MacMembraneThere are peels everywhere…

I live in Asia (South Korea) and as much as I love the place, I’ll admit that, occasionally, I’m forced to utter the old adage ‘There’s no accounting for taste.’ The sight of this marbled beef iPod case was such an occasion. The case’s marketing might also give one pause: In this case, your ipod [...]

I like to customize my Mac, and one of the easiest ways to do so is to change the default icons for files and folders. And there are some great tools to do this. For instance, Panic’s CandyBar 3 lets you easily swap and restore systemwide icon mods, and even comes stocked with a good [...]

I run lots of apps simultaneously on my Mac, and while it’s great to be able to quickly switch tasks without waiting for an app to load up, having everything open everywhere can be a bit of a distraction. If you’re the same, check out Freeverse’s Think. Think allows you to focus you attention with [...]

TaskPaper is a simple app that lets you make lists of your ideas and upcoming tasks, organize them by project and tag them. Compared to powerhouse GTD apps like OmniFocus, TaskPaper is ultra simple and perfect for those who just need an easy system of jotting down ideas as they occur and organizing them in [...]

Inquisitor 3 is a powerful plugin for Safari that enhances your search experience when using Safari’s built in search field. The plugin auto-completes your partially typed words and phrases, returns relevant search suggestions, offers you the three top Google results for one click access, and even saves your search history so that, with time, your [...]

LifeHacker has a nice list of freeware alternatives to the shareware apps in the current MacHeist bundle. I completely agree that the quality of the apps has ‘diluted’ in the new bundle.

MacUpdate Promo is bundling 10 apps for 65 bucks, calling it the ‘Parallels Bundle.’ Notable includes, besides Parallels itself, are Hazel, Leap, Typinator and Art Text. 13 days to buy.

VoodooPhone is a plugin for Flying Meat’s VoodooPad which lets you export your wikis to your iPhone or iPod Touch for viewing in Mobile Safari. Excellent.

Some brand new MacBooks and Macbook Pros are experiencing some strange graphics. Unfortunately, mine is among the afflicted. Fingers crossed for a new machine. (See also the Ars Technica article about the problem.)

This is one of those small customizations that makes my Mac super excellent. Mail.appetizer is an email alert plugin that gives you a preview of new mail messages as they arrive in your mailbox. Most importantly, it’s gorgeous. As you can see from the screenshot at the right, the notification window, in addition to giving [...]