Category: Technology

Must-Have Mac Apps for the new Mac Switcher!

A good online friend of mine, Chris24 as he is known, writes great entries for his blog, which is located at www.chris24.ca (or subscribe to Chris’s blog’s RSS feed).

Here’s a quote from a recent article written by Chris, titled “Must-Have Mac Apps for the new Mac Switcher“:

Once you convince your friends to get a Mac, they’ll want to know which applications to use or try out first! Here is a list for all those new Mac users who want a list of the most useful, must-have Mac applications that aren’t included with your Mac. Keep in mind that some of these applications require Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, but most require Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Web Development

Transmit for FTP. Transmit provides the best FTP client for the Mac. Transmit is available from Panic, and costs only $29.95.

Cyberduck is a free FTP solution. I’ve had troubles with Cyberduck when connecting to my (mt) grid server, but if you don’t feel the need to pay for Transmit, then Cyberduck is for you.

CSSEdit for CSS editing. CSSEdit provides a sleek interface for editing CSS files. You can even extract any CSS file from any website and preview what the website would look like with your custom CSS! CSSEdit is available from MacRabbit, and costs $29.95.

TextMate for code editing, and specializing in Ruby on Rails development. TextMate provides a lot of features the average code editor doesn’t. TextMate is available from Macromates, and costs $59.

Coda for all-of-the-above. Coda provides a very nice integrated web development environment, with a code editor powered by the SubEtha engine which includes collaborative code editing. Coda is available from Panic, and costs $79.

MAMP for MySQL, PHP, and Apache on your local machine. This is perfect for testing out your next website locally! MAMP is free, and available at mamp.info.

SubEthaEdit for collaborative code editing. SubEthaEdit allows you to share your coding documents with others anywhere around the world! SubEthaEdit is available from the Coding Monkeys, and costs 29 Euros.

MarsEdit for posting to your weblog. MarsEdit is a stand-alone application that allows you to post to your weblog from its great interface. MarsEdit is available from Red Sweater Software and costs $29.95. (full review)

EDIT: Continue reading the post – this is a partial list.

Moving to the Mac!

As you all know, I have been a Mac fan for a while. I still do own two Windows PCs though. I have an HP Pavillion 753n and a Voodoo AMD Gaming Machine that Robert Scoble gave to me.

After talking to my parents, we have decided that there is no point having one PC in the closet, and one PC being used. So, in conclusion, we have decided that I will be moving to the PowerBook G4 full time.

I received my Apple Wireless Keyboard yesterday, and I also have a Logitech LX 7 wireless mouse, and a Gem 17″ Display, which will all be connected to the Mac to make a full set-up. My Alesis MultiMix 8 USB mixer will be connected to the Mac, and the MXL microphone will be used as my main microphone.

If you have any questions, please email me at appleuniversepodcast@gmail.com

P.S. A keyboard update will come soon!

My new Mac!

In this blog post, I have two things to say.

1) Apple Universe is back!

I have been taking a little "break" from Apple Universe for school and such, but now I am back! I recorded Apple Universe Episode #70 today, and will record #71 tomorrow.

Although I am back, there is a new releasing schedule. I will record an episode on Saturday, and a episode on Sunday. I will release the Saturday recording on Monday and the Sunday episode on Thursday. This way the listeners will have something to listen for the whole week. If you have any question about this, please feel free to email me!

2) I have a new Mac!

In episode #70 of Apple Universe, I talked about my new Mac! Its a PowerBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on it! I am very excited about this Mac, and I hope that with this, my Apple experience will be greater!

If you listen to the episode on Monday, you will know how I got it, and the specs of it.

Thank you everyone for your support and birthday wishes (yesterday was my birthday)!

Powered by Qumana

Apple Universe with Leo Laporte

Hello everyone,

I just want to tell you that Leo Laporte was on Apple Universe today. Unfortunately, in the middle of the recording, my recording software, Audacity crashed and I lost 20 minutes of recording time. Fortunately, a lot of the 50 people watching the stream helped me out, and I was able to recover the episode. Leo recorded the video on Justin.tv, and I played the video, and Audacity recorded it.

I will do a voice over tonight, as I remember the questions. Thank you very much for everyone that helped…and especially Leo for joining me!

Thanks,

Daniel
Host and Producer, Apple Universe

Yahoo leases big office in Bellevue

By TODD BISHOP

Yahoo Inc. has leased a large chunk of office space in downtown Bellevue — giving itself enough room for 500 to 600 employees a short drive from rival Microsoft Corp.’s headquarters, the professionals from https://deskview.co have already filled the office with the best supplies to help the employees do their job. Continue reading “Yahoo leases big office in Bellevue” →