Support for pLog in ecto

07/05/2005 04:01 | Categories: Apple, LifeType | 0 Comments 

Ecto, my favourite blog desktop publishing client has got support for pLog. I contacted the Ecto developer a while ago and he agreed to include it in the next release so here it is

It uses the metaWeblog APi by default, so that users can also upload media files easily. Enjoy

Views on OS X 10.4 Tiger

29/04/2005 19:57 | Categories: Apple | 0 Comments 

First thing I did yesterday when I got home is back up most of my stuff to my iPod (I could have used a blank DVD, but I was too lazy for that ) and installed Tiger. Even though I haven't had time to play much with it, I can still talk a bit about my first impressions...

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OS X 10.4 reviews

29/04/2005 07:28 | Categories: Apple | 0 Comments 

Hardly a few hours after the official release of OS X 10.4 "Tiger", it's a non-stop flow of reviews, analysis and articles a dime a dozen. While I finish my own article-opinion-editorial about 10.4, head over to Ars Technica to read their review, probably the least biased and most objective I've seen so far.

It's here!

29/04/2005 07:24 | Categories: Apple | 3 Comments 

Tiger is here



Now I just need to take a backup and start the installation! I will report soon with my first impressions.

Programs worth paying for

21/04/2005 02:04 | Categories: Apple | 0 Comments 

Contrary to what some people might think, Apple-land has quite a thriving small independent software development community. While I sometimes think that Mac developers should try to embrace open source (in whichever flavour you like BSD, GPL, etc), I also think that it is fair to reward people who develop some small but cool tools for OS X.

I'm writing this because since I got my Powerbook over a year ago I have already paid for four tools that make my computing life a bit easier, or at least, nicer

Ecto is a very nice and well designed (though the interface got a bit confusing in the newer versions) desktop publishing application that allows users to post to their blogs via XMLRPC or Atom. These lines are being written from Ecto, by the way

Newsfire is really cool RSS reader, whose tagline is "Mac RSS with style". It has a very simple interface (check out the screenshot) but it supports things like smart groups where you can group and filter feeds in a similar way to iTunes' smart playlists or even podcasting. The UI and effects are really impressive, specially when feeds are literally flying over each other to reorganize after one of some of them have been updated.

Pithhelmet is my latest purchase and it is definitely the most worthy plugin for Safari. I still wish it was easier to add blocked content via the right-button contextual menu like Mozilla's AdBlock does but by default it already blocks 98% of the ads so I'm basically nitpicking On a related note, I know I could use Firefox and AdBlock in OS X but it is just so ugly! Besides, with the recent Safari 1.3 update, Safari feels like a much much faster browser now (speed was the last reason why I switched to Firefox a while ago)

And the fourth piece of software for which I have paid is one that I haven't received yet: Mac OSX 10.4 "Tiger". I hope it won't take long for my package to be shipped and delivered after the 29th

It's coming

14/04/2005 18:13 | Categories: Apple | 0 Comments 

Just preordered my copy of OS X 10.4 Tiger, I can't wait until the 29th!!

If interested, check out the list of new features available in Tiger. I'm specially excited about Spotlight, I recently installed Google's Desktop search in my Windows work machine and it's become an invaluable tool... I can only hope for Spotlight to be better!