Our friend Rainer Brockerhoff just released Quay, a $10 utility that brings hierarchical menus back to the Leopard dock. It does what it says on the box, and does it well. Go get it!
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Jeff Johnson delves deep into framework linking on Mac OS X on this great post about his one BaseTen commit.
The new Mac mini has a Core 2 Duo processor, meaning that the last of Apple’s Mac products has now transitioned to a 64-bit CPU. For the first time ever, all shipping Macs are 64-bit computers. Welcome to the future.
Jeff Johnson chronicles his six months at MK&C in his trademark fashion. Thanks, Jeff, for everything!
This post by Nigel Moore just saved me over $500. I was going to drop €849.00 on Adobe’s Creative Suite 3 Design Premium update, but I can get it from the U.S. for $599.00 instead. I knew the EU price would be a bit more, but 89% more? That’s just wrong. (Via DF)
Looks like Apple isn’t the only company interpreting the regulations this way: “Adobe is not allowed to ship what could be defined as a ‘new feature’ for a paid-for product for free. There is something called revenue recognition and the way that monies are accounted for.” I wonder what the companies think of this. Insane or insanely convenient?
The just-released EyeTV 2.4 update allows you to dedicate a secondary display for full-screen TV. This should help with hooking up a HDTV to a Mac.
WiebeTech introduces a hardware mouse jiggler. No, seriously.
Beyond the Red Line is a space shooter set in the Battlestar Galactica universe. Looks great — so great that it’s pretty incredible that this is a free, fan-made game.
Google Desktop for Mac. This is big. Strange, but big.