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FlickrExport 2.0 beta 1
FlickrExport has entered a 2.0 beta phase, ushering in some really, really cool new features including: FlickrExport now supports uploading to existing sets. Uploaded photos can be added to a group pool after upload. FlickrExport now displays a list of your tags used on Flickr which can be added to photos before uploading. This list can be filtered using regular expressions. FlickrExport can copy the title and description back to iPhoto if it has been changed inside FlickrExport. This feature is turned off by default. If a photo's date has been modified in iPhoto, FlickrExport now communicates this to Flickr. It is now possible to specify description text for a new Photoset as well as its title. The one catch in this new version, however, is that Fraser Speirs, its developer, has decided to turn FlickrExport into shareware. While I can't find a price anywhere on the FlickrExport 2.0 beta site, I personally am not surprised, as this is a powerful plug-in that Mr. Speirs has obviously spent quite a bit of time on. I know I'll be happy to buy a license once he announces a price - but what about you, loyal FlickrExport users? Do you mind offering up some of your hard-earned cash for some of Mr. Speir's hard work?
Seen at E3: A message to MMOs
No beating about the bush from this MMO. Directly attacking your competitors may not be nice, but with a MMO cliché that's so ingrained in the genre, sometimes you have to be bold to succeed.Unless, of course, they had a lapse of concentration while typing Mr. Presley's name.
Is this the T-Mobile-branded Sidekick III?
Is this the fabled Danger Sidekick III? We can't say for sure, but the site that reader John M. tipped us to contains this solitary photo, which looks almost identical to the shots that have been leaking out for the last few months. Although no explanation of the picture is given, John claims that its from T-Mobile's advertising campaign for the device, which sounds pretty reasonable to us. [Thanks, John M.]
DLO begins shipping HomeDock Deluxe
This is what Apple's Universal iPod Dock should do. When connected to your TV, the HomeDock Deluxe by DLO offers on-screen navigation of your iPod's music library (C.K. took a look at the original HomeDock in January). It works with all iPods that have a dock connector, and will also let you watch stored videos/photos via S-video or AV. The included 20-button remote may lack Apple's minimalist elegance, but you can use it to search album, artist, title genre and so on, as well as skip, replay, pause, etc. Plus, it charges your iPod while docked.You can pick one up for $149.99US.
Browse images, more with Phoenix Slides
Here's a nifty little tool for quickly working with your of photos. Phoenix Slides by Gold Mountain Software lets you quickly browse a collection of photos that live on a hard drive, CD or DVD. I can tell you that it's very fast while browsing photos once they're loaded, and even that doesn't take very long. Once you've selected the set you want to work with, you can: Create a slideshow (complete with EXIF info) Display all the information you'd ever need on a given photo Perform lossless JPEG transformations (with saved modification dates) Rotate and zoom Search subfolders There's more, of course. It's really a handy utility. Phoenix Slides requires Mac OS 10.3 and is free.[Via FreeMacWare]
A Digital Photographer's Worst Nightmare
Mark Newhouse offers up a problem and a solution today at LowEnd DSLR: A Digital Photographer's Worst Nightmare. What do you do if you've just shot 150 digital photos and your flash card appears to have corrupted the data on it. He reviews several of the solutions that exist for Mac users and, happily, finds a software program that successfully recovered the RAW files from his flash card.
Scatter photos on your desktop
Photo Desktop is a fun little application that lets you search for photos in your iPhoto libray and display them on your desktop as Polaroid-style snapshots. When launched, Photo Desktop's main window represents your desktop. Click "Add a Photo" and the media browser appears, allowing you to browse your iPhoto library with all of your albums intact. Select the image you want to use, give it a title and adjust its size, orientation and position on your desktop. The changes you make in Photo Desktop appear on your Mac's desktop in real time. A menu bar item lets you disable/enable your new pile of photos. I think I'll be keeping this one for a while.Photo Desktop is donationware and requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher and iPhoto 4 or higher if you want to browse your iPhoto library.[Via I Heart Apple]
