Blurb, the book company that lets you self-publish bookstore quality hardcover and paperback books, has finally added TypePad and WordPress.com support to their BookSmart book creation software.
BookSmart slurps the entries from your blog and autopopulates the pages (you also have the option of dragging and dropping entries to build your book). BookSmart doesn’t currently […]
c|net thinks so, claiming “the future of applications is online.” They’ve launched a new site, Webware, for those that want to “Say No to boxed software!” Recent posts have covered new webware applications like Hitchsters (a service that matches travelers so they can share the cost of a taxi) and Offset My Life (which […]
Google Earth now lets you explore the fourth dimension—time. Peek under the Layers panel, open the Featured Content folder, and select Rumsey Historical Maps. You’ll find a number of historical maps that can be laid over the globe, including World Globe 1890, Middle East 1861, and San Francisco 1853.
MAKE: Blog also has a list of […]
Jake Mandell, a medical student and musician, has developed an online test to rate your overall pitch perception. Designed originally as a quick screen for tonedeafness, the Tonedeaf Test also gauges musical memory abilities. It’s a bit like listening to a game of Simon Trickster. Two musical phrases are repeated one after the other; you […]
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
Marketcircle’s update to their time tracking, expense management, and invoicing app is now in beta. I’ve been a fan of IGG Software’s iBiz (which is moving up to v. 3, also in beta), but this new version of Billings looks pretty slick. Both apps will set you back $49.95, but Marketcircle is offering $10 […]
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
My favorite CSS editor gets an update to 2.0. New browser integration, live Preview with X-ray feature (which lets you identify any element on the page just by clicking), Milestones (versions), and built-in validation make CSSEdit better than ever (and a bargain at $29.95).
Universal. MacRabbit
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.
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