There’s a new release of Monolingual out that fixes the bug I submitted where removing certain architectures would kill apps that checksum their executables to prevent tampering. Monolingual now blacklists such applications a Speed Download and FontExplorer X.
Category: Asides
More widgets to mow
Don’t look now, but we’ve got more widgets for ya… I tell ya, the damn things are multiplying like gnats, buzzin’ around the interweb and cloggin’ up the tubes. Anyway, you can now add WidgetBox and Mooglets (built on the excellent moo.fx preview) to your DashboardGadgetWidgetabulator.
Noel Hidalgo joins Trellon
Citizen-at-heart nonecknoel has joined up with Trellon as the dude who brings in the da business.
‘Grats Noel — everyone should be able to choose their own adventure.
YASSCB — Yahoo! Yodel
Paul’s got the scoop on the new corporate Yahoo! blog — yes, Yet Another Self-Serving Corporate Blog.
But that’s ok. It’s WordPress. It’s purple. And Orange. Ish. And that’s good. Right?
Gimp gets renamed, released
Gimp-Print, your favorite morosely named open source printer drivers (for the times when Apple and other manufacturers refuse to offer printer driver downloads on their websites) have rebranded as Gutenprint and released v5.0 for download.
Hacking for Good in October
If you can make it to Austin in October, check out David Geilhuffe‘s and the League of Technical Voters’ Hacking for Good event, whisking 100 developers away for the weekend to do some real hacking for good.
WildApricot is out and aboot
In case you missed it, Canadia-based Wild Apricot is out now, focusing on offering non-profits event organizing and member management tools. I’m going to try to weezel this into the BarCamp technology stack. We’ll see!
Betcha didn’t know that: Custom Skype Styles
Oh yes, that’s right, you can change the look of your Skype chats… In fact, you can even use Adium Message Styles. Here’s how to do it automagically.
A virtually free PC
Previously I suggested that the WIndows OS be let free. Well, that’s almost happened as it was announced that Virtual PC for the Mac is now free. Will this make way for a Dashboard-style invocation of Windows apps in OSX?
Basecamp gets a print view
Basecamp is now more printable, which is pretty sweet. I just wish that it treated my BlackBerry browser with the same respect!
Factory Joe 