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The fun with Facebook gifts

By Nick, March 1, 2008

Sometimes, buying intangible items makes sense: software, music off iTunes, even your electric bill (you can’t “touch” electricity in the truest sense, after all).

Sometimes it doesn’t make any sense at all.

Take Facebook gifts. These little icons (which I guess are 64x64 pixels each) can be yours to give to any facebook friend for a dollar! Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the idea behind giving the gifts; it’s a small gesture to let someone know you’re thinking of them, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just that...I’m buying an icon. I’m buying something I can view on my computer screen 1.

Whatever happened to sending cards? Or flowers? I mean, both cost more than a $1 Facebook gift, but you can smell and touch flowers. You can hold a card in your hands. Can’t do that with a Facebook gift. And a real gift is waay more personal. I don’t know.

Anyway, that’s my random thought for the night.

1You could print the page, cut out the gift icon, and stick it on your fridge if you want, of course. wink↩

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Warp: Switch between Spaces with the mouse

By Nick, February 16, 2008

In one of my articles on Leopard, I made the following comment regarding Spaces:

So far I like Spaces. I know you can move a window from one space to another by moving it to the edge of the screen, but I wish there was a way to move to another space by using this same technique without a window. I want to be able to shove my mouse to the side of the screen, leave it there for a few seconds, and watch as I am moved to the other space.

It looks like my wish has been granted. Kent Sutherland (who I keep wanting to call ”Kiefer”), the genius behind Chax, also produces Warp, a small utility that allows users to switch to a different space by simply mousing to the edge of the screen. Awesome!

Warp is donationware; if you like it, be sure to donate a few bucks.


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Something new is coming to Deep Thought

By Nick, February 16, 2008

In case you haven’t already heard, Deep Thought will be closing up shop for about two weeks, and will relaunch on March 2, 2008. This is a project we’ve been working on for a year now. It’s had its starts and stops. The plans have changed once or twice. We’ve even gotten to some heated debates and arguments! Our relaunch has been a long time coming. I wanted to take a few moments to explain to you why we’re relaunching, and what you can expect over the next couple weeks.

Why relaunch?

With the exception of tweaks and changes made to our home page, the site you see as of this posting is the same design we’ve been using since July 2005. In Internet years, that’s an eternity. So just on those grounds, Deep Thought is about ready for an update. But there are other reasons to relaunch too.

Although a good deal of our content is Mac-related, we are not really a Mac site in the same sense that MacRumors or The Mac Observer are. We talk about Windows. We discuss hardware and gadgets. We do some gaming. If it’s tech, it’s on Deep Thought. This, of course, presents…
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ThinkSecret officially stops publishing

By Nick, February 15, 2008

We knew it was coming since December when ThinkSecret announced its settlement with Apple, but it is now official: ThinkSecret is no longer publishing new content. Not only that, though; the site has been taken offline completely. Visiting thinksecret.com now results in a 403 Forbidden message. MacRumors notes that ThinkSecret published for so long after the initial settlement has to do with advertising obligations.

It should be interested to see which site--if any--takes ThinkSecret’s mantle. AppleInsider, perhaps?

Farewell ThinkSecret.


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Stacks revisited

By Nick, February 12, 2008

Back in early November, as part of my review of Leopard, I wrote a review of Leopard’s “Stacks” feature. If you haven’t yet read my initial review, please do so, so you know what on Earth I’m talking about here. wink

Earlier today, Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.2, which addressed numerous issues, including some involving Stacks. Where does this leave Stacks now? Let’s take a second look…

Changes in 10.5.2

There have been two major complaints regarding Stacks:

  1. It’s hard to tell which stack is which at a glance.
  2. There’s no equivalent to Tiger’s behavior, and Stacks are arguably inferior.

My friends, lo and behold, Apple hath heard your cries!

Stacks in 10.5.2 add an assortment of new options. The ability to view as a fan or grid are still there, of course, but now there is a third option: List. First a brief history lesson: both fan and grid view have the advantage of being very visual with their larger icons, and you can drag items out of a stack. +2 over Tiger. At the same time, you couldn’t view a large number of files in either mode; you would have to open a Finder window to access something…
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