K’s Weblog

It seems like forever since I’ve been behind the mic recording my very own segment for the podcast.  But sure enough, here I am.
fseventer
First off this week is a tool from FernLightning called fseventer.  This app gives you new visibility into just what files on your hard drive are modified by the tools you use [...]

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As some of you may already know, I run Windows Vista on my Macbook.  Not full time, mind you, I’m a fan of virtualization.  :)  I’ve been trying to give my ol’ Vista install a bit more of a “wow” factor recently, and I’ve come across some great tips to help make your PC unique.
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Hey everyone!  Once again another episode of the GGP has come out, and I’m bound and determined to get these notes up before I have to start prepping for the next show.
I only had a couple of resources to review this week partly because of content and partly because of time.  This week [...]

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A pretty good show again this week on the Global Geek, despite some technical trouble on my end (which you’ll hear was starting to frustrate me), the Geeks got through the whole show but as usual ran over the one-hour mark.   :mrgreen:  I’m in a tad bit of a rush this week so the notes [...]

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Dave’s choices in naming episodes not withstanding, we had a great show again this week.  I joined the geeks for the latest round of the Global Geek Podcast.
LiteIcon
First up this week is FreeMacSoft’s LiteIcon.  This is a great application for helping you manage the system icons on your Mac.  Apple has a tendency to dumb-down [...]

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Another week and another GGP. We had an absolute blast on this week’s show. So on with this week’s collection of Mac Freebies:
iPhoto Batch Image Enhancer
This application gives you the ability to make changes to large batches of your iPhoto images. This is a standalone application and doesn’t integrate into iPhoto, but [...]

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Well after a far more successful 2007 than I could have imagined, I’ve released the first significant feature update to the Admin Links Widget.
First, THANK YOU to everyone who has downloaded the widget.  It has been downloaded an astonishing 2300 times since the inaugural release on August 14th of last year.
The most significant changes for [...]

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Hey everyone!
I was able to meet up with the geeks to join them for the recording of the 74th edition of the GGP. We covered a ton of stuff in this week’s show, and as promised here’s the details for this week’s Mac Lab Update.
Net News Wire
This was huge news this week. With [...]

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I was sent a link to this YouTube video a couple of days ago, and it took me a bit of time to get around to watching it in its entirety. When you stop to think about what this means for the future of gaming, the future looks pretty cool. This type of [...]

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Time for another Mac Lab update, this week for GGP #72.
FolderSplitter
The first application this week is FolderSplitter written by Micheal over at QTSync.com.
FolderSplitter allows you to split one large folder into several smaller ones. It’s ideal for backups where you’re going to burn files to CDs/DVDs or media where storage space is limited.
Multiple splitting [...]

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