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Here we have a widget just for kicks and giggles. Chi Pet, is a fully functional Chia Pet-like widget which requires regular care and attention or else it will die! If nothing else it will give you an excuse to active your dashboard every once in a while. Your Chi pet will also talk to you, with a few pre-programed text greetings and the ability to add your own.
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Anyone who uses Peer-2-Peer files sharing has heard about Limewire, the open-ource free Gnutella based application with the lime green icon. One of the things you will notice when you use Limewire is that since the base program is free, they are always trying to upsell you to Limewire PRO which supposedly gives you access to better feautres like, Optimized search results and Turbo-charged downloads.
Charging for software didn’t sit well with some Limewire developers, so like any good open source project this caused a fork from the Limewire code and gave birth to Frostwire. Frostwire is, in essence, a FREE version of Limewire PRO and is available for download at Frostwire.com. In addition to including the Limewire PRO features that matter, Frostwire also functions as a rudimentary bittorrent client. Some other feature that Frostwire touts are:
Firewall-to-firewall transfers
Turbo-Charged Download Speeds
Absolutely NO Spyware or Adware
Connects to more sources
Creative Commons license support
Max. speed network connections
Junk Result Filters
Community Chat Rooms
iTunes Integration
BitTorrent Support
Proxy Support
Save your $21.95 and download Frostwire today!
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Apple, in keeping with Cyber-Monday spirits, is offering free shipping on anything at the Apple.com online store. While Apple generally offers free shipping on all it’s computer systems, this offer extends to all accessories as well. So, get shopping!
and if you don’t find anything you like, you can always pick up an iTunes Gift Card!
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Quick Look is easily one of the most useful new features in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Being able to gracefully view the contents of a file directly from the Finder is something that any user will find useful. However, some users began to notice that using the Quick Look feature on non content-based items, such a a folder provided little more than a giant sized icon, when it could be doing so much more.
Developers from http://d.hatena.ne.jp set out to address this issue by releasing two new plug-ins for Quick Look, one for folders, which displays the folder’s contents, and another for ZIP files with also displays that hidden contents of the zip, without actually unzipping it. Installing these plug-ins is as simple as downloading them from the developers website and putting them in your ~/Library/Quick Look folder. If you don’t have a ~/Library/Quick Look folder, just create one. Once you have installed the plug-ins, restart to ensure the changes take effect.
NOTE: It’s a little slow when the first time you Quick Look a Folder/ZIP but it doesn’t persist. Seems to be the initial load delay. It’s very snappy now.
Folder Quick Look Plug-in (Direct Download)
Zip Quick Look Plug-in (Direct Download)
also…
FLV Video Quick Look Plug-in (Direct Download) - Thanks to Bill for sending this in.
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Leopard thus far, has proven at least in my experience, to be one of the most refined OS X releases to date. It is a pleasure to use everyday and makes me proud to be a mac user. While eating turkey sandwich leftovers, I got to thinking what am I thankful for…. in Leopard. So I decided to do a poll, what are you most thankful for in Leopard?
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Parallels is offering a sweet deal for the holiday season this year by offering a 2-Pack of it’s popular virtual machine emulation software, Parallels Desktop 3.0 for mac for just 109.99 which includes a FREE $25 iTunes gift card. This makes the deal a perfect gift combo, one copy for yourself, one copy for your mac loving friend and a $25 iTunes gift card for that pesky gift exchange at work. Check out this deal and other promotions (including a single copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac + $15 iTunes gift card) at the Parallels Website.
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