Archive for the 'Applications' Category

Feature Mac Freeware App: “Shades”

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

It’s time for another Mac freeware feature! This round, the focus is on a a little app called Shades.
If you’re an iMac user like myself, you’ve no doubt noticed that the screen is VERY bright, even at the lowest setting. This is especially noticeable when working later at night, or in low-light conditions. Or, perhaps [...]

Cool Mac App: “Dockables”

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Hello again! Today, I’ve decided to talk about a really cool little Mac app called Dockables.
Well OK, in all fairness, Dockables is not really an app, but more of a series of mini-apps that trigger system events like “Shut Down” or “Sleep Display”. In fact, the latest version of Dockables, (v1.2) includes 14 separate [...]

Why Use Firefox Instead of Internet Explorer?

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Alright, all you Internet Explorer users, listen up!
Today I’m going to shed some light on Mozilla’s Firefox web browser. As a web developer, I find Firefox to be an essential tool when both creating pages and browsing the internet. Here are just a few reasons why I strongly believe that Firefox is far superior to [...]

Handy Mac App – “Pipette”

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Hi everyone,
For my first real blog entry, I wanted to share a tool that I discovered that has proven to become QUITE handy. It’s a little application called “Pipette”.
Have you ever been working on web site and needed to match the colour of the text to a certain template? Or, say, you want to colour [...]