Tag Archives: Beta

Safari 4 Beta For Mac And Windows

Apple has released a Safari 4 beta for Mac and Windows. Although I am forced to use Internet Explorer 6 at work for internal sites, I almost use Safari exclusively for non-internal sites. The biggest change is the user interface. Apple … Continue reading

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Indigo 4.0 and Indigo Touch Beta

The Mac home automation software Indigo that I use was updated to version 4.0 Beta. A list of changes are available on the Perceptive Automation message board but the big changes are: Pro and lite version, folder support and iPhone … Continue reading

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Indigo 3.0 Released

The software I use for home automation set up has had a major update to 3.0. I’ve been beta testing it when it was known as 2.5 and there have been quite a few significant features added. There is now … Continue reading

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Delivery Status 4.0 Beta: Package Tracking For Dashboard

I’ve found little use for Dashboard. I use the stock and weather widgets and that’s about it. Package Tracker is a extremely handy widget for tracking packages. It works well as a widget since it’s something I simply want to … Continue reading

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Insteon Link Management Now Available With Indigo 2.5 Beta

Perceptive Automation has released Indigo 2.5 Beta 11 which now includes the long awaited Insteon Link Management. Links are a way to create scenes or groups with a single command sent through the power line. It also allows the setting … Continue reading

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Amazon’s New Subscribe & Save Beta

Amazon’s new Subscribe & Save beta sounds like a terrific idea. It would save me a trip to the warehouse club for less interesting things. Our new Subscribe & Save program is a great way to save an extra 15% … Continue reading

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Rapid Weaver Continues To Piss… Me.. Off…

Rapid Weaver 3.6 has some great features. Enough to make me switch. I soon found out it had so bugs, specifically it would publish the enitre site instead of just the changes, even when I select “publish changes.” 3.6.1 & … Continue reading

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Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference 2007 Is On Monday

Steve Jobs will be giving the keynote at Monday’s WWDC. Generally, the WWDC focuses on, surprise, developers. Expected this year is a beta of Leopard aka Mac OS 10.5. We will hopefully know what all the secret features are. There … Continue reading

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Futuristic 1964 Chrysler Turbine Car

This weeks Photo Friday is “Futuristic“. This is a 1964 Chrysler Turbine car. In the 1960′s, a few hundred lucky people were given the privilege of beta testing this vehicle. From what I can tell, the turbine turned a driveshaft, … Continue reading

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Neat Receipts: Scanner And OCR Software For Keeping Receipts

I’ve been looking for a way to organize all the receipts I get, espcially the ones from Home Depot and Lowes. There’s a few programs out there for the Mac but they require you scan them in with another program. … Continue reading

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