MacDork :)

The bluray pack is available for pre-order, but without the Extended Edition content, I’m just not interested. :(

via HDD Cool Stuff: ‘The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’ Blu-ray Steelbook Exclusively at Best Buy.

Ok, so by now you know that I’ve been playing some SNES games on the Macbook Mini.  It’s definitely been fun, but the qwerty control method was just way too goofy for me. I needed a control pad — it was driving me nuts!

I’ve had a few in the past, but they were always cheap-ish affairs that… well, sucked. I then pondered whether or not it was possible to plug my wireless Xbox 360 controller into the Macbook Mini (mbm) for some light gaming, but it turns out that the wire that comes w/ that controller is for power only, and transmits no data whatsoever :(

After *very little* research, I discovered that there are indeed two options for using the 360’s controller on a Mac.

1. Get the wireless receiver ($35)
2. Get a true wired controller ($27) and use the free Tattiebogle driver

As it turns out, John lent me one, I installed the driver and it worked immediately! The only thing I had to do was open the Snes9X Controller Configuration section and then match up the SNES controls to the buttons on the controller and I was done!

Games work SO MUCH BETTER! It’s truly amazing. If you’ve got the gear and the curiousity, I highly recommend giving it a try :)

I just added Prowl Notifications to the blog (throttled, of course).

Awesome.

I’m reading this article at ComputerWorld.com. So far, it’s a good history of what is the basis of so much amazing software

<3 :’)

Whoa.  I’ve created & modified keyboard shortcuts for apps, but I didn’t realize it worked like this.  I know of a few places I can use this already :’)

Thanks, Brent!

inessential.com: MarsEdit tip: shortcuts for weblog menu:
MarsEdit tip: shortcuts for weblog menu

In MarsEdit there are two weblogs I post to most often, and I don’t like pulling down the menu item via my mouse to choose the weblog. So, instead, I assigned them keyboard shortcuts: ctrl-1 for ranchero and ctrl-2 for inessential.

Saves a little time, makes me happy.

How I did it
I opened System Preferences, then clicked Keyboard & Mouse. Then clicked the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.

I clicked the + button, then chose MarsEdit from the list of apps. I entered ranchero for Menu Title, and gave it ctrl-1 for the Keyboard Shortcut. Then repeated that for inessential, but with ctrl-2 as the shortcut.

iPodNN | Apple greenlights third-party iPhone browsers:
Apple greenlights third-party iPhone browsers
A slate of new third-party web browsers has unexpectedly appeared at the App Store, reports indicate.

Fantastic.  I hope this leads to a mobile version of Firefox that supports addons.

Google Calendar CalDAV support – Calendar Help Center:
So the hunt for a Google Calendar/iCal sync tool is over.  There were tons of third party tools out there, and the free ones I found were either crappy, manual, outdated or some combination of those three.
Luckily for us, Google’s finally made their information accessible via the CalDAV format.  Deedas & I were just talking about this yesterday, and he was a bit pissed that there wasn’t an easier way to do this, but it seems waiting one day is the answer.  In this case. 

Click the link above to read the directions on how to do it.  I’ve tried it, and it works great :)

After reading this story, I’ve decided that I too, am going to skip the backup process. It takes me a LONG time to do my backups, and I’m quite tired of it. I don’t think it’s worth having the backups, given I can get the apps quickly, my data’s in MobileMe and the backups don’t work, anyway. I was late to two events last weekend because of it. I don’t have hours to wait, Apple. Get your shit together.

Holy balls…. 84 songs.  That’s a ton.  Plus, for $4, you can port all of the RB1 songs that were on the original game disc to RB2 (for ~$5), and your RB1 downloads will automatically work :)

1. AC/DC – “Let There Be Rock”-1970s
2. AFI-“Girl’s Gone Grey”-2000’s
3. Alanis Morissette-“You Oughta Know”-1990’s
4. Alice in Chains-“Man in the Box”-1990’s
5. Allman Brothers-“Ramblin’ Man”-1970’s
6. Avenged Sevenfold-“Almost Easy”-2000’s
7. Bad Company-“Shooting Star”-1970’s
8 Beastie Boys-“So Whatcha Want”-1990’s
9. Beck-“E-Pro”-2000’s
10. Bikini Kill-“Rebel Girl”-1990’s
11. Billy Idol-“White Wedding Pt. I”-1980’s
12.Blondie-“One Way or Another”-1970’s
13.Bob Dylan-“Tangled Up in Blue”-1970’s
14.Bon Jovi-“Livin’ on a Prayer”-1980’s
15.Cheap Trick-“Hello There”-1970’s
16.Devo-“Uncontrollable Urge”-1980’s
17.Dinosaur Jr. -“Feel the Pain”-1990’s
18. Disturbed-“Down with the Sickness”-2000’s
19. Dream Theater-“Panic Attack”-2000’s
20. Duran Duran-“Hungry Like the Wolf”-1980’s
21. Elvis Costello-“Pump It Up”-1970’s
22. Fleetwood Mac-“Go Your Own Way”-1970’s
23. Foo Fighters-“Everlong”-1990’s
24. Guns N’ Roses-“Shackler’s Revenge”-2000’s
25. Interpol-“PDA”-2000’s
26. Jane’s Addiction-“Mountain Song”-1980’s
27. Jethro Tull-“Aqualung”-1970’s
28. Jimmy Eat World-“The Middle”-2000’s
29. Joan Jett-“Bad Reputation”-1980’s
30. Journey-“Anyway You Want It”-1970’s
31. Judas Priest-“Painkiller”-1990’s
32. Kansas-“Carry On Wayward Son”-1970’s
33. L7-“Pretend We’re Dead”-1990’s
34. Lacuna Coil-“Our Truth”-2000’s
35. Linkin Park-“One Step Closer”-2000’s
36. Lit-“My Own Worst Enemy”-1990’s
37. Lush-“De-Luxe”-1990’s
38. Mastodon-“Colony of Birchmen”-2000’s
39. Megadeth-“Peace Sells”-1980’s
40. Metallica-“Battery”-1980’s
41. Mighty Mighty Bosstones-“Where’d You Go”-1990’s
42. Modest Mouse-“Float On”-2000’s
43. Motorhead-“Ace of Spades”-1980’s
44. Nirvana-“Drain You”-1990’s
45. Norman Greenbaum-“Spirit in the Sky”-1960’s
46. Panic at the Disco-“Nine in the Afternoon”-2000’s
47. Paramore-“That’s What You Get”-2000’s
48. Pearl Jam-“Alive”-1990’s
49. Presidents of the USA-“Lump”-1990’s
50. Rage Against the Machine-“Testify”-1990’s
51. Ratt-“Round & Round”-1980’s
52. Red Hot Chili Peppers-“Give it Away”-1990’s
53. Rise Against-“Give it All”-2000’s
54. Rush-“The Trees”-1970’s
55. Silversun Pickups-“Lazy Eye”-2000’s
56. Smashing Pumpkins-“Today”-1990’s
57. Social Distortion-“I Was Wrong”-1990’s
58. Sonic Youth-“Teenage Riot”-1980’s
59. Soundgarden-“Spoonman”-1990’s
60. Squeeze-“Cool for Cats”-1970’s
61. Steely Dan-“Bodhitsattva”-1970’s
62. Steve Miller Band-“Rock’n Me”-1970’s
63. Survivor-“Eye of the Tiger”-1980’s
64. System of a Down-“Chop Suey”-2000’s
65. Talking Heads-“Psycho Killer”-1970’s
66. Tenacious D-“Master Exploder”-2000’s
67. Testament-“Souls of Black”-1990’s
68. The Donnas-“New Kid in School”-2000’s
69. The Go-Go’s-“We Got the Beat”-1980’s
70. The Grateful Dead-“Alabama Getaway”-1980’s
71. The Guess Who-“American Woman”-1970’s
72. The Muffs-“Kids in America”-1990’s
73. The Offspring-“Come Out & Play (Keep ‘em Separated)”-1990’s
74. The Replacements-“Alex Chilton”-1980’s
75. The Who-“Pinball Wizard”-1960’s
Bonus Artists
76. Abnormality-“Visions”-2000’s
77. Anarchy Club-“Get Clean”-2000’s
78. Bang Camaro-“Night Lies”-2000’s
79. Breaking Wheel-“Shoulder to the Plow”-2000’s
80. The Libyans-“Neighborhood”-2000’s
81. The Main Drag-“A Jagged Gorgeous Winter”-2000’s
82. Speck-“Conventional Lover”-2000’s
83. The Sterns-“Supreme Girl”-2000’s
84. That Handsome Devil-“Rob the Prez-O-Dent”-2000’s

The iPhone app store is up :D

Edit:  Oops.  I may’ve overdone it a bit. O: )