run windows on your mac without having to restart July 18, 2006
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Yes, Mac OS X is twice the operating system Windows will ever be. But if you’re a recent Switcher or biz type of guy, there’ll still be times when you’ll need to run a Windows app. Apple’s Boot Camp (free) works well, but it requires you to basically shut down your Mac side and restart in Windows — a pain if you need to switch back and forth quickly. Parallels Desktop ($80), on the other hand, lets you run Windows (or Linux) in its own isolated window alongside Mac OS X. And don’t think of this software as just another Virtual PC-type program — Parallels is fast. You can do pretty much anything on Windows running in Parallels (except hardcore gaming) without noticing any lag (especially after a healthy RAM upgrade). Parallels is absolutely fantastic for those of us who need to jump into XP every once in a while to do something, but don’t want
to leave our candy coated Mac world.
download the whole website and read later July 18, 2006
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SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet. It does this by copying the site’s Web pages, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your local hard drive. Just enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and click a button and SiteSucker can download an entire Web site.
turn your mac into a seismograph July 18, 2006
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SeisMac is a Mac OS X Cocoa application that makes your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a seismograph. It access your laptop’s Sudden Motion Sensor in order to display real-time, three-axis acceleration graphs.
The resizable, real-time scrolling display shows an enormous amount of acceleration information. Place your laptop on a table and see the seismic waves from tapping your toe on the floor. Lay your laptop on your chest and see your heartbeat. And of course, if there is a real earthquake, SeisMac will be displaying full seismic information while you drop, cover and hold-on.
When running on the MacBook or MacBook Pro, SeisMac has a range of plus or minus two gravities of acceleration, displaying 256 values per gravity, sampled two hundred times per second for each axis. SeisMac is also compatible with older Sudden Motion Sensor-equipped iBooks and PowerBooks.
SeisMac is freeware. You can download version 1.1.1 here (Mac OS X 10.4 or later).
You can also view SeisMac’s help files here
hide your menu bar like you hide your dock July 18, 2006
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What’s menufela?
Menufela is an delicious piece of code that hides your menubar, giving you back those pixels you’ve never been able to put to use before.
