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Top Ten Most Beautiful Mac OS X Applications
Top ten lists are all the rage recently and Phillip Ryu gives us a unique one--the top ten most beautiful applications for Mac OS X. He's got a nice write-up and I agree with most of his choices. 10. Transmission9. Voice Candy8. Podcast Maker7. Transmit6. Quinn5. AppZapper4. Acquisition3. Coverflow2. Newsfire1. Delicious LibraryI would add to his list RapidWeaver and Comic Life, both programs that have impressed me with their ease-of-use and well-designed user interfaces. What apps would you add in your own top ten list of most beautiful Mac OS X applications?
Another list of ten top things: game weapons
GameTrailers does the "top ten" thing and rattles off their list of the "Top Ten Game Weapons." But they didn't just go around giving honors to any old weapon willy-nilly. They stipulated, "flaming fireballs and magic spells are out, but blowing things up is definitely in." Their understandably FPS-heavy list breaks down like this: 10. Cerebral Bore (Turok 2 & 3): Turok 3 was a bore, amirite? 9. Chainsaw (Doom): did they ever figure out why there was a chainsaw on Mars? 8. Spreadgun (Contra): you don't use the spreadgun, do you? Wuss ... 7. Railgun (Quake 2): the do-it-yourself super weapon of hobbyists everywhere. 6. Laptop Gun (Perfect Dark Zero): gets the "remember when this game was good?" nod. 5. Energy Sword (Halo 2): you cheap bastard. 4. Ice Beam (Metroid): the retro, non-FPS Metroid vote (not that Retro). 3. BFG (Doom): the granddaddy of all big fuckin' guns. 2. Red Turtle Shell (Mario Kart): the dark horse weapon of the list, and a proven way to destroy a friendship. 1. Gravity Gun (Half-Life 2): alright, we gotta give it to them, the gravity gun is some serious weaponry. Undoubtedly, some of you are boiling over with rage that _______ wasn't included! Though the Joystiq staffers don't agree on much ("tastes great" ... "no, less filling") we did unite in our disappointment regarding the omission of Mario's mushroom-mushing derrière. Want to relive all those soft-focus memories with these weapons of mass enjoyment? Check out the full video embedded after the break.[Via Evil Avatar]
Mike Wendland's Top Ten reasons why he's glad he switched
Mike Wendland, tech writer, switched to the Mac 4 years ago and he is very happy with his choice. So happy, in fact, that he has compiled ten reasons why he is still overjoyed with his switch.The one that isn't standard fare (most are along the lines of 'it just works') is that Microsoft Office runs better on the Mac.So, switchers, why are you happy to be on a Mac?
Open Fire, a free casual Mac game
BlueTorch Studios in partnership with BlueGill Flame have released the final version of Open Fire, a casual top down shooter similar to the Linux game Barrage. Open Fire, which has been created using Unity's game editing software, was the winner of Unity's Dashboard Widget Competition. Keeping with the theme of the game's widget beginnings, the developers plan to create a widget version of the game so that office workers can play while their boss isn't looking. Currently the game is available in both Universal Binary Mac and PC versions. One of the coolest features of the game is its online top ten leaderboard which you could, at the very least, consider a (weak) justification for spending so much time playing the damn thing! Must. reach. top. ten.
Ten reasons to love your Mac Book Pro
Being obsessed with Apple to the degree that I am cuts you off from reality. I think that everyone knows Apple's product line as well as I do, and that if you have a choice of computer you will be getting a Mac.Sadly, that isn't always the case, so it was refreshing to see this post listing the top ten reasons that a recent switcher loves her Mac Book Pro.It makes me think back to my first Mac, and the way it made using a computer fun again. Excuse me, I'm getting a little misty eyed.
