Im Moving… Goodbye WordPress hello Blogger

Hey as i said this is my first blog, and i love wordpress. but i am using google adsense with months now and wordpress doesnt allow it. Sooooo I love the page views and im sure i could be getting hundreads of views a day but… whats the point???? sooo check my new blog at Blogger << Itl have a new post at least once a day !

UPDATE: MY BLOGGER IS AT THIS ADDRESS

Downloading Youtube Videos on your mac

ok so you are browsing youtube and you spot a video that you really like but you dont have time to watch it, or you watch it and its so amazing you just need to download it. The question is how? Well there are a few solutions, You can download the flash file from your browser and then find a way to convert it but that can get very messy. Lukely for you there are two solutions : Vixy and Tooble .

Both apps have their good and bad sides. Vixy is a very simple app that does what it says and does it very well. Where as Tooble is a more “attempt” at a all in one app. With Vixy you simply copy the youtube video url from your browser, select your format (avi, mov, mp4, 3gp or just .flv) Witch are all you need to watch the video on your Mac, Pc, iPod, Psp, iPhone, Phone and more…

Tooble offers many of the same features but the built in video browser seems to be pointless and just gets in the way. It offers you a neat menu to browse featured videos along with lots of other generes and even search for videos but when you double click on a video to watch it, it just opens it in your browser. There is a search although it isn’t quite as good as the proper youtube search. Tooble also offers the feature of entering a url from youtube and converting it but the converson options are limited compared to vixys converter. Tooble offers .Mov and .Mp4 only. With the only options, Desktop, iPod video and iPod Touch/iPhone.

Tooble does have one advantage for dial-up users tho. When you are downloading a video using Vixy and your connection is very slow, The whole download will cut off, where as with tooble it will continue…very slowly.

Over all both apps do their job, but in my opinion vixy (Beta) comes out on top, and I look forward to when it comes out of BETA.

Overall:

Vixy     – 8 Stars

Tooble – 7 Stars

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also if you have a fast broadband connection you can download and convert videos directly online via vixy.net

Virtual Dj For Mac – Review, Download, Tips and Tricks.

Ok after years of wishing and some searching, I could never find a Mac version of VDJ, I have it installed on my vista machine running in parallels but the music skips. Then the other day while on the pirate bay I saw Virtual DJ for Mac OS X. I was amazed but I didn’t beleve my eyes, So I downloaded the torrent and opened it and to my suprise it WAS virtual dj ! but because this was illegal I deleted all the virtual dj stuff off my computer and went searching for a legal version. Because we all know that automix productions REALLY NEED my $249 for a piece of software despite being mega mega millionares. . So I searched and searched but on Google The results were shocking! the First two were from Virtual Djs official site, but they were The VDJ forum and a add-ons page. NOTHING TO DO WITH VDJ FOR MAC :S:S:S. Next in the list was a link to brothersoft “Virtual dj for mac Free Download” Is how the title read but unfortunily like most brothersoft b/s this link just lead to a bunch of ads and a link to the pc version of VDJ. Next Link down is another site advertising the pc version of Virtual Dj, But the next link is just Great… ThePirateBay, The only link I could find for virtual dj for mac was a torrent with a illegal file. 1 link for the 5.0 beat (not sure if its real) and the other for v4.3 witch i know works.

So now that im done complaining about finding the product, lets get to the review. It is really a very good app, and yes I plan on using it for our future gigs. It has all the basic, standard features of all the virtual dj apps. Interface changes, Auto Beat matching (witch is not quite as good as the v5.0 pc version but does its job) Sampler and Effects. But some features are lacking eg. Beat Grid and Equiliser. All the preferences are there and the playback is smooth. Also the video dj secion isn’t up to scratch with only 3 transitions and 3 effects, altho i am sure plug-ins are available.

But over all this app is on a mac (macbook ) and doesn’t quit/freeze easily. It is sturdy and has nearly everything a bedroom / mobile Dj requires and for a starter club dj it may also be suitable. And as I said I plan on using it for our dj business. So Deffinitly check it out and I will keep you posted when the v5.0 comes out of beta.

Web Browsers – Firefox 3, Safari 3, Camino or Opera

Hey, as i said this is my very first blog. I noticed that it was geting well listed in google but i was still deciding on giving up on it… until i just checked the stats. ha It got 13 views a day on average with NO advertising anywhere. So I decided im going to keep it running and keep writing.

So down to the question. Firefox 3, Safari 3, Camino or Opera?

Well, I started off like all mac users using Safari, and there is next to nothing at all wrong with it. It looks good enough and it is fairly fast. It also seems to read most content the way it is designed and the media plays fairly well on it.

Then Like most computer users, I got Firefox 2 when their big advertising campign was launched. Personally I thought it was really ugly and after using it for about 2 months, I went back to Safari. It was fast, maybe not faster than safari, but the looks really put me off.

Then I found opera and fell in love. It was sleek and stylish and fairly fast. Also the homepage sold it for me. At this time safari was taking up to 15 seconds to launch and i couldnt be bothered speeding it up so I used opera for months. It was brilliant at first but after time it became slightly slugish and the origional thrill was gone.

A few months later after reading some random off-topic forum I saw a link to Camino. So me being me just had to check it out. I downloaded it and I was in love. It was Sleeker, Sexier, Faster and Better than all my previous browsers. And after using it for months and months I have yet to find many flaws. It is REALLY BRILLIANT!

But then the day came…”Firefox download day” Firefox 3 was going to be realiced. So I along wit millions of users pleged to download it. And when the day came, I was the first person in Ireland to download it. Well I it said 0 Downloads and then after installing it was like at 300 Irish Downloads, but anyway, My whole camino relationship well, I had a bit of an affair. Firefox 3 WAS AMAZINGER < I know its not a word but omg ! Firefox 3 got everything that was ever wrong wit Firefox 2 and fixed them. And the main flaw being the user interface. Wow firefox was SEXY looking. So being the mad internet enthusiest and the big supporter of open-source projects, I stuck with firefox for ages, and ages and I am in fact using it right now. I also got the new virsion of the pimpzilla theme and wow, my firefox is my baby.

So a summery for you:

Firefox 3 and Camino ARE the best browsers for your mac.

Opera Comes in a close Second

And :O shock, Safari a close third.

And here are my ratings:

Firefox 3 – 10 Stars

Camino – 8 Stars (1 reason, no themes)

Opera – 6.5 Stars

Safari – 6 Stars

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Top Instant Messengers for your macbook – Msn, Aim etc

There are a good few ims for your MacBook but some stand out more than others.

At the moment i am using  Adium , it is a brilliant app that can connect to all your

im’s at the same time and even display them all in the same list. It has a beautiful interface

witch is fully customizable.  This  is  a  great app over all but it does lack some features,  One

of the big disappointments is the lack of WebCam support. so over all this app gets 8/10.

If its WebCams and Advanced (msn plus) features your after you have the options of aMsn and Mercury Messenger . These are also very good apps, aMsn being more user friendly and Mercury having more advanced features. aMsn also supports plug-ins, witch can be good but be careful as some of them may cause aMsn to stop working. With mercury you should be careful with what settings you change as these can cause it to freeze quite a bit witch can be frustrating.

And of corse you can use the default “Microsoft Messenger” witch is simply terrible. it has no advanced features, actually it has no features at all. its ugly, basic and slow, so just don’t use it.

So over all Adium is the best out of the im’s that i use.

Adium – 8 Stars

aMsn – 7 Stars

Mercury – 6 Stars

Microsoft messenger – 2 Stars

Leave some feedback on what you think.

Welcome to my new (first) blog -

welcome to my first proper blog, I am a macbook user with the past 2+ years, I have owned 2, A White and a Black one, the white one broke after a year due to a angry gentleman who decided to smash it. But moving on, i have found literally hundreds of cool apps, hacks, tips and tricks to get the most out of your macbook and really make it, yours. Now if you are reading this blog and you already own a MacBook, congratulations but if you are thinking about getting a MacBook, STOP thinking and just Get it…. NOW ! you will not regret it.