I've talked plenty and boasted about Quicksilver quite a bit. There is so much to discover and so much functionality that you may not even experience. I'm going to share my favorite triggers. Triggers can quickly take you to a previously set up Quicksilver 'sentence' 1. Clipboard History With the 'clipboard history' plugin, you can quickly access a predetermined amount of previously copied text and do with it what you ...

I wanted to share an excellent way to expanding the clipboard functionality in Mac OS X. This short tutorial will show you how to store loads of copied text with the ability to past at any time with Quicksilver, the clipboard plugin and a keyboard shortcut. How To Step by step instructions... 1. Invoke Quicksilver and open the preferences 2. Install the Clipboard module under plugins 3. Under Triggers, click the add ...

The long awaited official beta release of the popular windows only torrent application has been released. I am a big fan of Transmission. It is so lightweight and so simple. After hearing such good things though about uTorrent, I have to give it a shot. Click here to download the beta

Have you ever wanted to give a polaroid effect to an image? With Poladroid you can do just that. Poladroid is a small application (Mac OS X only) that will take an image, process and develop it, then kick it back out as a digital polaroid. Currently, the application doesn't do much more than that. It would be great to one day be able to make small edits and corrections ...

Microsoft's new 'cloud computing' solution has launched its beta version for the Mac. They are calling it Live Mesh. After hearing mention, and recommendation from Leo Laporte on MacBreak Weekly I thought I would check it out. I was most excited about having the ability to sync a folder, have uploading be automatic, and have 5 GB of available storage that I could access from anywhere. Things went according to plan, ...

Delicious Library is an amazing piece of software that I use to catalog my entire media library. Included in the software is an export to web option which allows you to post your collection to the web for people to see. I use the optimized iPhone web-version to decide on a movie to watch for the night without needing to go to the computer or to show to ...

I recently downloaded Stitcher Radio's iPhone application. I was trying to find a radio app to tune in to the new twit.am in hopes to have some way to listen to recent podcasts from the TWIT Network without syncing with iTunes. What is Stitcher? Many users are calling Stitcher, "Pandora Radio for news and talk radio." If you ask me, not a bad comparison. Stitcher Radio provides options for Topics, ...

In a recent update to the most versatile chat client on the Mac, Adium began to support the newly implemented Facebook Chat. As much as I cannot stand Facebook (and yes, I do use it), primarily for its 'creep factor' I do enjoy Facebook Chat. Instant messaging seemed to decline greatly for most of my friends and peers when MySpace became popular. I have remained a fan of instant ...

The people have spoken. We do not like DRM. In outrageous numbers, users have flocked to Amazon to leave feedback about EA's new DRM system implemented in Spore; The recently released, evolutionary based game in which you evolve from a single celled organism into a space traveling civilization. Users Take Up Arms Via Amazon First of all, the game incorporates a draconian DRM system that requires you to activate over the ...

I've been playing a lot lately with Fluid; using it with several Google web applications(Docs, Mail, Calendar). I wanted to try Google Reader and while configuring things I came across a very cool theme that makes it actually look good. What is Fluid? ...(Fluid is a) Site Specific Browsers (SSBs) provide a great solution for your WebApp woes. Using Fluid, you can create SSBs to run each of your favorite ...

One of my favorite add-ons for Firefox is for Del.icio.us. It allows easy access to all of your posted bookmarks on Del.icio.us but more importantly is the ease of use for adding a bookmark; One click and you are taken to the 'Post to Del.icio.us' page to add your link, notes, and tags. For those of you who don't know, Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site and tool where ...

If you are a fan of subscribing to calenders in iCal then here is a little goody for you. With this site you can subscribe to a weather calender for your location. This service is pretty neat because it is constantly updated and continuously provides a 7 day forcast. By simply selecting to 'get info' (  + I ) you can view a few more details about the ...

For the third installment of my desktop overview, I thought I might share a different desktop. Rules violation? Nah. My iPhone Above you see my iPhone home screen. Since the Apps store launched I have played with plenty of apps and been incredibly pleased with the overall stock of the store. When using the all software versions prior to 2.0 I didn't rearrange my icons, I kept things the ...

If you are a Mac user who hasn't already downloaded Quicksilver, head over to blacktree.quicksilver.com and begin to change the way work throughout every part of your Mac. Throughout the week I have been playing with expanding Quicksilver to do anything and everything I want it to. During this time I discovered a plug-in that I hadn't installed called "Extra Scripts." With the Extra Scripts Plug-in, you gain the ...

Here is the second installment of the four part series that examines all parts of my desktop. Now that we have already had a look at my dock and now we will examine my menu bar. Above is a photo of my menu bar and all that I rely on up there. From left to right, these are the things I keep in my menu bar...

While I haven't touched on my favorite new iPhone apps yet, I'd like to share a wonderful source for keeping up with the every changing applications in the iTunes Apps Store. RSS Feeds

This is the first post from a 4 part series (could expand) that will examine and give you a look at my desktop. First up, the dock... I keep my dock hidden and relatively small, this prevents distraction. I also try to limit the applications that are permanently stored in the dock to a minimum. From left to right, these are the applications in my dock... Finder - Duh! Mail - I ...

The three-finger swipe (controls back page and forward page in Safari) is one of those things Apple does that makes me go "Ohhh, good idea." Now, it is a burden to browse the web any other way. A problem arose upon the release of Firefox 3. I had been an exclusive Safari user but, like everyone, I had to see what all the fuss was over. I must ...

I was searching for a solution to a problem and very quickly came across one. I wanted to have direct access to my del.icio.us bookmarks both in Safari and with Quicksilver. Fortunately there is del.icio.us2safari; a free and very simple application based on the del.icio.us API. delicious2safari allows your bookmarks to be pulled down straight from delicious and organized in the Bookmark Menu, or in the Bookmark Bar. ...

I know that I am a bit behind on the curve on this one but last week, 7 minutes after downloading the trial version of Connect360 by Nullriver, I bought a license ($20). I had been considering buying an AppleTV since its release but was never able to pull the trigger. Thank goodness! Connect360 is an application that will sync the Movies folder on your Mac with your ...