Last.fm's team have made available a couple of web applications that they put together in their spare time. The "Playground" currently has three applications which take advantage of the huge amount of music data that last.fm aggregates. You probably won't improve your life much with any of these little apps, but they are fun to play with. Checking the typos of artists names can … [Read more...] about Play With Last.fm
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MacHeist Back Again
I came across Mac Heist a few months ago, but unfortunately they took a break for a while shortly afterwards.It looks like they're back in business again and are currently offering a selection of 12 handy shareware Mac OSX applications. The alarm clock one, the aptly named Awaken, which turns your MacBook into an alarm clock proved useful the last time I had to get an early … [Read more...] about MacHeist Back Again
Adobe Air On Ubuntu
I'd been hearing quite a bit about Adobe's Air over the last few months, but I hadn't had any reason to install it.While I use a Mac running OSX in the office, I tend to spend more time using my Ubuntu desktop when I'm at home. I may have a MacBook Pro, but sitting at a desk is more comfortable if you're working on anything that matters.Since I seem to spend a lot of time and … [Read more...] about Adobe Air On Ubuntu
Microsoft Office 2008 On The Mac
As I've mentioned a couple of times, I recently made the "move" from Windows XP Pro to Mac OSX for my office desktop. I've been using a MacBook Pro laptop for several months.For my MacBook Pro I didn't envisage doing huge amounts of word processing etc., so I couldn't justify the expense of a Microsoft Office license and opted instead for Neo Office, which is an OSX port of … [Read more...] about Microsoft Office 2008 On The Mac
Firefox 3 (beta) On Ubuntu – Test Drive
I downloaded a copy of Firefox 3 (beta) for linux earlier this evening to see how it was. I've been having very annoying issues with Firefox 2 on Ubuntu locking up randomly, so I was hoping to see if the new version would help.Unfortunately there isn't an official Ubuntu release as yet, but you can easily use the standard download for linux.I'm trying desperately to be … [Read more...] about Firefox 3 (beta) On Ubuntu – Test Drive