Posted by Andy Atkinson on 07/27/06 in Freeware, OS X, Review, Software
CoverFlow is a beautiful application that lets you browse your music collection by album cover. The interface is intentionally kept simple, allowing users to simply scroll through albums and make selections (that’s it). So what makes CoverFlow so great?
Posted by Matt Thommes on 07/15/06 in Freeware, Review, Software
Meebo is a web service that allows you to sign-in to your instant message account through the web browser, rather than launching the chat application from your operating system. Various chat applications are AIM, iChat, or Trillian (to name a few).
The nice thing about Meebo is that you can combine all of your chat accounts in one place. This is very useful.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 07/11/06 in Freeware, Hardware, Linux, Networking, Tips
The story surrounding this router is an interesting one. The WRT54G is a consumer level router with a wireless access point that has been selling “literally hundreds of thousands per month” according to an article at Linux Devices. The router has been through several versions (around 6 major versions) as Linksys has tweaked the hardware and software. Recently Linksys has decreased the hardware performance of the WRT54G while leaving the product name unchanged, confusing and arguably, cheating consumers.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 07/5/06 in Hardware, Review
Small form factor (SFF) cases are inherently warmer and noisier, but arguably possess more “cool” factor due to pleasing aesthetics and space efficiency. Lian-Li is a Chinese computer case vendor that has gained a reputation within the PC builder community for high-quality, stylish aluminum cases. The PC-V300 is a great product for Lian-Li as it incorporates the great build quality and pleasing aesthetics that the company has become known for. I recently rebuilt my PC inside this case and have prepared a review of the case and the build experience.
Posted by Andy Atkinson on 07/5/06 in Hardware, Review
High-definition television has been rolling out across the United States over the last several years, slowly penetrating the US television market. My experience is that the average US Midwest consumer finds the monthly cost of HD programming from cable companies like Comcast to be quite expensive, and the content that is available in high-definition sparse. Over-the-air (OTA) tuners offer a few channels of HD programming for free, but reception is limited to metropolitan markets and programming is often limited to only a handful of channels.
Posted by Matt Thommes on 07/1/06 in Apple, OS X, Software, Tips
Here’s a quick tip on how to customize the view options for Finder windows in Mac OS X.
Most Mac users already know that every Finder window (in the current version of OS X) can be viewed in three different ways: Icons, List, or Columns.
But did you know you can fully customize each view for specific folders?
While in the Finder, go to View > Show View Options.
