Tiny Wings is a game for iOS produced by independent developer Andreas Illiger. The game’s story tells of a bird with “Tiny Wings” that wants to fly, but can’t (Kind of like Orville except without without Keith Harris’ hand up its butt – Stu) and the only way it can take flight is by using hills to propel yourself, as this bird, into the skies. But, what game would be complete without a challenge, night time is chasing you and if it catches up with you, it’s game over, literally.
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OK, so before I start let me get the good old disclosure stuff out of the way. The wonderful folks at OWC were kind enough to ship over the bundle I’m about to talk about. It’s a 60 day review deal, but as you’ll soon read, I plan to purchase this from them. While we’re on the subject of the folks at OWC, I’d like to extend a huge thanks to both Grant and Eileen from OWC for getting everything setup and giving me the green light for this review.
Also, let me say up front, this is a long review. I wanted to really give this setup a good write up, so if you’re at all interested, please do keep reading, you can rant at me in the comments if you want!
The Problem to be Solved
As my friend Allison Sheridan (from the Nosillacast podcast, hosted over at podfeet.com) would always ask, “What problem are you trying to solve?” Well that’s a great question and I think the best way is to look at the typical situation most Mac users, particularly those with MacBook Pros, find themselves in. (more…)
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Charging, it’s both magical and a pain in the rear. Yes the process of getting power from a wall socket into your latest gadget is pretty amazing, but it’s just SO inconvenient. 1 socket, 5 devices, 5 different cables and a spaghetti-like mess of unadulterated chaos. Sound familiar? I bet it does.
This is where the Powermat comes into play. This sleek and stylish little table provides a one-stop shop for all your charging needs. But, Oli, you may ask. How does it do that? Well you inquisitive reader you, allow me to explain. (more…)
A little disclaimer before I begin the review. Ambrosia Software, developers of Wiretap Anywhere, did provide me with a review license of their product, however please know that it has not in any way biased me in my review. I thank Ambrosia Software for allowing me to review their product.
Again before we begin, I have an apology to make. The above mentioned review copy of Wiretap Anywhere was given to me, at my request, almost one year ago, in March, 2009. I had every intention to review it immediately, but as often happens, life gets in the way. I hope Ambrosia will forgive me for this.
Now, into the review proper. Wiretap Anywhere ($129 USD, http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wta/) is a piece of software for the Macintosh to allow you to direct any sort of audio in any sort of way. It does this by creating virtual audio devices. (more…)
Like most of you reading this post, I have a fairly worrying number of social media accounts: Facebook, Flickr, Google Reader and multiple Twitter accounts, which for some reason I feel the need to be constantly updated on. I think you realise you’re a social media addict when you meet someone in person and refer to by their Twitter handle, as @Chris… I mean Chris Wall will attest to!
Up until recently I’ve had to run a Twitter client (Tweetie, of course), an RSS reader, and then have Fluid SSBs for Facebook and Flickr, which meant a lot of dock real estate hogging and a fair bit of CPU and RAM usage too.
Then I found Socialite, formerly EventBox, from the lovely folks at Real Mac Software. I had a license of EventBox from a while ago, but the Real Mac Software gang kindly upgraded that to a Socialite license for no extra cost.
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A great many years ago I started creating a Christmas DVD with slideshows and videos of the past year for my family. Creating the content and making it look good isn’t that big of a problem, since that’s what I got iLife (and FinalCut Express) for. However creating the labels and covers for the DVD has been a very different challenge.
Back in 2005 when I started with those DVDs in earnest, I was using LightScribe to print those DVD labels. I got a bit of software with my DVD-Writer that made creating the DVD labels bearable, however those labels didn’t have that much contrast and thus despite looking good, they weren’t right for me. In 2008 I purchased a Canon printer that was able to print directly on DVD and again I got a bit of software that made creating the labels ok, but amazingly it didn’t work all that well with the printer.
Creating DVD covers ended up as a task for Pages and a ruler to measure an existing cover to get things just about right. Those cover were only limited by my lack of creativity. For Christmas 2009 I ended up getting a copy of DiscLabel from SmileOnMyMac and let me tell you, creating beautiful and stunning DVD labels and covers was a breeze.
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