September 18, 2007
Meet Dark, the alter-ego of Daisuke Niwa, a 14 year-old boy that transforms when enamored by local girl Risa Harada. Now the only thing that will return his life to normal is to steal the heart of the woman he loves, but she only has eyes for the bad boy. Such is the tale of Japan’s latest anime craze – D.N. Angel. This week, resident anime nut, Mindy, has conjured up a new desktop picture based on Dark. We invite you to head on over and transform your Mac, PC or iPhone today!
September 6, 2007
Stockicons.com has released the latest collections in the Aquatica family of royalty-free stock icons. Three classic collections are now available as scalable vector PDF files for use in large format, print and web applications.
The Aquatica family of stock icons is fully OS X HIG-compliant and a must have for software developers who want to give their applications the professional look and feel they deserve. Aquatica Database covers such concepts such as tables, scripts, records, administration and security. Aquatica Mutimedia provides solutions for common media toolbar elements such as crop, pan, tempo, fast forward, play and more.
Aquatica Basic EPS is available today for $249 and the Database and Multimedia EPS add-on sets are available for $129 each.
August 30, 2007
Mac users who have discovered the addictive nature of our challenging puzzle game for OS X, Frenzic, know that rank is everything. Every day of the week players scratch and claw their way up the global leaderboard in the hopes of increasing their rank to earn the praise and admiration of their pie-peers.
We’re pleased to announce that starting today, there is a new and easy way to keep track of your Frenzic rank and high score – the Frenzic Dashboard Widget. Simply download, install and enter your player name into this free widget to instantly know your current rank, high score and devotion level in the Frenziverse. You can even drag multiple copies into Dashboard to keep a watchful eye on your closest competitors. If you wanna be the Grandmaster, you gotta know who’s on your tail!
If you’ve not been brave enough to check out Frenzic yet, we dare you to head on over and download and play the game that WIRED called “Mac-Only Crack”. Frenzic is available for $14.95, includes unlimited local game play forever, as well as six months of free online features. The Frenzic Dashboard Widget is freeware and available now from the sidebar at Frenzic.com.
August 28, 2007
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve just had an article published at A List Apart. In issue #244, I present some of the topics that I’ve encountered in the process of thinking about how the iPhone affects this and other sites run by the Iconfactory. This article is the first of two parts.
If you’re interested in web design and how it affects the iPhone, I invite you to head on over and check it out.
August 22, 2007
We are pleased to announce the long-awaited sequel to our popular Dashboard widget Dine-O-Matic. Does your family have a hard time deciding on where to head for dinner? Your co-workers want to go one place for lunch, but you want to go some place else? No problem, enter your selections into Dine-O-Matic and let the food fates decide! Created by the Iconfactory and Joe Roback, version 2 of Dine-O-Matic includes several new and exciting features that makes selecting a place to eat out even more fun than ever before. Here are just some of the improvements that await you in version 2:
Dine-O-Matic version 2.0 is completely free and available now for Mac OS X 10.4 or later. We invite you to head on over to the product’s home page to learn all about what’s new and download the widget today. If you enjoy this free application, please help support our efforts by registering one of our other fine software products. Bon App
August 21, 2007
Arriving just in time for the new school year comes a fun, new desktop picture from resident anime nut, Mindy. This time around the competitive English teacher with a lead foot, Yukari Tanizaki, takes charge and leads the gang from Azumanga Daioh in a daily lesson. Be sure to go to the head of the class by grabbing this light-hearted desktop picture for your Mac, PC or iPhone today!
August 20, 2007
Thanks to our ever-industrious Chief Typist, our previous report that none of the workers had hacked or modified their iPhones is now but a distant memory. If you follow Craig’s blog over at Furbo.org, then you know he’s broken into his iPhone like an otter cracks into a clam. We can blame the
July 31, 2007
Announcing the immediate release of Frenzic version 1.2 for Mac OS X. This latest release introduces new options designed especially for colorblind players. Game play in Frenzic depends on being able to quickly place pieces based on their color – not an easy task if you’re colorblind.
Version 1.2 features new preference settings that allows players who may have trouble distinguishing the appearance of the default pie pieces, to color combinations that are easily visible. Three new color settings are now available in version 1.2, as well as other minor performance updates.
Frenzic version 1.2 is free to registered users and is available today for $14.95. A special Guru Bundle is also available with unlimited online features for life for the low price of $24.95.
July 28, 2007
It’s safe to say we love our iPhones. So far, Talos, Craig and Ged have all taken the plunge and become early adopters of Apple’s cool 1.0 product, with no regrets. The iPhone is a perfect testament to Apple’s philosophy of elegance, ease of use and friendly user interface design, and all indications point to a success of “iPod proportions” for our favorite fruit company.
Of course, there are those who are never satisfied with the status quo, and feel the need to tinker and tweak even the coolest gadget. Developers and users alike have started to modify or “mod” their iPhones using a wide range of tools from the Terminal to new GUI based apps like iFuntastic. Hacking your iPhone with these methods can be downright risky, and although the iPhone can be “reset” to factory condition easily, we’re still not completely sold on the idea.
For those willing to take the risk however, a whole new world of iPhone goodness opens up. Users can customize their home screens, change icons at will, install custom ring tones and more. To get an idea of just what awaits you in the world of iPhone modding, head on over to One Button Mouse to check out Tim Brown’s customized home screen. Tim used Anthony’s popular Litho series to give his iPhone a fresh feel that would have any geek foaming at the mouth.
Although none of the workers have played mad scientist on their own phones yet, we’re none-the-less excited to see where these modding tools and techniques will take us in the months ahead. Perhaps an app will come along that safely does for the iPhone what CandyBar does for the Mac. In the meantime, we’ll keep using Marimba and loving every minute of it. To quote our favorite Phil, “Have fun, and travel safe!”
