15 Uses for Incredibly Inexpensive White Vinegar

The Simple Dollar � 15 Uses for Incredibly Inexpensive White Vinegar

I have always thought vinegar had a use, just not for ingestion. This proves it. You can clean almost anything with it.

TMNT Snuggie Forces Us To Wonder: Is The World Ending Soon?

TMNT Snuggie Forces Us To Wonder: Is The World Ending Soon? | Best Week Ever

After seeing this, I think it is clear: we are all doomed. Doomed, I say.

Star Trek Uniform Onesies for the Geeky Baby

ThinkGeek :: Star Trek Uniform Onesies

How can you not love these?

I guess you should avoid the red one, if you want junior to survive the away team.

Apple Introduces New Mac Pro with Nehalem Xeon Processors

Apple Introduces New Mac Pro with Nehalem Xeon Processors - Mac Rumors

The New Mac Pro's look great including the new quad-core Xeon "Nehalem"-based processors and the improved component layout allowing for even easier maintenance. Prices aren't too bad at $2499 and $3299 for these high-end models.

Apple releases NVIDIA-based iMacs

Apple releases NVIDIA-based iMacs

This iMac upgrade has been long awaited. I'm happy to see the move to nVidia graphics with 9400M only on the low-end models and GT120 and GT130 on the higher-end versions with optional ATI Radeon HD 4850. And the prices are fairly good starting at $1199 for the only 20" model, $1499 for the "flagship" 24" model, $1799 for the intermediate 24" model, and up to $2199 for the highest-end model.

Apple debuts new Mac minis with five times better graphics

Apple debuts new Mac minis with five times better graphics

The new Mac mini looks to be a very nice upgrade to the low-end machine, especially considering the nVidia 9400M graphics. And with the low power consumption and more eco-friendly construction, I really like the green spin on the marketing, and think this will become more important and more prevalent.

Apple's new AirPort, Time Capsule add dual-band networking

AppleInsider | Apple's new AirPort, Time Capsule add dual-band networking

This appears to be a very nice upgrade for the wifi routers with the guest networking allowing you to give Internet-only access, and the dual band operation should improve performance.

Ars Technica also had a good write-up.

Introducing Safari 4 - See the web in a whole new way

Introducing Safari 4 - See the web in a whole new way

Apple has release a beta of Safari 4 on Mac and Windows. It looks to be extremely fast. It looks like this new version might break many (all?) Input Manager "plug-ins"/hacks, so be careful.

And here's a link to the nightly WebKit downloads for anyone wanting to use the absolute latest greatest, without having Safari 4 overwrite Safari 3. With a recent Webkit installed, you can run both versions.

Update 1: After briefly testing, I was surprised to find the nightly builds of WebKit are still based on the Safari 3.2.1 . The Safari 4 installation overwrites Safari 3.x, so I'll try it and check if the WebKit builds still use the older version (which is compatible with most modern Input Manager hacks). Or I may be reduced to using Multi-Safari, which should allow you to run a self-contained, older version of Safari/WebKit, without disturbing the primary Safari installation.

In a pinch, if you have problems with Safari 4, you can download Safari 3 again.

Update 2: And it looks like it may be possible to make some Input Managers function. At least I found some instructions which might work for 1Password (a nice password management and archiving utility with an optional iPhone app with wifi sync'ing).

Update 3: You can enable 1Password to function with Safari 4 as mentioned above. Here are specific instructions for the Safari 4 Beta release. And you can re-enable the 1Password toolbar icon by editing your toolbar with View --> Customize Toolbar.

The Omni Group Releases Four Applications as Freeware

The Omni Group Releases Four Applications as Freeware

Omni has released four of their apps including their very nice browser, OmniWeb, for free after a fairly long stint as a paid application.

Storage robot at your service: a review of the Drobo

Storage robot at your service: a review of the Drobo

Drobo Specifications Page

Data Robotics' Drobo seems to be a good compromise on performance in order to gain simplicity and flexibility vs. a straight RAID setup. Data Robotics is really going after the serious amateur for storage, targeting that range between a plain-jane consumer and a professional with a larger budget. They appear to have included enough brains and power to hide most of the data shuffling going on behind the scenes, even in cases of failure.

I plan to look at this product as I move from a simple automatic backup solution between stand-alone drives. I do wish there was a better interface than USB2.0. I would prefer something like Firewire 400 (or 800) that is not such a CPU hog.