Matrix Screensaver

I found a screensaver for Mac OS X that replicates the screen effects of the motion picture movie “The Matrix“. My triple head setup looks so much better now. :)

The screeensaver is called MatrixSaver and developed by NWW Network.

MatrixSaver

And the Oscar goes to… #2

Some of my friend already knew that I love Mac OS X. I think this is due to the fact that you have an awesome GUI on top of a Unix operating system. Because of this, I want to write today a blog entry about my favorite Mac OS X applications.

So the Academy Awards for the best Mac OS X application goes to:

• Magic Number Machine, a free, full-featured, graphically laid out, high-precision, scientific calculator.
• NetNewsWire, brings the power of RSS right to your Mac OS X desktop.
• OmniOutliner, an amazing flexible program for creating, collecting, and organizing information.
• OmniGraffle, need a diagram, process chart, quick page-layout, website mockup or graphic?
• iWork, streamlined processing and stunning presentations.
• iLife, discover new ways to create movies, make music, websites, and more.
• Adium, a free instant messaging application that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, ICQ, Yahoo, and more.
• Carbon Copy Cloner, features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup very intuitive.
• Colloquy, is an advanced IRC client.
• MacTheRipper, go ahead and backup that DVD.
• Transmit, takes FTP and SFTP to the next level.
• Unison, Usenet newsreader to handle messages, files and media.
• SiteSucker, automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet.
• Audacity, is an excellent free audio recorder, editor, and mixer.
• Google Earth, is a free application that gives you a wealth of imagery and geographic information.
• Caffeine, prevents your Mac from sleeping.
• PeekIt, is a free hex editor that allows you to open, examine and change the raw or hex values of a file.
• VLC Media Player, is a free multimedia player.
• MenuCalendarClock, is an iCal compatible menu calendar and configurable menu clock.

Sorry, but I was too lazy to sort it in alphabetically order.

Vista—is it just a rip-off?

Today, I’ve chatted with a university friend about the new version of Mac OS X, which is called Leopard. He really loves Microsoft Windows and like every Windows lover, he believes that Vista is not a cheap rip-off? After a one-hour discussion, the following video convinced me that he was absolutely right. ;-)