Very useful gadget… parking meter timer November 30, 2006
Posted by geekzendaddy in Gadget.1 comment so far
Have you ever gotten a ticket for an expired meter? No? You must never have been to NYC 
In NYC the meter checkers drop out of the air like in Mission Impossible the instant a meter clicks. Sigh…. this little baby would have saved me several hundred dollars over the years.
Here is a blurb from there site……
Product Detail:
Prevent another parking mishap! Know when your parking meter time is up with this convenient keychain.
- As seen in the New York Times Gift Guide
- 24 hour countdown for parking timer
- Early warning alarms at 10, 5 and 1-minute intervals
- 10 second memo feature to record your parking location and time, or use for other reminders
- Messages retained even when batteries are dead or removed
No more parking tickets, no more forgetting where you parked and no more stress!
Looking for some widgets? November 30, 2006
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Looking for some widgets? Do I have a place for you! Head on over to Widgipedia. The site is done in “Wiki” style like Wikipedia is. Here is a blurb from there site….
Widgipedia is the ultimate cross-platform resource for both users and developers of widgets and gadgets. You will find here widgets and gadgets to download – many of them not to be found anywhere else. But there is much more: you can upload here your creations without restrictions, as well as find tutorials, code samples, libraries or learn from other developers or share knowledge with them.
Welcome! November 25, 2006
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Welcome to my new home. My archives will remain up at the old site. Please feel to peruse them until they are all transferred over to here.
GZD
AppZapper November 18, 2006
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I install a lot of stuff. I am always looking for better tools and toys to use. Since I come from the Windows world I am used to having an uninstall process for most everything. Now, while that process was often painful, it was there.
When I moved to the Mac world I made a bad assumption. Since installing on a Mac is usually drag and drop an icon, I assumed that uninstalling was the same way. As I discovered recently when you delete an app from your Applications folder lots of things are left behind. All this leftover stuff won’t necessarily have any affect on your system, but it does steal hard drive space away from you.
I tried a few uninstall solutions out there and basically they all worked, but I wasn’t sold on any until I found AppZapper. AppZapper is easy to use, just like installing, to uninstall anything you just drop it’s icon onto the AppZapper icon or window as shown below.
AppZapper opens up and tells you everything that is associated with the app, where it’s located and lets you deselect portions of the list.
So far I have not deselected any items when I have used the program, but I am sure it will happen eventually. After my 5 free zaps were up I was so pleased with the experience that I bought the app for $12.95. It’s a small price to pay for the ease of use and peace of mind that things are not gumming up my system.
Clocky – The alarm clock that runs away November 16, 2006
Posted by geekzendaddy in Clocky, Gadget.3 comments
Ohhhhh you evil evil thing! Go to Clocky.net to read more about the runaway clock!
Clocky® (patent pending) is an alarm clock that runs away and hides if you don’t get out of bed on time. When the alarm sounds you can snooze one time. If you still don’t wake up, Clocky will jump off of the bedside table, and wheel away, mindlessly bumping into objects until he finds a spot to rest. You’ll have to get up and out of bed to silence his alarm. Clocky will find new spots everyday, kind of like a hide-and-seek game.
Clocky alarm clocks were designed to reinterpret the common alarm clock into something that is not stressful and obnoxious but amusing and a better fit between humans and technology.
Great intro to OS X video November 7, 2006
Posted by geekzendaddy in Mac, OS X, Training, Video.4 comments
Recently I came across a great video via http://www.digg.com. I can’t embed google video for some reason, so the link is below. Here is the description in the authors own words..
“This is a demonstration of what the Mac OS can do, particularly if you are a new user to the Mac or if you’ve never had one and are wondering what it can do for you or if it is something you would like to try.” – Seanadb – http://www.beggs.ca/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1189432741672174507&q=macos+x+demo
