MAKE: Blog: Turn a Mac into a microscope on the cheap
Kick-ass! I’ve been wanting to get one of these microscopes for the kids for a while now!
Trying Out Ecto
Trying out MarsEdit made me realize it’s been quite a while since I’ve tried Ecto, a competing blogging tool, and looking at the new version, I think I like it. I really prefer the rich text editing area, but it’s also nice to have the option of going back to the HTML when I need …
Trying out MarsEdit
NewsMacPro has been really flakey on me lately, so I thought I’d register NetNewsWire, and I see they’re running a special if you get the bundle with MarsEdit, so I’m trying that out. I’m not sure I like it so much, though. There’s no real WYSIWYG to speak of (the “live preview” doesn’t count— I …
43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero
Merlinn Mann has been doing a great series on 43 Folders this week called Inbox Zero, with tips on getting your email Inbox to zero messages. With having downloaded all the webmail from the last six months into my new laptop— now totaling 15,862 messages— I can use all the help I can get.
Podroll
I just wanted to make note, today was the day I coined the term “podroll” for your list of links to podcasts, playing off the previous term “blogroll.” Y’know, just in case I’m actually the first. 😉 UPDATE Okay, looks like I’m about a month or so late. But at least I came up with …
but she’s a girl…
Yes, it’s another blog, but I’m really enjoying it at the moment.
Gmail in Mail.app
Now that I’ve got a ‘Book back, I’d much rather hit all of my email in one place, so with the help of Hawk Wings, I discovered this handy-dandy guide for getting your gMail in Apple Mail. So now I’m downloading six months worth of gMail into my ‘Book… Wish me luck. 😉