The Breakroom • A blog for the Iconfactory

Don’t Get Philiminated!

February 12, 2007

Being the TV junkies we are, it comes as no surprise that we’re all hyped up for the start of season 11 of one of our favorite shows – The Amazing Race. This time out the producers have assembled the show’s “brightest stars” in the hopes of recapturing some of the audience that started to wane after the dreaded ‘Family Edition’ aired in 2005 / 2006.

So you might ask why do we love the Amazing Race so much? The real question is what’s not to love about the show? Amazing Race continues to entertain and excite even when other so-called reality series like Survivor have gone on way past their prime. We love watching Phil give the last team on the mat the super psyche-out when he tells them its a non-elimination round. We love the challenges, getting a glimpse at unique cultures and rooting for the underdogs. Teams with tons of heart like Charla & Mirna and David & Mary are usually favorites around the factory floor. We’ll miss the absence of the “Hippies” this time out and will be sincerely rooting against Rob & ‘Ambah’ in our inter-office pool, but any way you cut it, this latest dash around the globe is sure to be good TV. “Travel safe. Ready… set… GO!”

Bunnies Need Love Too

February 8, 2007

By Webmaster

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner and all things cute on the rampage, Mindy thought now was the perfect time to unleash two of her latest desktop pictures onto the unsuspecting public. These anime inspired lepus will melt your heart (both real and chocolate) with their sheer adorability. The bunnies are available today in both pink and purple, so don’t let this February 14th go by without giving them a much needed home!

We All Scream for iPhone!

January 31, 2007

By Webmaster

Ever since Steve introduced us to the iPhone, the entire world has been held spellbound waiting for its official release. Since June is still a looong way off, Kate England has whipped up some lickable desktop icons in the style of the new mobile device. Her first set in the series is available over at Marmalade Moon and today’s freeware release of Volume 2 plays on its popularity by expanding the suite by 10 new icons. We invite you to swing on over and check them out for your Mac, PC or as a handy Pixadex iContainer today.

Xpressionism Finance Released

January 29, 2007

By Webmaster

Stockicons.com has released the latest collection in the Xpressionism family of royalty-free stock icons. Xpressionism Finance extends the original collection into the realm of finance and commerce with icons covering concepts such as transactions, credit, interest, and more. Xpressionism Finance is available today for $179. Stockicons.com provides developers and designers with high-quality, affordable, royalty-free collections of icons for use in software applications, website designs and interactive presentations.

Twitterrific 1.1 Now Available

January 25, 2007

By Webmaster

We’re pleased to announce that our popular, free desktop application, Twitterrific, has received both public and critical accolades since its release. It was only fitting therefore to incorporate some of the most common feature requests to create today’s release. In addition to several important bug fixes, Twitterrific 1.1 now displays the remaining character count when posting, includes a newly updated notification sound, has a preference for setting window levels and hotkeys to toggle the main user interface. A complete list of what’s new can be found when you download the software. If you love Twitter, then you will love Twitterrific 1.1, no tweet is complete without it. Enjoy!

Tech-time Love from Leo Laporte

January 25, 2007

By Webmaster

Anyone who’s “hip” knows that Leo Laporte is the man when it comes to all things techno. So imagine our surprise and delight when we listened to the latest episode of the MacBreak podcast and found that Twitterrific was Leo’s software pick of the week! Leo and the gang rap on all things Apple including the iPhone, stock prices and then at the 46 minute mark Leo makes his case for Twitter and Twitterrific. So when someone like Leo describes your software as a “beautiful little application”, we prick up our ears, take notice and extend our thanks. Find out what Leo is talking about and visit the Twitterrific page today!

Naruto to the Rescue!

January 23, 2007

By Webmaster

Studying the ways of the ninja is tough work and nobody knows that more than the the central character in the hit manga turned anime series – Naruto. Along with his friends Sasuke and Sakura, the tale paints an exciting landscape of action mixed with vivid character development that has made Naruto one of the most popular Japanese anime series ever. This week, Talos has brought many of the beloved characters from the series to icon form for his latest freeware release and invites you to download them today for your Mac, PC or as a searchable Pixadex iContainer. Anime fans won’t want to miss this one, so be sure to check it out!

“The release of nuclear weapons is now authorized”

January 16, 2007

By Webmaster

With its recent move to Sunday nights at 10pm and rumors flying of cancellation, we dearly hope that the Sci-Fi Channel doesn’t decide to send the new Battlestar Galactica the way of Farscape. As we await the second half of season 3, artist Corey Marion has released his third set of freeware Galactica icons to placate us. Any fan of the series would love to have a set of Lee’s admiral pins, or Starbuck’s dogtag right on his or her desktop, so drop by and download Corey’s fanciful iconic creation for Mac and Windows or as a Pixadex iContainer today.

Introducing Twitterrific!

January 15, 2007

By Webmaster

Today, we are pleased to announce the release of a brand new software product – Twitterrific. Over the past month or so, the workers have discovered the joys of Twitter.

So what exactly is Twitter you ask?

Twitter is a social networking web service that lets you stay in touch with friends, family or even the public at large thanks to short posts or “tweets” that describe what you are doing at any given moment. The concept is simple, strangely addictive and fun through and through. Tell friends, colleagues or strangers what you are snacking on, your current interests, favorite websites or just plain goofy nonsense!

Twitterrific is a menubar application for Mac OS X that lets you both read and post ‘tweets’ to the Twitter network. The application has an extremely small desktop footprint and allows you to expand or collapse the interface to show as much or as little information as you desire. Wing your way to the Twitterrific homepage for more information including screen shots and keyboard shortcuts.

Throw in a dash of Iconfactory iconic goodness, combined with the fact that its totally free, and you have yourself a fun little desktop application that is just calling out for you to give it a whirl. Head on over to Twitter to sign up for a free account, add some friends (and some famous faces) and then download Twitterrific for your Mac. One thing to note: be sure to log out of the Twitter website before you first launch the app to avoid password problems, and you’ll be singing your tweets to the entire world before you know it. Have fun!

Announcing iPulse 2.1.7

January 13, 2007

By Webmaster

It is our pleasure to announce an update to iPulse, our popular Mac OS X monitoring utility. iPulse 2.1.7 adds support for reading temperatures on Core 2 Duo processor Macs. It also contains improved networking statistics and fixes several bugs. Registered users of iPulse can update their copy to version 2.1.7 for free. We invite you to download iPulse and try it out free of charge. If you enjoy knowing what’s going on under Mac OS X’s hood via a fully customizable GUI, then please support our efforts and register your copy today for $12.95.

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