keep going and
slow down to a stop with a friction that you set. You can alter how
and where Grab and Drag works, for instance you can set it up so
that whenever you click and drag only where there are no links or
text the screen will move with the curser, this way when you
highlight text the screen won't move around on you. So if you fancy
Firefox, check this out and you'll find yourself trying to scroll
with ease in tons of other applications wishing the feature was
available there too!
Gateway One
So I guess Gateway is really stepping up and trying to grab away
the market that cares about what their system looks like.
The
Gateway One
priced from $1,299 for the base model and $1,799 for the high end
model. It boasts Intel's Core 2 duo processor and a 19" widescreen
display. It also has 8 channel (7.1 Dolby Digital) audio, 8x
DVD±R/RW, built in 5 in 1 card reader, 802.11n draft wifi, GET
THIS... 7 usb ports!!!, 1 firewire port, 1.3Mp camera built into
the screen, media remote control, up to a 500GB hard drive and up
to 3GB of ram (2GB is standard!).
If you're in the market for a computer and you hate Macs (how could
you though?), this would be my #1 choice.
The Fibonacci Sequence In Lateralus
Further more, check this out... (It's crazy to see how genius some
people are.)
"I had doodled a few spirals in the corners of my graph paper, and
in doing so made the first important connection to Lateralus. I
knew that if the tracks were in fact intended to be heard in a
different order, "Parabol" and "Parabola" would have to go
together. In drawing my spirals, I had begun with a vertex and
'spiraled' outwards. After writing the numbers 1 through 13
linearly, I could immediately see that Parabol and Parabola would
have to be the middle of my spiral (in that 13 / 2 = 6.5). I drew a
simple arrow between 6 and 7 and then pondered the next pair. At
first, I actually drew a spiral connecting pairs of numbers whose
sum equaled 13 (the number of songs on the album). This, however,
left the last track in the same position and without anything to
connect to. At this time, I had used my copy of Lateralus and Cool
Edit Pro to take out the silences between tracks and put the songs
in the following order: 6,7,5,8,4,9,3,10,2,11,1,12,13. The
transition from Parabola into Schism blew my mind, as the plucks,
probably dismissed by listeners as a drawn out rant of an ending,
perfectly transition into the beginning of Schism. When you count
out beats as the strings are plucked, Schism resumes with the same
time signature and tempo - mirroring the progression of notes. The
transition from Schism into Ticks & Leeches is equally
intriguing. Schism ends with strong double-kick bass and tom
smacks, and Ticks & Leeches begins with what many would call a
'tribal' drum beat. The beat at the very start of Ticks &
Leeches is slightly different every subsequent time it is repeated
- the measures are two beats longer. Yup - you guessed it - those
two beats are ACTUALLY the last two beats of
Schism."
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