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Five widgets for Friday
As we've previously pointed out, in many ways, Dashboard Widgets are the precursor to iPhone apps. Need to know when your latest packages will arrive? Yes, there's an app for that. But there's a widget too. Need to figure out how many pesos are in a dollar, or what a Quarter Pounder with Cheese comes out to in the metric system? There's an app, and a widget, for that as well. For this Friday afternoon, here are five useful Widgets to help you make the most of your Mac. And best of all, they're all free.
Get an iPod user's attention
I love my iPod, and you love yours. However, it's quite true that you can drift off to another planet while you're plugged into that thing (I sat right through my subway stop over the weekend because Gnarls Barkley was on). It's worse if you've got to somehow communicate with one of these plugged-in drones. What do you do?Try waving one of Lot 49's PodSigns flash cards around. This printable PDF includes several cards designed to get your pal's attention (my favorite one is pictured above). Sure, it's silly, but funny.
