Retrophisch
My friend Michael Tsai has created a simple search page for iPhone users. You can search Amazon, IMDB, Netflix, and Wikipedia all from a single page. Pull this up in Mobile Safari on your iPhone, then add it to your home screen, and you’re good to go the next time you need to find a book or settle a historical argument.
Tags: amazon, imdb, netflix, iphone, search, wikipedia
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Todd Ditchendorf, the developer of Fluid, has entered the web browsing space with Cruz. Featuring an open plug-in architecture, global keyboard shortcuts, sidebar windows, session restore, TinyURL link creation, and automatic software updates, Cruz looks like an interesting addition to the browser arena.
I’ve been playing with Cruz for a couple of days, and it seems fairly stable for the little web browsing I’ve thrown at it. I did create a right-side sidebar for Hahlo, the excellent Twitter web app optimized for the iPhone. It’s been an interesting and fun experiment so far, and I encourage Mac users to check Cruz out.
Tags: web app, web browser
Title is pretty self-explanatory. The advice at the end regarding used cars is dead on. My next door neighbor growing up was a mechanic, with his own shop, and my dad had him look at my first car, and a couple of others he’d picked out. (My dad has a knack for finding great used cars.) It’s never a bad idea to have a mechanic not affiliated with a dealership/brand, and most importantly, one you can trust, in your contact list.
Tags: automobile, car, consumer, mechanic, shopping
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“An email message’s To field is not a plaything. Be respectful of others’ addresses by putting the BCC field to good use.”
I know several people who need to read this article. Unfortunately, I’m fairly certain none of them read my blog, or read Macworld, so they won’t see this…
Tags: e-mail, etiquette
“Huh, it seems that the subject of etiquette and email has struck a chord with our readers. Here’s more helpful advice to pass along to the email unwise.”
There’s a mention in this piece about chain e-mails. Note that I never respond to or forward chain e-mails, so you can just leave me out of those, k?
Tags: e-mail, etiquette</a
“Never again find yourself stranded in a transportation terminal with no place to sleep! The Mini Motel provides you with comfortable sleeping accommodations no matter where your travels take you.”
Tags: gear, preparedness, travel
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Pro-abortion – The Curt Jester
“Either dismembering a child in the womb is an acceptable moral act or it isn’t. If you think it is then you are pro-abortion and should admit it.”
Jeff Miller has a nice little piece on the nuances of language in the abortion debate.
Tags: abortion, baby, child, children, language, politics
Rands In Repose: FriendDA
“The following morning, if I’m still chewing on the bright idea, I start to worry because the logical next step is to pitch a friend. The rule here is: all ideas improve as a function of the number of eyeballs that see them. The troubling converse rule is: as soon as your idea gets out in the wild, it’s no longer yours.”
Rands’ idea is that of a Non-Disclosure Agreement for friends, only not legally binding like a real NDA.
Tags: friends, nda
FriendDA — Slightly more than a hearty handshake
The official document.
Tags: friends, nda
21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers | instantShift
Not surprisingly, Helvetica tops the list. I was pleased to see Futura in the top ten. I’m a big fan of Futura Bold.
Tags: design, font, typeface, typography
blackr
“blackr is a bookmarklet you can put in your browser’s bookmarks bar. Later, when you are on a photo page or one of the “All sizes” pages on flickr, you can click the bookmarklet and it will hide everything on the page behind a soothing black canvas except for the photo. All that remains is the picture.”
Tags: flickr, photo, photography
10 ways to Simplify Your Life and Save Money ~ Frugal, Freebies and Deals
Title pretty much says it.
Tags: finance, money
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Domainr
“There’s a whole world of domains out there—hundreds at the top-level and even more beyond—Domainr helps you explore them all.”
For instance, if you type “retrophisch”, you’ll see the top search item returned, “retrophis.ch” is already taken.
Tags: domain, search, web site
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Not Art. Gospel. at The Plow
“Not Art. Gospel. is an artistic view of each topic on the Sermon on the Mount. Some amazing doors have been opened, and some great conversations have started from this. But what is most important is that the words of Jesus are being discussed. We want to create art that will lead to God, and we pray that this project will be for His glory.”
There is some really nice stuff here.
Tags: art, bible, god, jesus, love
Terminal Tip: Add scroll arrows to both ends of scroll bar – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
If you don’t mind getting your hands dirty on the command line, the title pretty much says it all.
Tags: command line, interface, mac, terminal
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Umbrella Today?
Simple way to find out whether you’ll need to carry an umbrella with you for the day or not. Type in your zip code, get a simple answer. You can also type in your mobile phone number and receive text messages at a time you determine each day telling you whether or not you’ll need your umbrella…
Tags: weather
ProfileMenu
“This is a simple little application which places a ColorSync menu in your menu bar that will allow you to switch between display profiles, see how old they are, reset your video card’s gamma LUT, and clear out ColorSync’s internal profile cache when it starts acting up. Useful for troubleshooting, evaluating calibration packages, and for those times when you just want to change white points on a whim.”
Tags: color, color management, colorsync, mac
Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie – Health & Family – Kentucky.com
The title is pretty self-explanatory. Pretty impressive.
Tags: art, sharpie
New Buzz on Honey | ScienCentral | Science Videos | Science News
“The next time you’ve got a sinus infection, that honey in your tea might do more than just soothe your cough, says a recent study done by the University of Ottawa. Researchers found that two types of honey are effective at killing bacteria that cause sinusitis and other infections.”
Tags: food, health, illness
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iPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle – Forbes.com
“Free app Stanza has more people reading books on iPhones than on Amazon’s Kindle e-reader.”
Tags: amazon, books, ebooks, iphone, kindle, reading
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SmartSleep
“[A] preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. It’s a successor to Hibernate.prefPane.”
Tags: hibernate, mac, macbook, macbook pro, prefpane, software, sleep
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Brunton Vapor™ AF All Fuel Expedition Stove
Runs on pretty much any liquid fuel there is: butane, diesel #1, kerosene, auto gasoline, aviation gas, white gas, and more.
Tags: camping, preparedness, stove, survival
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