Thunderbird is free and cross platform, so pretty much anyone can try it. It even works with Microsoft Exchange accounts.

It includes saved search folders and lables too for organization purposes. You can even star a message just like GMail.

It’s about time to take one more item out of Microsoft’s empire and give Thunderbird a shot. Who knows, you may just like it better!

Update: My post didn’t even successfully make it to my blog yet threw no errors.  I just don’t get it.   What’s so cool abut TextMate????

For the folks at home it’s going to seem like a screw-up when their bills once again come from AT&T. I’m not sure exactly why they have to go around switching names every few years, but I’m sure it’s good for business. You know, in the long run. Oh wait, that doesn’t count when you change your name every few years.

To keep, and attract, customers, Cingular or AT&T or whatever does have exclusive rights to the iPhone from Apple and may be giving away free service with the purchase of an iPhone. All speculation at this point and time but AT&T needs to do something. Customers may feel like the company is unstable or just to confusing to work with.

Changing your brand name once is hard enough, changing it back has got to be down right confusing. Good luck with that.

My first issue with it is no spell check! And, since I’m using Flock, that maeans I have no spell check at all. Sad. Personally, I’m awaiting the built in spellcheck feature in Flock like Firefox 2.0 has. Hopfully it’s coming soon.

Anyways. The second thing I don’t like about Scribefire is the uglyness. Yes, it’s kinda ugly. It seems more thrown together than designed. Maybe it just looks that way on a Mac.

Third thing is that it seems to slow down my browser. Opening new windows is slower and I think it’s a bit much.

On the bright side, I love the blogging window at the bottom of my browsing window. That’s handy. Plus it has good features and Pingoat built in. NICE.

I’ll keep watching Scribefire, but so far, not overly impressed.

There are two places I blog, work and home.  It Qumana doesn’t work under Mac 10.3 so that’s out for work and it doesn’t seem to work correctly on my Intel iMac.  It loads, gives me a message saying it’s going to pop-open a window so I can add blogs, however nothing happens.  I can’t add any blogs, so I can’t blog with Qumana.

Again, Flock seems to be the best free blogging software I’ve found so far.

Qumana support, please look into the Intel Mac issue.

Thanks

technorati tags:qumana, flock, blogging, imac, mac

Blogged with Flock

Flock isn’t exactly a desktop client as it’s built into the Flock web browser.  However, it’s free, very handy and integrates well into my internet experience.

Flock has all the necessities.  Spell check, WYSIWYG post writing, multiple categories, multiple blogs and much more.  Seeing as Flock is also integrated into Flickr, it makes images easier to input into my blog posts too.

I think that Flock has the best chance of being my free blog editor of choice as it works well and integrates into my browser so there is no extra software to install. 

Nice, very nice.

technorati tags:flock, blogging, blog, flickr

Blogged with Flock

FreeMacWare.com posts about handy, free Mac applications. I’ve found lots of good tools that I’ve never heard about. Like:

Pixen – A simple, yet handy graphics application.
Quinn – Tetirs like game.
GL Image Browser – Fast photo viewing app.
Bleezer – Blogging app, however I haven’t gotten it to work well yet.
MediaCentral – Front Row type app from my pre-iMac days.

FreeMacWare.com is the best resource for new switchers, poor college kids, or anyone who wants to find great software for the Mac but don’t want to pay for it. Freeware, I love freeware!

Technorati Tags: free, apple, mac, imac

If you don’t have an iPod yet and are thinking of getting one the iPod nano seems really nice. Granted it’s only available up to 4gig, that’s still plenty of room on a devise that is incredibly small.

The ROKR iTunes phone looks really nice two. I think it’s up to 100 songs in your pocket and I think that’d rock! To bad I don’t use Cingular Wireless.

Also new in the iTunes store is the exclusive Madonna catalog available for download.

And every Harry Potter eBook!

Technorati Tags: Harry Potter, iPod, iPod Nano, ROKR, iTunes, Madonna, Apple, Cingular

Now with free iPod videos! Ok so it’s just an iPod with video, but I like saying iPod video.

I did get my free iPod. It’s 20 gig with a color screen and is so nice. Now I’m helping a friend get a free iPod with video capabilities.

Lets face it, not everyone can afford to just run out and grab an iPod. College students, or those on a budgeted income, can’t exactly just go out and pick up one of those wonderful Apple toys. However there is a way to get a free iPod!

To get your free iPod you just follow this referral link and you’ll have to sign up. Don’t worry it’s free to sign up too. Once in the system you have to complete one offer. It’s not like they are all that bad. Blockbuster is one of the offers, there are credit card deals, book deals and more. Some are very good offers. Once an offer is complete, you need 5 other people to sign up for offers and then they’ll send you a free iPod.

This is actually legit to. I know I was skeptical at first, however my friend has gotten a few free iPods. Yes, he sucks, but he tested out the system and it actually works. Even CNN and Wired are among the many media outlets that have researched the site and determined that it is real.

Imagine all the things you could do with your Apple iPod. Download hours of music and never have to tune in the radio again! Use it as your PDA; keeping all your contacts, notes, images and music in one handy place. There are also thousands of iPod accessories out there from cases to battery packs, speakers, bmw/car hookups and more equipment to turn your iPod into a digital haven.

Don’t miss out on your chance to get a cheap free iPod.

Technoratied: ipod, apple, free ipod, pda

BitTorrent is a popular protocol for downloading various files ranging from pictures and research documents, to fansubbed anime, and much, much more. This is a tutorial written to guide users on the usage of this protocol and various programs that harness its power.

Check it out.