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iPad Nanos Now Available
iPad to big for you? Doesn’t fit in your pocket well?
Good news, you can get an iPad Nano.
Exclusive iPad Nano Picture
iPad Nano, now available everywhere.
Also know as the iPhone or iPod Touch. 
While Waiting For Tweetie 2 Mac, Check Out Echofon
A lot of us have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Tweetie 2 for the Mac, but it hasn’t come. Whereas Tweetie 1 is very nice, things like list support is missing. So, while waiting for Tweetie 2 for the Mac to arrive, I check out Echofon and haven’t turned back.
Echofon is a really nice Twitter application for the Mac. Like Tweetie 1 and Twitterrific, its kind of free as long as you don’t might a nagging window on startup and the occasional ad; which isn’t that bad. Or you can shell out a few dollars and own it outright.
Use Google Chrome’s Private Browsing To Login To Multiple Accounts
If you’re like me and you need to access multiple accounts on the same service, like different Gmail or Twitter accounts, on a daily basis, logging in and out gets to be a pain. You could always just open up a different browser, but that’s annoying too.
Google Chrome however has a good work around as you can use private browsing to login to multiple accounts without ever having to log out of your current account.
Basically, when you start a new incognito (private) window in Google Chrome, you get a fresh start. You’re not logged into anything which is very handy. You can then log into a different Google, Twitter, Facebook or whatever account you want to.
Are There Any Great Weather Apps For The Mac?
I’m a big fan of the weather, but I lack a great desktop weather app for my Mac.
I have WeatherDock which is decent. However, it basically just shows the temp and forecast. No radar, and nothing special. It is however the one I use most.
WeatherDock
Meteorologist was cool back in the day but I haven’t checked it out lately. Seems like it’s back to life so that’s on my list of possibilities. It seems to have a good mix of the basics, some details and a radar.
Meteorologist
Questions on Time Machine and Hard Drive Partitioning.
I love my iMac, but I feel it’s sluggish at times and I’m not sure if it’s all the clutter that has built up over the years, the amount of free disk space, or if it’s just as good as it’s going to get. So, I’m contemplating erasing my iMac and doing a clean install of Snow Leopard but I do have concerns.
Fist up is Time Machine.
I’ve been running Apple’s Time Machine for years now and it’s backed up everything as far as I’m aware. I’ve done some spot checking and everything seems to be there, but it’s always a little nerve-racking as I don’t want to lose anything important. Have you found it dependable?
Surviving Without My iMac
It’s now day 4 without my iMac and I’m surviving quite well.
You see, my iMac screen decided that a yellow vertical line was cool and I didn’t agree. So I called Apple and my screen was on recall so they’re fixing it for free. The downside is that it’ll take 5-7 days. So I’m living without it.
I guess it’s not to hard to survive when I have an iPod Touch and my wife has a Mac Mini; so it’s not like I’m computer less. But I am without my computer which I thought would be an issue.
Master Multiple Clipboards & More with ClipMenu
I’ve long been looking for a good clipboard application. My requirements were something that was lightweight, easy to use, remembered all sorts of information, and free. After testing out quite a few, I fell in love with ClipMenu.
Ok, so it wasn’t love at first sight. Something about it wasn’t right when I first tested it out. I didn’t give it a chance. Lucky for me, I gave it a second chance a few months later and realized how powerful it really is.
ClipMenu is more than just an app that remembers your clipboard history. There are four things it does, and it does them well.
See Today’s Schedule In A Small Google Calendar Desktop Application
I’ve been intrigued by an application called Today that gives a quick overview of what you have on your calendar for today and places it in a nice little window on your desktop. However, for $20 I wasn’t sure that I needed it. So, I found a way to create a similar, but not as cool, app using the iPhone version of Google Calendar.
For free, I’m able to get an overview of my schedule for today, for this month, and the ability to add new events. Plus it works on Mac and Windows.
What Happened to Ecto? The Best Mac Desktop Blogging Tool.
Do you remember Ecto? It was the most best desktop blogging tool on the Mac. It supported multiple blogs, had Flickr & Amazon integration, along with iLife and so much more. But there hasn’t been a software update in about a year and there is no news on the site.
It’s been quiet, to quiet.
Ecto still works, mostly. The Flickr and Amazon support are broken, but the posting to blogs still works.
I would love to see updates come out that fixed Flickr & Amazon, added support for new services such as Tumblr & Posterous, and some sort of Twitter & Facebook integration. But I’m not sure if that will ever happen.
iPhone Apps Coming To Your Desktop?
Could iPhone apps be coming to the desktop? No really.
The biggest features on the iPhone are the touch screen and the accelerometers. For years now, all Apple laptops have a touch pad, which works in the same way. They all have a motion sensor built it too, but I’m not sure if it’s as good as the accelerometer though.
Plus Apple recently released the Magic Mouse which is also touch sensitive just like the touch pads on laptops and the iPhone screen. So could this all be leading up to iPhone apps on the desktop?
