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- Pukka 1.4: No More Dupes
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Productivity, Internet Tools
I just posted something to del.icio.us with my favorite client, Pukka, and up pops a notification that it's been revved to 1.4. Now as much as I like Pukka (above all for its multiple account functionality) that would probably not be worth a post, except for the fact that version 1.4 adds the one thing I've always most wanted: duplicate warning! The whole point (as far as I'm concerned) of things like del.icio.us is that I don't have to remember what I'm posting there, but by the same token that means I often post the same thing several times. The new version of Pukka "knows" everything you've posted, and if you try to post a duplicate it will tell you: you're "given the original post date along with the option to cancel, continue editing as new and overwriting the old post, or populating Pukka's editing form with the old post for review or refinement." A hearty TUAW 'attaboy for Justin Miller over at Code Sorcery Workshop for this one.
Pukka is a very reasonable $5 and a 14 day demo is available. If you use del.icio.us with a Mac you should definitely get Pukka.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/pukka-1-4-no-more-dupes/#comments - MagiCal: Menubar Calendar
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, Freeware
MagiCal is a cool little calendar application from Charcoal Design. As you can see it just puts a drop-down calendar in your menubar for easy access. In addition, you can actually "tear off" a month and leave it on your desktop (handy for making reservations, I find). MagiCal can also add the date and time in a customized format to your menubar, if you want to use it instead of OS X's built-in clock.
While my favorite menubar calendar remains the more full-featured MenuCalendarClock, it is $20 and MagiCal is a free download (donations requested). One last cool thing about MagiCal is that the developer offers three versions for download: Universal Binary, PPC, and Intel. The single platform ones are indeed about half the size of the UB. Personally, I wish more developers would consider doing this.Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/magical-menubar-calendar/#comments - Liberate For-Pay WiFi (and Get Sued?)
Filed under: Software, Wireless, Hacks, Open Source
Okay, we post this one as news, not necessarily to recommend it. Our sister blog Engadget is reporting on the WIFI LIBERATOR Toolkit. It is an open source project designed to encourage the undermining of for-pay WiFi service (e.g. t-mobile, Sprint, etc.). Basically you plug in an USB WiFi adapter and connect through the USB adapter. Then, you run the Liberator software and activate Internet Sharing in your System Preferences. Now both you and others can connect to the internet through your computer. The software is based on Ping Tunnel, so I'm guessing it will only work if the network allows you to ping outside IPs. The project's ultimate goal is "eventually to reach a high enough usage and penetration rate that all pay-per-use wireless networks will begin to free their access to everyone." Or you could just go get a sandwich at my favorite free WiFi source: Panera Bread.
[Via Engadget]
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/liberate-for-pay-wifi-and-get-sued/#comments - FunkeeStory: Treo SMS History on Your Mac
Filed under: Software, Odds and ends
One of the Treo's best features is its threaded SMS application that makes your SMS messages appear like a chat session. In fact, the iPhone appears to take up and improve this SMS functionality by presenting text messages in an iChat like interface. Well, until that happens, those of us using a Treo may find FunkeeStory to be useful. It syncs your Palm Treo's SMS history to your Mac through a conduit compatible with Palm Desktop or Missing Sync. So when you sync your Treo 650/680/700p to your Mac, your texting history will show up on in FunkeeStory, to be saved, sorted, and searched.
Overall, this seems like a nice idea, since if you're a heavy SMS user you'll probably find that your text messages are a kind of personal history, and the Treo will only hold so many messages before it starts overwriting the earlier ones. Unfortunately, FunkeeStory is a bit pricey at $19.95, but a 10 sync demo is availableRead | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/funkeestory-treo-sms-history-on-your-mac/#comments - High Priority: iCal To-Do's in Your Menubar
Filed under: Software, Cool tools, Productivity
High Priority is a little program that adds a nice, simple drop-down pane to your menubar listing your iCal To Do items. In addition to a custom views (by calendar, date, priority, etc.), you can all add and edit To Dos directly within High Priority. There's also a global hotkey for you keyboard jockeys. Combine this with the Quicksilver iCal tricks, and you've got a much handier interface to your To Do list than iCal itself.
High Priority is a reasonable $6 and a demo is available.
[Via Merlin Mann on MacBreak Weekly 26]Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsКомментарии к сообщению:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/high-priority-ical-to-dos-in-your-menubar/#comments - More on Geocoding Your Photos: GPSPhotoLinker and Geotagger
Filed under: iLife, Software, Freeware
Earlier this week we posted on PhotoInfoEditor a small application for geocoding (adding location information to the metadata of digital photos). Well that seemed to shake some geocoding fans out of the woodwork, and so now we have a couple more ways to do it (both also donationware). First, Brian wrote in to let us know about GPSPhotoLinker from Jeffrey Early, a small application that will automatically insert geocoding info into pictures by linking the photo to a GPX format log file from a stand-along GPS receiver. In other words, you need to have a GPS receiver with you and on while you're out and about taking pictures. When you get home you upload the log file and the pictures to your Mac and GPSPhotoLinker will compare the time stamps of your pictures to the GPX log file locations and insert the appropriate latitude and longitude into the photos' metadata. Needless to say, for this to work properly requires that the camera and the GPS receiver's internal clocks be synchronized.
In the comments on the PhotoInfoEditor post, Craig Stanton brought our attention to his two related applications for geocoding using Google Earth. First Geotagger allows you to mark photo locations using Google Earth 4. You just "position Google Earth (version 4 only) over the location you wish to insert into your images, then drag your images (jpegs only) onto the Geotagger icon" and the photos will be tagged. For iPhoto users, Craig also has an iPhoto 6 plugin, iPhotoToGoogleEarth, that "will export photos for viewing in Google Earth" (obviously this only works if the photos already have the location metadata in them).
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/more-on-geocoding-your-photos-gpsphotolinker-and-geotagger/#comments - Rogue Amoeba's Paul Kafasis at Infinite Loop
Filed under: Macworld, Odds and ends, Interviews
According to Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba, about the same time as he sat down with our very own David Chartier for TUAW Podcast #18, he also gave an interesting interview to the good folks over at Ars Tehnica's Infinite Loop. They talk about Rogue Amoeba's focus on audio, the controversy our own Laurie Duncan helped to start over what Paul dubbed The Delicious Generation, and more. So if you haven't already, first go listen to the podcast then check out the interview and you'll have more than met your recommended daily allowance of cool Mac audio developer news.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/04/rogue-amoebas-paul-kafasis-at-infinite-loop/#comments - Nike+ website adds 'Map it' feature
Filed under: iPod Family, Internet Tools
Legions of iPod nano toting runners track their workouts using the Nike+ website. I am not one of them (though I am getting in shape, sadly running has never been attractive to me), however, I still think the website is neat. Nike has just added a cool new feature to the Nike+ website: 'Map it.' Map It allows you to map your run using Google Maps. You can choose to make these maps public, or to keep them private (I can imagine some people might not want the world to know where they are running). You can then associate past, or future, runs with this new map to keep track of how you are doing. Pretty neat, though it would be even better if you could map your routes automatically using GPS. But you know what they say, baby steps (ha!).
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