ForkLift 1.1

ForkLift 1.1 is a dual pane file manager and FTP/SFTP client for Mac OS X including support for browsing Bluetooth devices, e.g. mobile phones for less than 30 $.

Media Converter 1.42

The Media Converter 1.42 generates video files optimized for the Nokia770 and N800 Linux tablets. Runs on Linux, Windows and MacOSX.

100 things you can make yourself

100 things you can make yourself.

soldering 101

At instructibles.com you find step-by step instructions to learn soldering.

ergonis Typinator

ergonis Typinator for MacOSX is an easy-to-use automatic text software that helps you to quickly insert phrases or pictures into any type of document for less than 20 Euros

ergonis PopChar X

With PopChar X for MacOSX, you can easily type umlauts and foreign characters (no need to learn keyboard combinations), all for less than 30 Euros.

ergonis KeyCue

With KeyCue you can find, remember, and learn menu shortcuts for MacOSX for less than 20 Euros.

iChatUSBCam

With iChatUSBCam you can use most USB webcams with iChat AV.

CamCamX

With CamCamX you can use a MacOSX webcam in more than one application simultanously, It also makes non-Apple webcams iSight compatible (via emulation). P.S.: for iChatAV compatibility, you still need iChatUSBCam.

Video Viewer

The Video Viewer from schubert-it.com (of PDF Browser Plugin fame) is a versatile viewer for live video sources such as a FireWire camera or a webcam. You can view video in a window or fullscreen, copy snapshots to the clipboard and more, all for 9$.

macam USB webcam driver for MacOSX

macam is a driver for USB webcams on MacOSX. It allows hundreds of USB webcams to be used by many MacOSX video-aware applications. The aim is to support as many webcams as possible. I just downloaded the newest version and believe it or not: it allows me to use my old Logitech QuickCam Sphere in any webcam aware application and it even supports the pan and tilt funntions.

Print2PocketMod in MacOSX

Finally found this via macosxhints.com: a tutorial for PocketModMac, a MacOSX PocketMod generator via print dialog. Now you can print directly from any MacOSX application directly to a PocketMod page.

PagePacker with A4 printing support

The new version of PagePacker for MacOSX supports A4 printing and AppleScript. It is for making little books out of 8.5 x 11 (and A4) paper.

SpotInside

With SpotInside you can directly view the search results of your SpotLight searches.

Alias Disk

I just found out, there there is a new updated version (universal binary) of Alias Disk. It allows you to keep removable disks locally on your hard drive in the form of aliases to every file on that disk in the correct folder hierarchy.

Fake Steve Jobs on Richard Stallman

Just found this a the FakeSteveJobs blog about Richard Stallman. Quote: No permanent address. No car. No cell phone. No luggage. Just a duffel bag full of cash ..., and the balls to do anything. Sounds great to me.

funniest video

jkOnTheRun made me aware of this video. Hilarious!

USB powered Ethernet switches

W-LINX sells USB powered 10/100 Ethernet switches with 5 and 8 ports. A standard power supply and a USB power cable are included.

credit card earbud cord wrap at no cost

Another great idea from JKonTheRun: the credit card earbud cord wrap at no cost.

new Apple Mac Pro RAID card

Apple introduced their new Mac Pro RAID card for nearly 1000$. With 256MB of RAID cache, a 72-hour cache protecting battery and hardware RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 0+1, the Mac Pro RAID card delivers sequential read performance up to 304MB/s in RAID 0 and up to 199MB/s in RAID 5 – without the need for any external drive enclosures, power bricks, or cables.

new Apple iMac in 20 and 24 inch

Apple introduced their new iMacs with 20 and 24 inch screen sizes and 4 GB maximum RAM capacity. Both models now sport Firewire 800.

new Apple Airport Extreme Basestation with Gigabit Ethernet

Apple introduced their new Airport Extreme Basestation with Gigabit Ethernet for 179$, same price as the old model with 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.

new Apple Mac mini with Core 2 Duo CPU

Apple introduced their new Mac mini with Core 2 Duo CPU, but without IEEE802.11n networking.

new Apple Bluetooth keyboard

Apple introduced their new compact (without number block) Bluetooth keyboard for 79$.

new Apple USB2 keyboard

Apple introduced their new USB2 keyboard for 49$.

Apple announcements

Today, Apple announced new hard- and software:

new iMacs in 20 and 24" (up to 4GB RAM)
new Mac minis with Core 2 Duo CPUs
new Airport Extreme Basestation with Gigabit Ethernet
new thin keyboard with USB interface
new thin keyboard with Bluetooth2.0 and no number block
iLife 08 includes new iMovie with AVCHD support
iWork 08 includes Numbers, the new spreadsheet from Apple Update: a new Mac Pro RAID card with RAID 0, 1 and 5 support for Mac Pro was announced, too. It has hardware acceleration for mirrored or striped disk arrays and enables new RAID 0+1 and 5 modes with both mirroring and striping for 1000$.

still problems with posting to Flickr via email...

Hopefully this will be resolved soon, as I have quite a few postings waiting in my mailbox since more than a week...
Update: it seems that some long URLs choke the Flickr server, so it either doesn´t accept a picture via email at all, or it doesn´t post the picture to blogger afterwards. Weird!

tiny card reader for microSD

Brando sell a tiny card reader for microSD for 11$.

Permitted and prohibited item for air travel in the USA

The TSA has a website, where they list permitted and prohibited item for air travel in the USA. Weird, that security has become a bad word, too. Just like convenience. If you hear, that something happens for your convenience, you can be sure, it will be bad for you. And security has become an Orwellian doublespeak word for privacy intrusion.

codec pack for MacOSX

twenty08 has a codec pack for MacOSX. It includes Perian, because it does play some videos, but it also includes the native Intel builds for AC3 audio/XviD video as well as DivX, WMV,...

world smallest USB light

MCT sells the iLite, the worlds smallest USB light for 5.95$,

SonyEricsson P990i iSync plugin

Finally: SonyEricsson brought out the P990i iSync plugin, so you can use iSync to sync your Mac with UIQ3 phones. There are other plugins for the W950i and the new P1i, too. Update: new link for the P990i plug in.