The Momma Loves Gringo

The ten most popular posts this year:

1. Healthy for humans, deadly for dogs - We’re so happy that this is number one. We hope that it has prevented many accidental poisonings. A worthwhile read because some of the foods are surprising…and commonly within reach of many dogs.
2. 13 cribbage boards from the momma’s collection
3. CPAP, CPAP run - about sleep apnea
4. My top three dog toys - the most fun ever!
5. The Audiocity of it All! - a list of free audio applications for the Mac
6. NBC Heroes/USA The 4400 - the comments relayed both good and bad news
7. My 11 favorite activities…doggie style - you wouldn’t believe the search terms that led to this post!
8. Tapetum Lucidum - eye shine
9. Feelin’ Groovy - me in agility class…you may as well bypass this if you watched the video in number 7 above.
10. The momma’s 13 favorite computer games

Tags: 4400, agility, Apple, audio, audiocity, cats, chocolate, computer, CPAP, cribbage, dogs, eyes, free, games, grapes, hazard, headache, Heroes, itunes, list, mac, music, nap, NBC, new episodes, ophthalmology, play, poison, polysomnography, sleep apnea, sleep disorder, snoring, sorbitol, squirrel, tapetum, television, toys, trivia, USA, veterinarian, xylitol

Last week the momma found an application for desktop blogging. It’s called ecto and is sold by illumineX (who purchased the original company, infinite sushi). It is so much easier to manage this blog, create links, etc. She purchased the program after using the 21-day trial version for only 15 minutes. The program cost $17.95 at the time of writing this post. It’s so easy that I’m going to try pawing in the next entry!

This is a screenshot of the post listings:

and this is the draft editing page:

The little iTunes icon in the toolbar inserts information on the current song we are listening to:

Tags: Apple, blog, computer

Just lookin’ around here…

1. imac G5

---

2. bear claw hair holder upper thingy

---

3. Casio Baby-G watch

---

4. fingernail clippers

---

5. old computer speakers (not hooked up)

---

6. AA batteries for the wireless mac mighty mouse battery eater

---

7. bandaids???

---

8. cell phone

---

9. bean bag wrist rest

---

10. conch shell

---

11. coaster from Treasure Bay casino (in Biloxi MS)

---

12. basket full of pens, receipts, and more hair thingies

---

13. Nature’s Miracle pet mess easy clean-up….I was sick, okay? I couldn’t help it!

---

Tags: Apple, bandage, batteries, beans, Biloxi, casino, cats, coaster, computer, conch, desk, fingernails, food, hair, mac, mess, receipts, shell, sick, speakers, thursday thirteen, watch

The earlier ticktots.com had lists of free mac software. We give it to you again in the category of audio. Since the momma is currently using Tiger, all of the software listed is Tiger compatible, however, there may be compatibility with Leopard or Panther in most of these applications.

• AudioSlicer: an mp3 splitter
• AutoRate: iTunes rater according to how often a track is played and how often a track is skipped
• Breakaway: Stop/start iTunes depending on whether headphone jack is inserted
• DrDJ: DJ software
• The Filter:
• iTunes2web: create beautiful web content from your iTunes music library
• iTunesShut: shuts down Mac after iTunes playlist has finished
• JewelCase: turns iTunes into a visual jukebox
• Join Together: automates joining of iTunes tracks together
• Moody: tag music files for playlists based on mood
• Orator: text to speech
• Quicktunes: places current iTunes track name and artist in menubar
• Say: text to speech
• Senuti: transfer songs from ipod to computer (donationware)
• SizzlingKeys: control iTunes with global hot keys
• SoundSource: fast audio input/output source switcher
• ThisWeekOnXM: view XM radio programming updates
• WordPod: an intuitive way to read books on your iPod

---

Tags: Apple, audio, audiocity, computer, free, itunes, list, mac, music

The momma compiled a list of her favorite macintosh software and asked me to pass it on. Lots of cool and helpful stuff!

1. BookEnds: bibliography and reference management. Cheaper than EndNote and lots of features. She has had to email tech and customer support a few times in the 5 years she has owned this. Not just with problems, but questions of usage, etc. She usually gets a response within an hour…..
2. 1PassWord: password manager with auto-fill and isync compatible. also synchronizes passwords stored on various browsers.
3. BookDog: sort, manage, migrate, synchronize & verify bookmarks between and within different browsers
4. iSync: synchronization software that is part of Mac OSX
5. iTunes: music player/store
6. Jiggler: free app that jiggles the cursor every few minutes to keep the screen saver from coming on. very useful for presentations
7. VooDooPad: hypertext and wiki notepad, free and paid versions
8. Notebook: outlining and organizing information manager
9. Scrivener: word processor and project management tool
10. SketchBox: stickies with reminders, alarms, drawing, and screenshots! very cool….also free!
11. Skim: .pdf reader & note-taker for scientific papers & free!

---

Tags: Apple, computer, mac