Even though Windows isn’t my everyday OS, I do look in for a bit of housekeeping fairly regularly. It is still my gaming platform of choice and, of course, I have to keep popping back whenever I need to review software or test a website. Earlier tonight, when I found my antivirus application wasn’t loading […]
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Disappointed by Opera
I won’t deny that I have a soft spot for Opera (the browser, not the art form). We go way back—to the days when tabbed browsing was a novelty offered up only by them. Compared to the behemoths, Opera of that time was greased lightning, loading pages significantly faster. And when they came up with […]
Tiny Tower, big fun!
If you’re an Android or iOS device owner and you haven’t tried Tiny Tower yet, you’re missing something. Well, all right, I’m biased and a little bit obsessed right now. Yes, Tiny Tower, in all its pixelated glory, is my new addiction. The retro look is very deliberate and adds to the charm of this […]
Reviving Riven on the Mac
This is one of those stories that starts with “Once upon a time” and ends with “happily ever after”. And no, there are no dragons and princes and princesses in it. Not even a witch. Once upon a time, way, way back in the 1990s, I used to play a game called Riven (along with […]
Saturday Night Freeware: Itsy
Itsy is the Twitter client I use on Mac OS. As its name indicates, it is small and light, which is why I like it. It’s easy to use and, most importantly, not in-your-face, so it stays in the background till you need it. It might be basic, but takes care of my Tweeting needs. […]
Saturday Night Freeware: Opera Mini
Browsing the Net on a mobile phone? No biggie, right? But less than a decade ago it was a rather big deal, expecially if you didn’t have a fancy phone. It must have been at least half a decade ago that I discovered Opera Mini and have never looked at another mobile browser since. And, […]
Saturday Night Freeware: Web Developer Toolbar
It’d be hard to name my favourite Firefox addon, but Chris Pederick’s Web Developer Toolbar would certainly be a contender. Thus, it is this week’s Saturday Night Freeware. This addon installs a toolbar with a host of Web developer tools and is available for Chrome as well as Firefox on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. […]
Freedoom
(Freedoom was supposed to be tonight’s Saturday Night Freeware, but thanks to an unreliable Internet connection, I wasn’t able to test it.) Freedom is a collaborative project to create a complete game based on the Doom engine. The makers of the Doom, iD Software, released the game engine as free software under the GNU GPL […]
Saturday Night Freeware: Coconut Battery
A few months back, I started wondering about the battery life of my MacBook. The machine was almost three years old and I was experiencing a proportionate drop in battery performance. I’d taken pretty good care of the battery and was curious to know exactly how healthy it was. CoconutBattery turned out to be a […]
Saturday Night Freeware: Floola
**Updated, with image, on popular demand** When it comes to managing my iPod, I find iTunes extremely annoying. After plenty of trial and error (including more than one case of accidental iPod wiping), Floola iPod has emerged as a favourite, making it this week’s Saturday Night Freeware. Floola is available in two flavours — Floola […]