iStat Menus hits 3.0

iStat Menus Main Screen

As most of you know, I live and die by my Mac…and because I come from the PC world (several years back) I always need to know what is happening with the internals of my computer as I’m using it.  I want to know how much memory I have left, what my hard drive capacity is, if my hard drive is being accessed, what the CPU utilization is and some other very geeky stuff that I really don’t need to know.  I have been using iStat menus for well over a year and love the info it puts up on my menu bar.

The new version changes iStat menus to a standalone app instead of a preference pane.  They have added a few thinks like moon phases, public IP, battery levels for your laptop and wireless keyboard/mouse, fan speed control and a bunch of other stuff that is cool, but I will probably never need.

For $10 you can’t go wrong!  Check it out here.

My Menubar and iStat CPU Menu

Sitting In Line For My New iPhone

Ok, let’s get this striaght…I love my new iPhone (16gb White One), but like any product, it has its downfalls. I wanted to experience the launch day frenzy so I planned to head to the Apple store at the Mall of America for the 8am store opening on July 11. I got there about 6:30am and got in line with about 60 people in front of me. I was quickly bored after checking out my line-mates. [Read more...]

Another Web Site

shapeimage_3.pngHow many different family web sites can I build? Well, apparently a lot! I was doing our family site in iWeb with my spiffy fairly-new Macbook Pro and it did the job, but I couldn’t just let that sit. I changed our site over to use WordPress. I will be working on it frequently, so please check back! [Read more...]