Rick Cross
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WineBottler
Lvwolfman reviewed on 27 May 2012
However, I was unable to get any programs to work with WineBottler even though they worked perfectly with Wineskin. The fact that they worked so easily with Wineskin tells me that it's not some obscure dependency that wasn't installed.
The author's idea is sound. Perhaps someday when I have lots of spare time to invest I'll get a program working with this. In the meantime I'll continue using what works, and works easily.
cf/x photo mosaic
Lvwolfman reviewed on 27 May 2012
Knowing that this wouldn't be something that I'd use a LOT, I thought that at the price it'd be a useful tool.
It works. The results weren't impressive. Maybe it's me. Maybe I didn't give it access to enough photos as I only have a few thousand in iPhoto. Either way, the results weren't anything that I'd want to share.
The best I can say is that it never crashed.
Friendly for Facebook
When in sidebar mode and you bring up the notifications window and click say, where so-and-so commented on someone's status update, instead of going to that thread, Friendly takes you to your own profile page.
When in "normal" mode, it works as it is meant to.
Friendly for Facebook
Lvwolfman reviewed on 27 May 2012
My favorite iPad Facebook app was Friendly. Was being that it has serious problems that haven't been fixed. It seems that the developer is more interested in the desktop version and a Pinterest app.
But I went ahead and gambled the US$4.99 and bought the mac desktop version.
In a nutshell, it is little more than a wrapper around an HTML browser, meaning that you get the same page you would if you'd used Safari.
The wrapper gives you a nice sidebar mode, the pictures zoom larger when you mouse over them, ads are slightly greyed out if you choose "Enhanced Browsing Mode" and you get drag and drop for photos and links. Basically $1 per feature. However these are mostly things that may be added to your web browser by free extensions.
Is it worth buying? That's up to you. The most useful feature is the side bar mode where it takes up maybe 20% of my screen on my 17" MBP.
Would I buy it again now that I've used it? Nope. That's probably why there's no "lite" version.
Friendly for Facebook
iPlayer Downloader
Lvwolfman reviewed on 30 Jun 2011
However, the "Get iPlayer Automator" someone else mentioned worked perfectly!
If iPlayer Grabber gets updated and can again work with the BBC, I'll switch back as I like the interface better.
+3
JollysFastVNC
Lvwolfman reviewed on 09 Oct 2010
So I'd heard how fast JollyFastVNC is. Downloaded it, copied to my apps folder and ran it.
It immediately filled in the server list with my work machine. (I use Logmein hamachi so it is on my "local" network via vpn over DSL.)
Clicked the "connect" button, entered the password and BAM! there was my Ubuntu desktop!
Only one problem so far. The remote screen will NOT refresh. I have to close the connection and then reconnect to see the changes. All I see movement-wise are the mouse pointers. Yes, two. My local pointer and the one on the remote screen moving as a pair, just slightly offset.
So I tried cotvnc (Chicken of the VNC) 2.0b4. Much slower to display and no screen refresh on it either. So it's an issue with Ubuntu's server. BTW, Cotvnc saw the server automatically as well.
Oh well... Both work well enough I think to get TeamViewer started.
Bottom line, JollyFastVNC is noticeably faster than cotvnc. The question we each have to face is: Is active support and speed worth US$40?
+2
+11
I had to go into the desktop settings (Appearance and then Video Features I think) in Ubuntu and turn off all animations. Seems to be a conflict between Compiz and the VNC clients I've tried.
In any case, both JollyFastVNC and COTVNC now work flawlessly. Funny thing though, both are about the same speed now once the desktop comes up. JollyFastVNC is still superfast at getting the initial screen up and usable.
PandoraJam
The file it left in my iTunes folder is a 192kbps standard MP3 file encoded with Lame 3.96.
I didn't change anything in the program's preferences, nor even looked for them. I AM a Pandora subscriber though, which is why I get 192kbps.
+11
I'm getting the mp3's BECAUSE I'm a Pandora One subscriber. OTH, if you're going to rip their music you should be a subscriber. ;-)
This thing rocks!
+2
PandoraJam
Lvwolfman reviewed on 11 Jul 2009
GarageBuy
MBP 17" late 2007, Leopard.