20 Oct, 2006
iAlertU
iAlertU is a neat little application that may help to secure your MacBook or MacBook Pro. When enabled, it uses the sudden motion sensor to detect movement. When movement is detected, the an alarm is sounded, and a picture of the person moving the computer is taken. (Assuming that the are in front of the computer.)
There are some things that I would love to see fixed in iAlertU
- Have the alarm played through the speakers, even when headphones are plugged in.
- Have iAlertU startup, even before users login. This will allow the alarm to continue even after a hard reboot.
- Have an iAlertU screen saver, that automatically arms when the screen saver enables.
Technorati tags: AppleScript, iAlertU, MacBook, MacBook Pro, scp, sudden motion sensor
20 Oct, 2006
Tangerine
I have previously mentioned smart playlists that can be used to get a better selection of music. (1, 2) The one problem is that these are mainly based off the user ratings for tracks. It is pretty hard to just listen to just one type/mood from your favorite music.
Tangerine looks like it solves this problem. When you first launch it starts scanning through your iTunes library to calculate the beats per minute and the Beat Intensity for each track. (There is an option to save this information back to iTunes.
(More)Technorati tags: BPM, iPod, iTunes, playlist, Potion Factory, Tangerine