I have IDs in Yahoo and Gmail, and Adium, for me, is the one chat client to rule them all. And I look forward to the day that I can also chat with my Facebook buddies.
Adium blog revealed that its next release will support Facebook chat.
And it runs on a Mac!
From the Open Office site:
With Version 3.0, OpenOffice.org is now able to run on Mac OS X without the need for X11. Thus, OpenOffice.org behaves like any other Aqua application. The cool thing is, while the market leading office suite vendor dropped VBA support and the Solver feature, OpenOffice.org recently introduced limited VBA support and includes a powerful Solver component. In addition, OpenOffice.org integrates well with the Mac OS X accessibility APIs, and thus offers better accessibility support than many other Mac OS X applications. Finally, people like OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Mac OS X because of its very good stability and performance. Reportedly, some Mac users have switched to OpenOffice.org just because of its extremely good stability.
Want to give it a try? Then download it now. Just remember, it is still in beta so expect some bugs and crashes.
Found from Mac Megasite:
ooVoo, an innovator in the way people communicate online, today announced the launch of a Mac version of its high quality video chat solution. The ooVoo Mac release is one of the most advanced and feature rich video communication programs available to Mac users and allows people to connect with both Mac and PC users anywhere in the world for free. The ooVoo software can be downloaded from http://www.ooVoo.com today.ooVoo, a recent winner of the CNET Webware 100 Award, is changing the way friends, family and co-workers communicate online in a more meaningful way. Mac users will now be able to connect face-to-face with up to six people at once regardless of whether they are Mac or PC users. ooVoo Mac’s easy-to-use features include the ability to send and receive video messages, exchange files and text chat messages as well as import contacts from other programs.
Is it really that clear? I’d love to find out.
Plus, according to its website, it offers free calls to any landline or mobile phone in the U.S.
Update: Mac users cannot avail of the free phone call feature, which is anyway only available until middle of May. I wonder why they are singling out Mac users?
I have ripped several region 1 DVDs and the time has come to rip a couple of local region 3 DVDs. And whatever I do, I can’t seem to bypass the region code checking.
Mac the Ripper pops the following messages:
VLC gives me the following error message:
Handbrake can’t open the file.
I’ve also been giving Fairmount a try, which claims that it will replace the original DVD on the desktop by a decrypted disc image of this DVD. It still doesn’t work.
There is also a program somewhere called Region X, but according to the Macworld forums, it is no longer supported and has some problems with Leopard.
Looks like if I truly want to rip Region 3 DVDs, I have to purchase a new DVD drive.
I am booked for a 5-day stay in London and now in the midst of preparing for a long 18-hour plane ride. I have several podcasts loaded, an audible book ready, and am now in the process of ripping a few DVDs to watch on the place and in the hotel. The question is: which DVDs should I rip?
As I write this, Mac The Ripper is ripping “The Shawshank Redepmtion” onto my external drive. I am also thinking of ripping “Apocalypse Now Redux,” a DVD that I bought a long time ago in Singapore but never got to watch (I did see the original though). Maybe I’ll also rip the entire “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
That’s the beauty of Mac The Ripper. Aside from backing up the DVDs, I can watch several movies while on a trip without adding to my luggage load.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Paypal will not block Safari:
We just spoke to PayPal. It seems we in the media are reading too much into this. It will block people using old browsers and old operating systems, but contrary to many reports it will not block Apple’s Safari browser.
The second statement is telling. Any news item that bashes the notion that Macs are inherently more secure tends to be over-hyped by the media.
I picked this piece of news from Pinoytechblog, which in turn was quoting Computerworld.
So is it true that Paypal will block Safari?
So does that mean the Safari is inherently less secure?
Well, according to Zdnet it is.
The last Macheist bundle was a great bargain. For a ridiculous price of $49, I got 14 appliations and among that lineup, I knew I would at least be a frequent user Pixelmator, 1Password, and Awaken. I really did not care much for the criticisms (see here, here, and here). These software developers are big boys now. They know what they are getting into.
But would I signup for the latest bundle? I doubt it I will. Not because of the controversies behind it, but because I don’t find anything compelling in the new batch. Of all, DEVONThink looks interesting, but I already have Yojimbo to manage my paperwork and my files.
I am now testing the interface between Journler and Marsedit. If it works then I can write my journal in one application and then, if I so choose to post it in a blog, I can also do so and make some tweaks and edits to the post.
The interface, though, is not automatic nor seamless. I still have to do some editing, albeit very minor. Still, it is something I can live with.”
Here’s how a post in Journler initially appears in Marsedit:
