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Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.

Blog Archives

Tag: applications

  • Fake: “Mac OS X Web Browser Automation and Webapp Testing Made Simple.”

    Version 0.2 just launched, and it be impressive:

    >Inspired by Apple’s Automator application, Fake looks like a combination of Safari and Automator and allows you to run (and re-run) “fake” interactions with the web.
    >
    >Power Users will love Fake for automating tedious web tasks like filling out lengthy forms and capturing screenshots. Developers can use Fake for graphically configuring automated tests for their webapps, including assertions.

    [Like Automator and Safari got married and made the most beautiful baby.][link] This is already The Best Thing.

    [link]: http://fakeapp.com/ “Fake – Mac OS X Web Browser Automation and Webapp Testing Made Simple.”

  • David Crane’s “2600 Magic” iPhone Application

    [Describing the technical workings of the Atari 2600][link], it is not an emulator, or even really a “how to,” but more like a… Documentary App. I love this kind of thing.

    It is Volume One in what will become a series, and if you don’t buy this you are an asshole.

    [link]: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2600-magic/id351446523?mt=8# “2600 Magic for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store”

  • Cfxr, An OSX Port of sfxr

    [It’s an 8-bit-style sound effects generator][link], and it’s a heck of a lot of fun. Useful for game mock-ups, too. Maybe even production.

    [link]: http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr “Third Cog Software – Cfxr”

  • Shoehorns and fossils

    Jesper on [two of the main problems][link] with current implementations of, and discussions surrounding, email clients.

    From [Brent Simmons email-init mailing list][brent].

    [link]: http://lists.ranchero.com/pipermail/email-init-ranchero.com/2010-January/000034.html “Shoehorns and fossils”
    [brent]: http://inessential.com/2010/01/16/email_init “Brent Simmons’ blog post, announcing the list”

  • FapMapper, An Android App For Public Sex Acts

    [This is the true future][link] that mobile ubiquity and unfettered app creation brings us. Welcome to Now. Welcome to the Sticky Sidewalk Future.

    [link]: http://www.ipinkvisualpass.com/fapmap/ “FapMapper”

  • Hitchcock

    [A mobile storyboarding application for iPhone][link]. Looks great, and is a prime example of a wide category of iPhone applications: Stuff I want but will never have any practical use for.

    [link]: http://www.cinemek.com/hitchcock/ “Hitchcock – Mobile storyboarding for your iphone”

  • Gmail, Google Apps out of “beta”

    [It only took five years][link].

    [link]: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/gmail-leaves-beta-launches-back-to-beta.html “Official Gmail Blog: Gmail leaves beta, launches “Back to Beta” Labs feature”

  • breadbox64

    [A Twitter client for C64][link].

    [link]: http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/ “:: v a n . d e n . b r a n d e ::”

  • iHeartRate by Endloop

    [My friend Ken Seto’s iPhone/iPod Touch app, recently updated to version 1.1][link]. It’s one of the best-looking and friendliest health-related iPhone apps I’ve seen.

    [link]: http://endloop.ca/ “endloop inc.- fun, elegant iPhone apps and games”

  • Introducing PNGPress, a PNG Optimizer for Mac OS X

    [You can download and read all about PNGPress at it’s homepage][link]. It’s essentially a Applescript front-end for [OptiPNG][opti], the command line application.

    *Update:* The download link for PNGPress is now fixed. Whoops.

    [link]: http://extrafuture.com/code/pngpress/ “PNGPress”
    [opti]: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/ “OptiPNG”