The chickpea is neither a chick nor a pea – Disqus.

OK, this is another one that isn’t exactly an app. Disqus is a comment system that I recently installed here. I had been toying around with different forms for a bit until I stumbled across Disqus over at Victor Cajiao’s Typical Mac User site. What makes Disqus different is that rather than simply commenting, users [...]

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Geek pop

I imagine that a lot of people when asked to link geeks and music would come up with Weezer. Well, it takes a little more than rockin’ the hornrims to reach true musical geekdom. Can they make the HD DVD encryption key danceable? No? Well, Geoff Smith can. Digg the Code See what I mean? [...]

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Quickie link for the day – simplynoise.com

The title really says it all. The site features a white noise generator and that’s it, although there are plans for downloadable MP3s. The noise is adjustable so you can find your own best setting. 47% seems to be my sweet spot. The shoulders relaxed and I just kind of got this full-body “aaahhhhh”. simplynoise.com [...]

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Web apps are great productivity tools.

Marci Lisa, originally uploaded by Marci Maleski. Well, usually. Sometimes, they’re just incredibly fun toys.  Cameroid is one of those.  The site allows you to take snapshots using your webcam and immediately apply filters, scenes or frames.  Once saved, you can add them to Cameroid’s public gallery, send links to the photos or download them [...]

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Evernote – this is your brain on steroids.

Saying that I love Evernote is like saying I love oxygen. Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! There are an increasing number of times that I find my mind to be simultaneously everywhere and nowhere at all. I have mounted a dry erase board on my front door with a checklist – coffee, lunch, phone. I have [...]

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Fluid

Twitter. Photoshop Express. Flickr. I love web apps. I use web apps a lot. I’ll squeal over them later. This post is about a free download that makes all of those web apps live on your desktop. (Sorry – this one is Mac only.) Fluid is a tiny little application that allows you to build [...]

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