I'm going to start this one off by saying this about the iPad.
"Big Ass iPhone"
There is no doubt though that this is the coolest thing that Apple has released in a long time. However, there are a few things that I would have liked to see in it that would make me go out and buy one now.
1. Front Facing Camera
2. Flash Player (Really needs to be there)
3. Mac OS (I'd really like to be able to run Mac native apps on there, rather than iPhone apps. Like Photoshop. That would be good to see on it)
4. A camera at all, really
5. An SD slot without an adaptor
Aside from those things not being there, this is still a really cool device. I don't know how it is performance wise, but I'll talk more about it once I actually get my hands on one. Who knows when that will be, but when it is, I'll go try it out. All I can say about this is that when it was released, I was a little underwhelmed over the features it had. Some things were there, but a few things (FLASH PLAYER!!!) were not there. Oh well, there's always next release.
All for now!
Well, it's no secret; BumpTop is out in the wild for Mac! For me at least, it has replaced Finder for the short term if not for the long run.
At first look, wow. BumpTop is great. And you'd be right. It completely replaces finder on your mac, and integrates all the functionality of it. you can still access all the features of finder; QuickLook, spaces, and any other features that you rely on. They all work. Opening a folder opens a Finder window on top of everything. Amazing. However, there are a few great features that I'd like to highlight for everyone.
The first of these features that makes BumpTop so much better than Finder is the ability to stack items on top of each other. You can select a whole pile of items, and turn them into a stack, just as you would on a regular desk. 
In the Pro version, you can use the two-finger scrolling on your trackpad to flip through the stacks. If you don't have pro, you can double click the stacks and they will open in a grid view that looks very similar to the grid view in Mac OS when you open a dock stack. Soo much better than finder, for so many reasons.
Another great feature that I'd like to highlight is the ability to control the size of items on your desktop. you can click on an item, and grow or shrink it depending on its importance to you, just as bigger documents would be on a real desk. You can grow and shrink them to make them suit your needs.
The last thing that I'd like to highlight is the walls that you have to put things on. You can double click on any of the four walls to move the camera view to that wall, on which you can pin stuff, like a real wall. This gives you that extra bit of desktop real estate when ever you need it.
The one feature that I would love to see built in is the ability to span multiple monitors. It is not currently there, but I'm sure it will appear in the future. I highly recommend BumpTop for mac and windows, even with its $30 price tag.
All for Now!
Today, we say Happy 26th birthday to the Apple Macintosh! Count 'em! That's 26 Years!
On January 24th, 1984, Steve Jobs pulled a 128K Mac out of its case in front of a crowd of reporters, turned it on, and let the computer introduce itself to the world. The rest, as they say, is history.
Over its 26 year history, we've seen our favorite computer go from an awkward infancy, to almost dying in its teens, and now being a profitable prodigy in adulthood. It has spawned the iPod, iPhone, and a whole host of other machines to go along with its streamlined coolness.
But just look how far we've come! From this...
To (with the help of BumpTop) this!
So everyone wish a happy 26th birthday to everyone's favorite computer, and here's to another 26 more!
All for Now!
I'm not sure if anyone has seen this yet, but if you go to Google right now, and click the "I'm feeling Lucky" button with no search terms entered, a strange thing happens. Watch this...
What is it counting down to? The Google Code Freeze? The end of the world? Or is it just the new year.. You decide.
All for now!
Okay, so this has to be one of the funniest videos that I have ever seen in my life. Props to Day Job Orchestra for making it.
All for Now!
First off, I have to give a big thanks to the folks over at MacHeist for giving me this great piece of software absolutely free. Thanks guys! Well, WriteRoom is a great little application for writing. It doesn't do anything fancy, it just produces either Rich Text or plain text format. It can save into many different formats, and can integrate well with Word. It provides a simple interface with absolutely no distractions. In fact, when the application is on, you can't even access the dock. It just won't show it. I find it great for writing just about anything, especially documents for school. I highly recommend this app.
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