Time to pay for Things

Things from Cultured Code will be officially unveiled at Macworld Expo in one week. Today, Things 1.0 Release Candidate hit the streets.
I’ve been using this app for a long time now. It feels like it’s been in Beta forever. I am grateful that I’ve had the chance to use it for free for so [...]

Choose your browser

I’ve long wished for a flexible, well-integrated tool that would give me complete control over browser choice when opening links. A couple of new applications now in public beta meet this need quite well.
Choosy
The first is a preference pane application called Choosy from developer George Brocklewurst. Once you make Choosy your default browser, you can [...]

MacUpdate launches new bundle

MacUpdate launched their holiday bundle today. Each time one of these bundle deals are announced, I tell myself to skip it. That I don’t need any more apps right now. But there are always one or two apps that get me. This bundle is no exception. All licenses are full with normal upgrade paths. The [...]

A telework tale

So, I now have the opportunity to telework once per week. I must say that I like it. Imagine that. But what makes it so great is not so much working in very casual clothing (that’s a nice way of saying ‘pajamas’), but that I can work on my Mac using tools that I know [...]

OpenDNS + DynDNS + DNS-O-Matic

I finally got around to setting up a few services on my Mac related to dynamic DNS hosting. Having done so, I’m asking myself why I didn’t do this long ago.
So, what is dynamic DNS? Here’s a brief and imperfect overview. Let’s start with DNS, or Domain Naming System. This, broadly speaking, is a [...]