November 2007
October 2007
PC Magazine 'Leopard is “by far the best operating...
In his 4.5-star (out of 5) review of Leopard, Edward Mendelson (pcmag.com) maintains that Leopard is “by far the best operating system ever written for the vast majority of consumers, with dozens of new features that have real practical value.” Mendelson “found Leopard to be startlingly fast, brilliantly streamlined, and packed with conveniences an (via News dugg by lseeley)
Smoked Glass Dock for Leopard - Much Nicer!
By simply replacing 4 files you can completely alter how the dock looks. Try out this dark dock, it’s much nicer. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Top Ten Leopard Tips
Guy Kawasaki breaks down 10 Leopard tips. Some of them include: Opt out (not in) for additional fonts, back up first, and reconsider spotlight. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Awesome Life-size X-wing Model Rocket
I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I had to write about a very cool new feature in Leopard. A feature that I pioneered the discovery of and am here to present to you today.
Spotlight now searches the text of every web page saved in your Safari history folder. I first read this in Apple’s list of 300 features, but when I had finally installed Leopard, had forgotten about. Just now, however, I...
Ars Technica review of Leopard!
Here it is, John Siracusa’s review. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Dear Apple: How to Make Leopard's Finder Even...
While reading a review a Leopard, I came across this statement: “The Finder is now iTunes.” My mind skipped right over the Cover Flow analogy and started dreaming of browsing the Finder like I browse music in iTunes. A few hours later, here is a Photoshop mockup. Apple, I want this! (via News dugg by lseeley)
Hottest act in town, and on BitTorrent: Mac OS X...
Both last night and today we sent out scouts, into worlds both real and virtual, to gauge the buzz about Leopard on the street and on the Intertubes. What we found was plenty of activity, a lot of very high expectations, and a healthy (is that the right word?) collection of pirated copies already online. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Adium 2.0 Coming - With video / audio support
Version 2.0 of Adium is in the works with added video and audio support… just what everyone’s been waiting for! (via News dugg by lseeley)
Awesome Leopard "Cover Flow" Easter Egg [PIC]
Apple shows that it still has a sense of humor in the icon choice for windows machines on the network… (via News dugg by lseeley)
WSJ's Walt Mossberg Reviews Mac OSX Leopard
“It Isn’t Revolutionary, But It Beats Microsoft’s” (via News dugg by lseeley)
Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences
Many functions in Mac OS X are only exposed to the user via System Preferences, so as you might guess, a lot of new things in Leopard show up there. Among them are a few of the “secret new features” that have never been previously announced in demonstrations of Leopard, laying to rest the hopes of certain critics that Steve Jobs somehow failed (via News dugg by lseeley)
25 Beautiful Minimalistic Website Designs
A collection of some of the best minimalistic web designs. These sites look great and load quickly. (via News dugg by lseeley)
How symmetry and antisymmetry impact your photos
One of the most powerful techniques of composition is Symmetry and Pattern. The human eye naturally picks up on patterns, and we are drawn to explore them. (via News dugg by lseeley)
A Beautiful Flickr-Related Tag Browser
The best way to browse Flickr. Type a tag word in, and you will get a 6x6 grid of thumbnails. Move the mouse and to see circle of related tags. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Tetris Apartments [PICS]
A look at apartments in Ljubljana that are inspired by the game Tetris! These pics make me feel like I’m in the middle of a giant game… (via News dugg by lseeley)
CONFIRMED: Real iPhone SDK in February 2008
Steve Jobs: “Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February.” (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple OS X Leopard: A beautiful upgrade
“Finally, a PC Unix that everyone can love. OS X Leopard is a triumph of customer-focused engineering”Tom Yager takes a look at what it is, under the skin, that makes OS X *that* great. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple's OS X Leopard storms into the lead over at...
But guess who can’t handle it? Yeah that’s right; W______ u___ (fill in the blanks). And why? Because they aren’t winning the poll. “If you voted for Leopard you must be a fanboy, there’s simply no other explanation. It could never be that people actually think Leopard will be a better OS? No way, never.” (via News dugg by lseeley)
16 Coolest New Features In Mac OS X 10.5 That You...
By now, everyone has heard about the major new features in Apple’s new operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 — code-named Leopard. However, there are several little known new features that are actually quite cool. Here’s a compilation of the sixteen coolest little known new features of Mac OS X 10.5. (via News dugg by lseeley)
iPhone Dev Team announces free unlock for iPhone...
The iPhone Dev Team has announced AnySIM 1.1. According to the announcement by netkas, the software has been tested with both 1.0.2 and 1.1.1. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Compilation of the Best OS X Menu Bar Items
We’ve all seen a countless number of OS X app compilations but what about the menu bar? It has loads of functionality that most users don’t even take advantage of. Here’s a great round-up of useful items to make your life a little easier. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Road Mac OS X Leopard: Mail 3.0
Mail in Mac OS X has progressively grown from the simple mail client Apple included with the first builds of Mac OS X into one of the best email solutions for the Mac, and certainly the most popular. As the default app for email on the Mac, Mail gets lots of feature requests and lots of complaints when things don’t work as expected. (via News dugg by lseeley)
How the Room Color can Affect your Mood
Did you know that a room color can affect your mood ? While most of us may not spend a lot of time thinking about color, it affects every day of our lives. Color can influence our mood and our thoughts.So it’s important to choose wise colors for your home, because this is the place where you spend most of your time. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Al Gore on Apple Homepage
Al has put his heart and soul, and much of his life during the past several years, into alerting and educating us all on the climate crisis. We are bursting with pride for Al and this historic recognition of his global recognitions. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple releases iPhone/iTouch WebApp Directory
Apple tries to make up for the lack of 3rd party development by giving us a list of all the web applications out there for the iPhone and iPod Touch. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Why is contrast so important in web design
Good contrast in your design goes hand-in-hand with your color selections. Contrast is the value difference between the colors on your design. Value is how bright or dark the color (ink) is. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Dock 1.6
A great look at the Dock coming soon in OSX Leopard, with a look at the Dock’s origins as well. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Five Fantastic Flickr Photographers
Truly amazing artists and stunning examples of their photography. I think they’re great, but you be the judge. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Road to Mac OS X Leopard: Finder 10.5
The Finder in Mac OS X has long been reviled as the most glaring problem in the system, earning it the “Fix the F-ing Finder” meme. Apple has significantly updated the Finder for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, introducing some things old, some things new, some things borrowed, and, well, the icon is still blue. Here’s a look at what’s new. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Welcome to Tablecloth: add style and behaviour to...
By simply adding 2 lines of code to your html page you will have styled and active tables with a nice effect. There’s samples on the page so you can try to mouseover or click on a table. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Apple Posts Three New iPhone Ads
Apple has posted three new iPhone television advertisements tonight which show iPhone users talking about how they use their iPhone and its advantages:Elliot• Doug “Mankind”• Elliot “Meredith”• Stephano “One Thing”… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Hello, I'm a...
Mac vs. PC ads taken to the next level; hilarity ensues. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Officially Official: 2008 BMW M3 Sedan unveiled!...
Possibly the best sports sedan ever built. (via News dugg by lseeley)
9 artists who will blow your mind
Remember, the following jaw-dropping pictures are of paintings or sculptures.Even if you think photorealistic art is pointless (which i’m sure some people do) there’s no denying the skill and patience involved in these creations. (via News dugg by lseeley)
Menu Bar Show and Tell
The Mac Menu Bar—the small strip of applications on the top right of your Mac—houses some of the coolest apps you can run on your system. They’re small, they’re sleek, and sometimes they’re absolute must-haves for staying productive on your Mac. Today we’re taking a look at the menu bar applications your fe (via News dugg by lseeley)
Leopard To Launch Next Tuesday?
If you take a look at the iPhone box art, you’ll notice that the Calendar app’s icon displays the date Tuesday 9. It just so happens that there is a Tuesday 9 in the very same month that Apple has said they’ll release the long-awaited follow-up to Tiger, Leopard. The next time we’ll see a Tuesday 9 will be in September 2008, an unlikely release date for Leopard, unless it’s the planned release...
Leopard Launching on Oct 9?
A possible Easter-egg left in the iPhone box art could suggest an early release date for Leopard. (via News dugg by lseeley)
15 Best Magazine Covers Since 1960
These descriptions killed me: #1. Best Use of PhotoShop, #3. Biggest Photo Hoax, #15. Most Awkward Photo. But this one is definitely my favorite: “Esquire”, April 1968 - The Passion of Muhammad Ali… (via News dugg by lseeley)
Cheap, but hip Wall Art
Stop living like you’re in a dorm! You can do it… make your living space classy - or at least attractive. (via News dugg by lseeley)
8 Reasons Windows Users Don’t Switch
A unique perspective of what keeps Windows users away from Macs, from someone who recently switched. (via News dugg by lseeley)
