Ever find yourself breaking out into a sweat while typing an email or browsing the Internet? I do and it’s not because I live in Arizona (although that does assist). It’s because my “not so laptop friendly laptop” tends to get a little toasty at times. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Mac, but sometimes it gets to thinkin’ too hard and making me sweat because it’s turned itself into an all too efficient lap warmer. Not my favorite use for my Mac, I’ll admit. So what do I do about it, you might ask? (Well, thanks for asking). I use SMC Fan Control for all my laptop cooling needs. (This is starting to sound like an infomercial, I think)

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Okay… This is another one of those “I should have known about this already” posts, but now is better than never, right? MarsEdit is an offline blogging tool that really accomplish what it sets out to do. I have tried so many different apps that tout their ease and grace and yet so many times find myself very shortly going back to the basics because it was ultimately easier for me to stick with the default. This time, it’s way different. MarsEdit is my revolution! (or something like that)

Plainly said, MarsEdit is a flat-out awesome way to post to your blog. (Of course I created this post in MarsEdit) There are just so many features and reasons to use it, I don’t know where to start so I’ll just link to Shawn’s perfect post and not even try.

MarsEdit FTW!

NetNewsWire (NNW), a very popular and useful app for Mac dropped it’s price today to absolutely free! NNW Author Brent Simmons said on his blog:

“I dream of being able to make it so you spend less time reading stuff you don’t care about—I want the important news to go right to the top.”

Now that’s the kind of attitude we need more of around the net!

Personally, I spend most of my time in Google Reader, but I do like NNW quite a bit. Especially when I’m away from a wifi signal. I keep it running all the time and completely love the interface. If you haven’t tried NNW yet, now would be a good time since it’s free. I strongly recommend it.

I received another nifty ask iBAM request today from James. He’s got some questions about Parallels vs. Boot Camp. I thought this would be a really good conversation starter for the Ask iBAM section on the site. So… here’s his question:

I am planning to purchase my first mac here in the next few weeks. It will be a new 24″ iMac. What would be your choice between Parallels and Boot Camp? I know with Boot Camp you have to restart to switch between OSX and Windows but this isn’t a big deal for me as I don’t actually plan to use Windows for anything but would still like it there. Are there any other major differences between Parallels and Boot Camp (such as resource usage, speed of programs in Windows, etc). The price isn’t a big deal for Parallels and I’m willing to pay it if its going to make a huge difference besides restarting.

- James

So there you have it… Let’s discuss

First, let me begin by saying that I have been an Adam Betts fan for quite a while now. His artwork is simply stunning and endlessly inspiring for me. I visit his site often to see what new eye candy he has published. Back in May (or June maybe), I installed his flag pack (really only one of them) for the Old Glory screensaver and have had it running the apple logo flag as my screensaver ever since. The other day while sitting in a coffee shop, I was chatting with another Mac user when my screensaver came on to my laptop screen. I was greeted by a “Wow! Where’d you get that?” I promptly informed him and he started downloading. The incident immediately reminded me that I hadn’t shared the information via iBAM either and I should do so in case there were others that might have interest as well. So here it is, the link to Adam Betts’ Old Glory flag images post and his brief tutorial on how to install them. Enjoy!