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Sunday, August 7th, 2005 at 10:20 AM

Chatalog is a new application from Freeverse Software which archives iChat logs in, of all places, your email program. While it may seem odd at first, storing messages in Mail (or any other Mail program) makes searching your iChat history very easy, making use of Spotlight to quickly find what you’re looking for. You can also apply Mail rules for even finer-tuned sorting and labeling. Chatalog is a great little application for keeping things organized, and I’m sure I’ll be registering it in the near future. [via] (I suggest disabling Spotlight searching of your iChat archive folder (in System Preferences) so you don’t end up with duplicate results if you use the system-wide Spotlight icon to search for chats.)

11/17/05 Update
I’ve switched to Chat Transcript Manager. It’s a separate application, so it works differently than Chatalog, but it meets my needs better. Definitely worth a look.

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Friday, August 5th, 2005 at 3:01 PM

The crazy people at ArsTechnica bought a brand new Mighty Mouse from Apple and immediately dissected and documented it. Taking apart Apple products is always fun, and there seems to be an unspoken race to be the first to crack open new hardware shortly after it’s arrival. I usually use new technology for a while before hacking it, waiting at least until the novelty wears off, but details and photos of new products are always appreciated — especially when the disassembly is irreversible.

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Friday, August 5th, 2005 at 1:53 AM

MP3.com has an interesting article on the evolution of the iPod scroll wheel, and how it developed from a physical control to the popular touch-sensitive interface it is today. Personally, I prefer the current click wheel, as it provides a nice balance between the trackpad-like behavior, but still maintains the clickable button feel.

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Thursday, August 4th, 2005 at 4:21 AM

If you’re interested in developing applications which make use of GPS hardware, be sure to check out Sparkfun. They sell all sorts of parts, including tiny GPS receivers, cellular and Bluetooth communications modules, development boards, LCDs, and tons more. What suprised me is how affordable most everything is! Usually hardware in that area is expensive and complicated.

On a related note, a clever hacker adapted a GPS module to communicate serially with a Nintendo DS, and integrated it with Google Maps, so you can now view maps on the DS. The Nintendo DS wi-fi protocol has not been reverse enginnered yet, so the maps must be loaded prior to execution, however I’m sure it will all come together in time.

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