I’m waiting for the next version of iPhone to come out before I take the plunge, but in the meantime, I get my cheap iPhone thrills playing with Marketcircle’s free iPhoney.
iPhoney simulates the iPhone, displaying a pixel-accurate web browser powered by Safari. Ostensibly for developers who want to preview what their web sites […]
I reviewed ClamXav back in 2004, but this latest update is a good reminder that everyone should take care to avoid viruses. When I tested it for my last review, my machine was clean, but it found a virus on my Virtual PC disk. You may think you’re safe because you have a Mac, […]
I wrote a few days ago about using ImageWell to quickly resize images, but I’ve discovered an even easier and faster way: just drag and drop an image on the Image Shackle Dashboard widget. You can resize the image using a slider, or set a default width or height. There’s also an option to […]
I’m a Flickr addict. I love browsing Flickr, looking for people with an interesting eye. But flickr doesn’t provide the best viewing experience. That’s where PicLens comes in.
PicLens is a free plugin for Safari that lets you view photos in full screen with a single click. Once you’ve activated PicLens, you can play a […]
Why fire up Photoshop every time you need to resize a screen capture? If you need to make minor adjustments to your images (resizing, croping, rotating, and much more), ImageWell is lean and fast. Modify your PNG, JPG, or TIFF images and add drop shadows, watermarks, borders, labels, or annotations. Upload your images to […]
Delivery Status does Package Tracker one better, monitoring orders from Apple and Amazon before they even ship, and counting down the days to delivery. Delivery Status can monitor orders from Apple.com (all international stores), Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.de, Amazon.at, and Amazon.fr, as well as track packages from FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL (US […]
Download Flash movies from YouTube, add a Copy Link HTML Tag contextual menu item, restore your last workspace, rearrange tabs—the features offered by this must have Safari plugin are too numerous to mention. Documentation is spotty; check PimpMySafari for tips.
Universal. Hetima
If you live in California, you know an earthquake can strike at any time. The TremorSkimmer widget monitors earthquake events from around the world in near-realtime, with information retrieved from the National Earthquake Information Service (NEIS). Now you’ll know when the earth really moves.
Universal. Nathan Barkei
Put some dashboard gauges on your Dashboard, including a tachometer (CPU usage), fuel gauge (battery status), temperature gauge (computer temperature), and speedometer (free RAM and uptime). Universal.
Jun Wen Lau
Here’s one that didn’t make my list of the 18 Best Free Menu Bar Apps for OS X. MenuTemperature displays your CPU temperature in the menu bar in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Universal. Sören Kuklau