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Nintendo DSi XL Hands-on Review March 29th, 2010

I admit it. I’m an early adopter. I bought the Nintendo DSi XL today. I originally had ruled it out since it didn’t have increased resolution or any other new features. However I changed my mind when a kindly GameStop sales guy asked me if I wanted to pre-order one a few weeks ago. Fast …

Johnny Bunko for Indies July 31st, 2008

I read The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need yesterday. It was a lightning-quick and very entertaining read… especially since it is in Manga (which my family after looking over my shoulder means “comics for adults.”) I love self-improvement books anyways and I’ve enjoyed all of Daniel Pink‘s books. It …

Today 1.0 April 22nd, 2008

A friend and colleague of mine, Justin Williams of Second Gear, just released his first Mac app: Today. It’s a fresh new look on iCal that helps you see your events and tasks for just today. It kind of reminds me of those daily desktop paper calendar where you rip off the page each day. …

MacSanta is here again December 7th, 2007

MacSanta is back this year! MacSanta for the uninitiated is like a big sale of Mac software from independent developers (who I like to call Mac Indies.) There’s different featured Mac software deals every day, all for 20% off, good for that one day only! Today (Friday December 7th), we’ve got Hazel from my friend …

TaskPaper – a review, persistence, owning your data, and how to send me feature requests and bugs November 22nd, 2007

I was driving up Interstate 95 coming back from Charlotte, NC, the site of RubyConf 2007 when I bought TaskPaper. Well actually my wife was driving while I was engaged on my MacBook Pro + EVDO. I think TaskPaper is quite a good task manager because it is simple yet still helps keep you organized. …

Getting… sleepy… January 19th, 2007

I downloaded OceanWaves after seeing it on VersionTracker and am trying it out. It generates the sounds of the ocean and it seems pretty good. Very relaxing. Perhaps a bit… too… relaxing… zzz… Oh where was I? Oh yea, I think you can create an AIFF file of it (after you register for $10 which …

Billable 1.1 out – now with invoice numbers January 17th, 2007

Billable 1.1 is now out, made by my friend Mike Zornek of Clickable Bliss. For those of you not familiar with Billable, its a Mac app to keep track of your billable hours and create invoices. Its got a feature I’ve been waiting for: invoice numbers. I requested this feature and I’m glad to see …

Pick up the beat with Tangerine October 19th, 2006

The third potion from Potion Factory is out in beta form – Tangerine. I helped beta test this cool little gem. Its beautiful like Podcast Maker and Voice Candy. It also fills a need I didn’t realize could be filled. I had created a playlist in iTunes a while back called “Fast Beats” where I …