Have you ever had a time where you wanted to add a picture to a web site, but needed it to be an exact pixel size? I know I have. I used to open up PhotoShop and set the dimensions in a new document to the size that I needed for the picture being placed on the web site I was using.  That was a lot of extra work! Then, I found Pixus in the Adobe Market Place. Best of all, it was FREE!!! So, I installed the application and it takes a lot of work out of trying to get the right sized images for web sites. Pixus is basically a ruler for screen objects. Below are some key features along with screenshots. (Words with underlines will display a screenshot when clicked.)
Pixus is a measurement tool used to measure screen objects in pixels using both mouse and keyboard control
You can measure the screen object size with an overlay mode (the box).
You can also use presets for your measurements and preview how your design/image will look in the real environment.
You can measure the screen object size by dragging the ‘dragging button’ until you are at the position you are happy with.
Click on the cross hair for Multi-Screen support.
You can toggle the guide color by pressing the Spacebar.
The preferences window contains 5 panels, accessible by right clicking above the word Pixus. Inside the preferences window are Presets, Skins, Options, Help and About.
The Presets panel displays various preset sizes and allows for New Presets.
The Skins panel displays the skins available and allows for finding new Panels.
The Options panel displays General Options and Quick Guides Options.
The Help panel displays Keyboard Controls for Mac OS X
The About panel displays information about the application.
This application does require Adobe Air. To download the application, click on the Px image to be directed to the Adobe Air Market Place for Pixus.
Overall, this is a very handy tool for graphic designers, web designers, etc. If anyone has used this application and has suggestions, feel free to leave a comment to help others interested in it. Hopefully, this article has helped you gather a better understanding of this application. Thanks!
-TINA

Today’s article is about an application that I use frequently when I am in the mood to veg out in front of the TV. I have cable through Time Warner and sometimes, I don’t want to have to scroll through the Channel Guide to find something I want to watch. Luckily, I have i.TV on my iPhone. This app is a lifesaver when it comes to TV listings (plus more).
I will try to describe some of the features that are available on i.TV and its uses. I will do this by screen order. We have TV, Movies, Favorites, Searches and More. (NOTE: Any words with an underline will open a picture of the screenshot when clicked.)

TV Screen

This screen displays the shows that are currently on TV. On the top of the screen, you can choose to go backward or forward in 30-minute increments. The View button (in the upper left-hand corner) gives you four options: Shows displaying all the shows on the screen, Channels to display only the channels you choose with the option to show what is on Now, for the Day, or All for the whole week. You will see a small thumbnail picture (if available), name of the show, episode, channel number and call letters/network. Some will have a star rating. You just scroll down to see all programs available. When you get to a show you’re interested in, you can click on it.

Categories to view Types of programming which offer the options of Movies, Sports, Family, News, Lifestyle and Genre ListGrid option which displays a Landscape mode TV Grid on the screen. (To return to regular mode, just turn your phone.) then finally a

The Edit button in the upper right-hand corner allows you to change the Channel Lineup information.  To remove a channel from your lineup, just uncheck it. To rearrange the channels, just slide the channel up or down. If you mess up, you can also Reset (in the upper left-hand corner of screen).

When you click on a show you’re interested in, the display will show a Details tab and a Watch tab along with an Overview of the show displaying Synopsis, Premise, Genre, Duration, Released Date, Language, Syndication, and Category. You can also click on the heart in the upper right hand corner to Favorite the show.

The Details displays the following boxes: Reviews-from other i.TV users and Wikipedia-show information.) Gallery displays pictures from the show. Credits displays information about the cast. Reviews displays reviews from other i.TV users. Wikipedia displays information of the show from Wikipedia.

The Watch tab displays the following clickable boxes: Downloads displays items that are available for download through iTunes that you can purchase directly from iTunes. (It directs you to the iTunes app when an item is clicked.) Netflix displays DVDs that are available through Netflix. When an item is clicked, it displays Netflix information (forms of availability through Netflix). Streams display a list of shows that will stream through your iPhone. Upcoming displays upcoming episodes with day, time, and channel information. (Again, click on an item and it displays an overview of that episode.) Record displays TiVo Settings. (I don’t have TiVo so I’m not sure how this works). Remote displays remote control settings (if a remote control device is found). Invite to Watch displays an email form to send an email to a friend to watch the show you want to share. Alerts display a screen for you to set up alerts for the given show. (Supported by Push Notification.) NOTE: not all boxes display in all episodes.

Movies Screen

The Movies tab opens in Released mode by default. The screen will show what is currently playing in theaters showing a thumbnail of the movie, the title of the movie along with the rating and release date.  Both the Coming and Released tabs display the same options. The movie screen displays Details and Watch tabs. You will also see an ! in the upper right-hand corner, which allows you to Sort Movies By: Release Date, Title, Content Rating or Star Rating. The Theaters tab (on the top of the screen), display the names and addresses of the closest theaters by distance. You will notice an ! in the upper right hand corner, this allows you to Sort Theaters By: Location or Theater Name.

The Details tab displays an Overview, Preview button (if a preview is available), information pertaining to the movie like Starring, Synopsis, and Content. (NOTE: not all movies will display the information listed.) The Watch tab displays boxes consisting of Downloads, Netflix, Streams, Invite to Watch, Remind Me, and Theaters. The Downloads, Netflix, Streams, Invite to Watch are similar to the TV screen descriptions. Remind Me displays an email form enabling you to send yourself an email reminder. The email contains information about the movie you want to be reminded about. Theaters display the closest theaters with names of theaters, address, and movie times.NOTE: Not all of the features listed above are available for each movie.

Favorites Screen

Search Screen

More Screen

The More screen gives you five options; News, Netflix, Settings, Remotes and Help & Hints.  The Edit button in the upper right-hand corner allow you to Configure what items you want to display as bottom menu buttons. News displays four tabs on the top of the screen (E!, CNN, MSNBC, USA) along with a slider that displays the options of News, Photos, Videos, and More. It is pretty self-explanatory. Clicking News display the news from that channel. Clicking on Photos display photos from that channel, etc., etc., etc. for each channel. Netflix displays four options at the top of the screen (Disc, Instant and At Home). The Edit tab in the upper-right corner allows you to move items up or down or delete items. Disc displays items in your Netflix Disc queue. Instant displays items in your Instant queue. At Home displays the movie you currently have at home. Settings display the following settings: Accounts, TV Service, Preferences, Remote Settings, Alert Settings, and Settings Lock.

Account displays a screen with i.TV, Wallet, Netflix and TiVo. i.TV displays your i.TV account information. Wallet displays your Payment Methods saved. Netflix displays your Netflix account information. And TiVo displays your TiVo account information TV Service displays information for the services available in your location. You can change your location by clicking on the ZIP tab in the upper right-hand corner. Then, you scroll down the list until you see the service provider you use. Preferences displays Ratings Filter, Hide channels, Pay Per View, Music (audio), Infomercial, Non-English, and Off-Air. Ratings Filter (where you can set the ratings like TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA, etc., etc. along with the ability to turn off Adult Content or Unrated Content). Hide Channels Over: allow you to select the highest channel number to display. The Pay Per View, Music (audio), Infomercial, Non-English and Off Air displays an On/Off slider on the Listing Preference screen. Remote Settings displays Supported Devices (TiVo HD DVR, etc.) along with Remote FAQs, TiVo setup instructions and information for manufacturers that would like to support the i.TV remote framework. Alert Settings displays a list of your favorites. You can choose to Clear All from the button in the upper right-hand corner, delete individually or move items up or down. Settings Lock displays the On/Off slider on the Settings screen to lock the settings.

Now that you know all that i.TV can do, download i.TV from the iTunes apps store. It’s FREE!!! After you install i.TV on your iPhone, and open it, a popup will ask “i.TV would like to use your current location (click Don’t Allow or OK). Once you click your choice, you will be given a screen (the TV Service screen) displaying your zip code location in the upper right-hand corner and a list of service providers. Choose your service provider. That’s all you do. It will then display the channel listings of what is on TV now. (NOTE: i.TV delivers local – U.S. and Canada TV and movie listings.) To download i.TV, click on the iTunes icon at the end of this article to be directed to iTunes App Store where you can download i.TV for FREE.
I hope that this article has helped those who weren’t sure about i.TV and what it can do. If anyone has any comments about their experiences with i.TV, feel free to leave a comment. Thanks.
-TINA

Last week, I wrote an article about GeekTool and its uses. I decided that it would be nice to create a list of some of the most common user commands that I’ve found online so that others may benefit the great features of GeekTool.  I am using GeekTool 3 for the commands. To the right is a preview of the GeekTool pane area (just click it to enlarge). So let’s get to the commands….

Month: date +%B

Day of Month: date +%d

Full Date: date "+%A, %B %d"

Day of Week: date +%A

Time: date +"%l:%M"

AM/PM: date +"%p"

Current Calendar Month This is just a simple, small calendar: cal

Simple Horizontal Calendar: cal | sed -e '1d' -e '2p;2p;2p;2p' | sed -e '$!N;s/\n/ /' -e '$!N;s/\n/ /' -e '$!N;s/\n/ /' -e '$!N;s/\n/ /' | sed "s/^/ /;s/$/ /;s/ $(date +%e) /\|$(date +%e)\|/"

Weather Conditions: lynx -dump http://printer.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=51501|awk '/Cond/ && !/Fore/ {for (i=2; i<=10; i++) printf $i " " }'

Historical Events: curl http://www.infoplease.com/rss/dayinhistory.rss | grep CDATA | sed -e 's/\(.*\[\)//' -e 's/\].*//'

Quote of the Day: curl http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/feeds/rssfeed.aspx?type=quote | grep description | sed -e 's/\(.*<description>\)//' -e 's/<\/description>.*//'

Current Homeland Security Level (which will most likely show ‘Elevated’: curl -s http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/getAdvisoryCondition | grep CONDITION

RAM: top -l 1 | awk '/PhysMem/ {print "" $8 " "}' ;

CPU: top -l 2 | awk '/CPU usage/ && NR > 5 {print $12, $13}'

IP Address If you simply want to know your IP Address, this sort of command can be very helpful. echo External IP: `curl -s http://checkip.dyndns.org/ | sed 's/[a-zA-Z<>/ :]//g'`

I’ve been working on a new MacBook desktop design. I wanted to have a customized desktop screen with the look of a home office that I’d see my Grandfather in. But, at the same time, I wanted to add something new to bring it up-to-date….My husband offered the suggestion of adding a New MacBook Pro laptop with a screenshot, and Voila! He worked his magic and here is the outcome…
(click the picture to view larger)

Here is the work that was involved in building the desktop as you see above.
First, I looked for all the images. The desk, the armoire (I wanted to make the desk and armoire merge together to have it look like a hutch is on top of the desk), the 2 old framed photos, the 2 tiffany lamps, the chair with the blanket, the plant (which was duplicated – to have on each side of the desk), the desk blotter, the ink pen, the ink jar, the grandfather clock, the cat, the vase, the DaVinci Anatomy of Man art, the Last Supper picture, the antique phone, the antique typewriter, the coffee cup with steam, the old map, the old framed map (above grandfather clock), the stack of papers, the stack of books….I could go on and on. Every single item was found on Google Images.
I drove my husband crazy….every time he would get things arranged on the screen, I’d find more items to put into the room. LOL. For those of you who work with PhotoShop, there were 40+ layers involved in making this a beautiful piece of art. It took HOURS for him to get it Just Right.
Overall, I’m extremely happy with the outcome and will probably keep this background for a couple of weeks. Leave a comment and tell me what YOU think about this desktop! Thanks for visiting!!!
-TINA

The iPhone app that I have chosen today is Solitaire City Deluxe. The reason I have chosen this app is because it happens to be an app that I’m addicted to. Particularly the Double Klondike game. My husband is extremely good at this game. I can’t even compare to his scores. So, let’s get started with the details of the game in general.
Solitaire City Deluxe is from Digital Smoke, LLC. It costs $7.99 from iTunes and they also offer a ‘Lite’ version for FREE. Solitaire City Deluxe has several variations of your favorite solitaire games. The following is a list of the games (and the variations will be in parenthesis). I will list them in order of appearance in the game itself.
(Click on the name link to see a screenshot of the game.)

• Alternations (4 variations)
• Casket (2 variations)
• Cribbage Squares (3 variations)
• Demon (4 variations)
• Double Klondike (3 variations) – my favorite.
• Eliminator (3 variations)
• FreeCell (7 variations including timed games and Microsoft game numbers)
• Golf (4 variations)
• Klondike (12 variations including deal 1 and deal 3 cards)
• Poker Squares (4 variations)
• Pyramid (4 variations)
• Spider (one suit, two suit and four suit rules)
• Spiderette (one suit, two suits and four suits rules)
• Tri-Peaks (face up and face down rules)
• Yukon (3 variations)

No wonder why it’s such an addicting game. There are so many to choose from. Now let’s see what some of the features are that make this app such a great game.

• You can play a game against the clock for points. The faster you win, the higher your points will be. Each game has its own rules, variations, and levels of difficulty.
• There is global scoring for each type of game, which is automatically downloaded through your Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
• The ability to see your name and country flag from anywhere in the world (your score of course has to be in the top 50).
• There are separate hi-score tables for each game/rule combination. They are:
  (Click on the name link to see a screenshot.)
  • Daily Top 50 (which includes yesterday’s Top 50 above it)
  • Weekly Top 50 (which includes Last Weeks Top 10 above it)
  • All Time Great Top 50 (you can only view if you are on that list)
  • Personal Best Top 15
• The app offers unlimited amount of Undo’s, which let you reverse any mistakes (careful though, this could dock you some points when playing in a scoring mode).
• It also offers a ‘Show Move’ button which points out valid moves when you get stuck.
• The app also includes a unique hands-on training system which teach you the rules of any unfamiliar games you may want to try.

• The user interface is full of graphical effects like 3D cards, shadows, particle effects, and rewarding fireworks displays. (You can turn some of these features off through the settings also).
• You can also choose to play in Landscape mode or Portrait mode. Just rotate your iPhone to switch the display. (You can adjust the settings to keep the game in Landscape mode in the settings.)
• The app offers a choice of background images, card set designs, you can listen to your iPod library or talk on the phone (speakerphone) while playing, there are even settings for left or right handed players which can be set in the Settings.
  There are probably some other features that I haven’t mentioned. If anybody has any suggestions or tips for Solitaire City Deluxe, PLEASE, comment so that others can benefit!

I’ve decided to wait on upgrading my Mac OS X (Leopard) to the newer version Snow Leopard. Why? I figured that I would wait for Apple work out some of the bugs before I upgrade. I am also making sure that most of the apps that I have on my Mac will work on the new Snow Leopard before upgrading. So, I have been modding my MacBook (you know, the screen, the docks, the icons, the folders, etc.) and came across Magnifique.

What is Magnifique?

Magnifique is a nice little app for theming your OS X. Best of all, it is absolutely FREE! Here are a few examples of some of Magnifique’s features: (Click on the link to see the image of that item.)

• It includes a free theme manager from within the application.
• It saves themes that you have downloaded for easier applying when you’re ready to change Finder or Dock themes.
• Magnifique also offers developers an opportunity to convert their themes into a Magnifique (.mfq) format and provides support for their distribution through the website.
• It has a preview pane for viewing themes before installing or applying new or downloaded themes. (note: not all themes offer previews.)
• Easy to activate themes from within the app via the ‘Restart Finder’ or ‘Restart Dock’ features. (Although if you are running any applications during an installation, you may have to restart those applications.)
• It allows you to mix themes with the Theme Mixer.

Those are the main features of this application. You’re probably wondering how to install the theme and use it. Not to worry, here is a brief explanation of how to use the Magnifique application.

When you launch Magnifique, you want to download some themes. These are located on the bottom of the Available Downloads on the bottom left panel of the screen. From this panel, you can choose which theme you’d like to download (this does not apply the theme, it just downloads it to your ‘My Themes’ panel above the ‘Available Downloads’ panel). When looking through the available themes, you will be able to preview what the theme will look like in the preview pane to the right side of the screen. Once you have downloaded the theme you like, it will appear in the ‘My Themes’ panel. Just select the theme from that list and click ‘Apply Now.’ It’s that easy!

Now you will be presented with a dialog box in which you can either apply the system theme (which themes the windows, menu bar, etc.), apply the custom mods (which are applications mods to match the theme, like QuickTime or iTunes), and/or apply the Dock theme (which themes your Dock) with the chosen theme. Then, you click ‘Apply Theme.’ If you ever want to revert your revert your Mac back to its normal state, just press the ‘Uninstall Theme’ button in the bottom right corner of the window. Then just restart any open application or re-log in to see the changes. Another nice feature that I forgot to mention is the ‘Theme Mixer.’ It allows you to choose different elements from different themes and apply them as one custom theme. You know, a window theme from one, the custom application mods from another, the dock from another. Then, you can save the theme and apply it to your Mac.

Some words of caution:

Remember that there are potential risks when theming your Mac. The files that are necessary for theming could harm your Mac. Make sure you keep a backup of your files. Magnifique is an interesting application and should be used with care. If you apply a theme and it damages your default OS X theme, there’s not much you can do, so again…..make sure to backup, backup, backup.

I use Magnifique for many of my desktop customizations and haven’t had any problems; but, again… you must backup your files! Thanks for reading!

-TINA

To download your copy of Magnifique, click the icon below to go to the website.

Todays App of The Day is the iRentMovie iPhone app. The reason I chose this app is because it is one of the apps that I use frequently and I figured that it was a good app to start with. I happen to use Netflix because it is cheaper than Blockbuster or any other online video rental store and they give you many more benefits than the competition.  Click the link at the bottom of this article to visit the Netflix site and decide if Netflix is for you. Let’s get on to what this app is all about. This app allows you to manage your Netflix account while you are away from your Mac (or PC).
For example, let’s say you’re traveling and you see or hear about a movie coming to DVD or what not, you’re away from your Mac. What do you do? Just grab your iPhone and open the iRentMovie application. From there, you can add that movie to your Instant Only or Disc queue, or you can even search for your favorite movie from within the app. The app will search the official Netflix website and you will most likely find your movie.
Here are some of the details about the iRentMovie app….

You can add, delete or reorder the titles in your Instant Queue. Just use the Edit button to make any changes.	You can add, delete or reorder the titles in your Disc Queue. Just use the Edit button to make any changes.
Another nice feature is that you can use the Browse Options to sort by Popularity, Title, or Year. Then display by All, DVD Only, Blu-Ray Only or Instant Only.	Use the Search Options to search by Titles, Cast, or Directors and then display All, DVD Only, Blu-Ray Only or Instant Only. Then choose the release year range.
You can view rental history, suggestions, or titles from the apps home screen. Choose the More Button which displays the Suggestions, At Home, History and Account options.	From the Top Charts icon, you can view various charts like the Top 100, New Releases, New Choices to Watch Instantly or the Top 25 in each genre.

Another feature that I didn’t list above is that you can rate the titles you have watched or specify titles that you aren’t interested in so that they don’t show up in your suggestions.  Also, one of my favorite features that make this app really handy is that if I’m interested in watching a movie through either my XBox 360, TiVo or Roku, I don’t have to go to my Mac to add the movie that I’m interested in. I can just do a search for a movie that is of interest to me and then add it to my Instant Only queue. It instantly shows up on the screen the movie that was added. There are so many other features, that I can’t list them all in this one article. The website from the creator OxyCode Solutions has more information available at their website.

Click here to be directed to OxyCode Solutions Home Page. Download the app directly from the iTunes App store by clicking here: Click here to be directed to Netflix:

I have been using GeekTool for a couple of months now and I find it to be a really useful tool. When you want to display certain types of information on your empty Mac desktop screen, this tool will allow you the ability to make it more personalized through the use of commands, scripts and other tools being used in the program. Here is a little bit of information as to what GeekTool is.

GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Mac OS 10.5+. It allows you to display different blocks of information on your desktop screen. The tool provides 3 default modules (or Geeklets) which each have their own uses. They are as follows:

The File module is primarily used to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow. It is used to display live content of an arbitrary file.  The content will scroll live with the latest lines at the bottom. It also handles log file rotation as well.

The Shell module is the most powerful module. It is used to launch custom scripts or commands like “df” to check space left on file systems, “uptime” to monitor load of your machine, and many other scripts. It allows you to display the output of any unix shell command.

And the Image module helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU loads, memory availability of your server, via tools like MRTG or RRD. The image module is used to display graphs issued from monitoring systems like MRTG or Cacti.  You can also display slideshow images from a folder (or pick random ones). The results are displayed on the desktop between the finder icons and the desktop picture (although you can have them set to “keep on top”), they are contained in a square frame on any screen and sticks to that screen, they are visible on all spaces, they are organized in groups (you can choose to display as a group or alone), and they are easy to export and share with friends.

To install GeekTool, (of course after you have downloaded it first), you open the GeekTool prefPane icon and the system will open in System Preferences, asking you if you would like to install GeekTool for all users on the system or just for the current user.

After that, the GeekTool settings window is opened and you can start having fun with it. It’s that easy.

Here are some tips when first using GeekTool:

In the main area of the window, you will see the three modules which you can use (file, shell and image).  To create your first Geeklet, pick the shell icon and drop it somewhere on your desktop. There will be an empty black translucent area that sits on your desktop screen and the inspector palette will be ready for you to configure. Set “date” in the Command field and the result should be displayed in the selected translucent window. You can change the text, color, font, alignment, etc…

Here are some of the scripts that I am currently using in the Shell Module:

For the day number, I use the following script: date +%d (enter it exactly like that).

For the month, I use the following script: date +%B (again, enter it exactly like that).

For the actual day (whatever day of the week you are on), I use the following script: date +%A (you know how to enter it).

And for the time of day, I used the following script: date +%l%M (same thing, enter it exactly like that).

That is just a few of the scripts that you can use with this tool. There are many others out there. Just type in GeekTool user scripts in Google and I’m sure some will show up.

NOTE: The version of GeekTool used in this article is GeekTool v2. There is a newer version of it at their website. Just click on the picture below to download their latest version.

Today’s desktop customization theme is by Chazz. The reason I chose this theme is because of the personal feel it gives. Also, it isn’t cluttered. It has the feel of a real desk.
Here are the tools that Chazz used to create this one-of-a-kind desktop.
To change the menubar, Chazz used the program Magnifique with the Mistkikons Dark Theme.
To change the dock, Chazz used the Summer Dock theme.
For the background, Chazz started with a wooden background. Then,  got a .psd of a film strip and a book. Chazz filled the book with pictures and text. For the plant and iPhone, Chazz got them from the internet and traced them out.
To see more of Chazz’s work, check out these links:  (click on the picture to be directed to the site.)

We are finally at the end of my iPhone App series. Hooray!!! This screen is just full of miscellaneous apps. They are at the end because as you know, when you add an app, it goes into the next available slot. Mine happens to be at the last page. Let’s finish this series!

Strategic Acceleration (free) from Tapstacks by Tony Jeary. He describes that you can achieve and create results faster by using strategic acceleration. Yelp (free) searches for business near you using the iPhone build-in location finder. You can find nearby bars, restaurants, cafes and more and even narrow the searches by ‘hood,’ distance, price and what’s open now. TUAW (free) is “The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) app. You can view tips, reviews, news, analysis, opinions and more about Apple. This app is similar to their web site. Epic Fail (free) is full of funny pictures. Or shall we say ‘fail’ moments. You can sort, vote or download images to your iPhone also. Simian Speed Read ($0.99) allows you to read based on ideas of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation. There’s more info about this at simianspeedreader.com and more demos about this app on their site. See the links below. Big Oven (free) is full of recipes. You can search for a recipe and also save recipes to your favorites. I use it when I want to make something special for my husband. Business Week (free) is the mobile version of their magazine. Navigate through business news, customize channels, share content via e-mail or Twitter, browse articles offline and much more. Time Mobile (free) is the mobile version of their magazine. Keep up with their latest stories and images. You can also share stories via e-mail or Twitter. Zyrtec Allergy (free) displays the allergy forecast for today and tomorrow along with the days top allergens. I use this Every Day since I have terrible allergies! Lifehack (free) contains content that is updated daily. There are different articles and how-tos on productivity, technology, finance, communication, lifestyle and management. Moments of Magic (free) from Tapstack by Shep Hyken. He discusses customer service concepts. I don’t know much else about it yet. Sorry folks. Darkslide (free) formerly Exposure. It allows you to browse photos from all areas of Flickr. You can view your contacts’, recent uploads, crate favorites, read and comment on photos and much more.

Well, that concludes this series. I just realized that I need to rearrange all of my screens. Don’t worry, I won’t be adding another article. This was just a teaser as to what types of apps I will write about in the new Apps section. Keep checking for the new section! Thanks again for reading!

-TINA

My latest customized desktop was an idea that my husband came up with. He wanted to add dimension to the desktop giving it a look that seems to be moving inward. He custom made the wallpaper on Adobe Illustrator and came up with this background. Then, I just used GeekTool for the time, day, day number and month with the Dagny OT font. Then, I used Rainlendar for the vertical calendar. I tweaked the colors of the vertical calendar to match the desktop. The skin for the calendar at the Rainlendar site is Sidewall. I will post the link for Rainlendar in my Links of Interest to the right. I really like the overall feel of the design as it is simple and clean. As always, keep on checking for other designs. I am constantly changing my designs. Thanks for visiting!
-TINA