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It seems like a lot more people are getting Mac’s theses days (Pat just got one and Paul from work just got a new one…even my Mom has a temporary one for editing her book).  So for fun I thought I’d list a bunch of applications I’ve come to love.  I used a Mac for web design all through college but I didn’t switch my primary computer at home to one until a year and a half ago and now I have one at work as well.  Most of the applications are free so a quick search should bring them up if you want to download.  Anything killer I’m missing?

In the dock:

• Cyberduck (free FTP client)
• Firefox (browser, duh)
• Mail.app (use it occisionally just to download Gmail for offline use/backup)
• Entourage (work email)
• Adium (by far the best chat client)
• iCal (i mainly keep that there so I know the date since i use entourage for a calendar)
• iTunes
• ProTools (for the nowlikephotograph podcast)

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I am once again on a quest to reduce the amount of junk I have.  Here is a list of computer parts from the bin I have been keeping for far too long.  If you want any of it let me know, it’s free, just pay postage if you’re outside of Minneapolis or wait until I come visit sometime.  Anything not claimed I’m going to give to Goodwill at the end of next week.

• Wireless keyboard (some generic brand, it’s black and the receiver is a PS2 plug)
• 5.25″ removable hard drive cages for swapping drives (2 of them)
• IBM Deskstar 30.7GB hard drive (IDE)
• Western Digital 40.0GB hard drive (IDE)
• 3.5″ beige floppy drive
• ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB DDR AGP w/ TV Out
• ATI Radeon 7000 32MB DDR AGP w/ TV Out
• Promise Fasttrak TX2 IDE RAID Card
• Philips 5.1 PCI Sound Card
• Firewire PCI card (3-ports), some generic brand
• Netgear FA310TX network card
• D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit network card
• Logitech QuickCam USB camera
• Intel USB camera
• Microsoft PS2 scroll mouse
• Microsoft PS2 natural ergonomic keyboard (white - the first one that came out)
• Logitech MX510 USB Mouse
• Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 USB Mouse
• Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer (Wireless)
• MIDI to 15-pin joystick/sound card cable
• Monster cigarette to firewire adapter (for charging an old school iPod)
• Belkin 2-port KVM switch (USB, no PS2 ports)

The website was down so I ended up navigating to the FTP so I could download it.  Seems a little snappier and I like the UI much more on Windows.  I can’t wait to get it for the Mac though, the old UI was really ugly so having it look like Safari will be rockin’.  The folks at Mozilla are also trying to set a Guiness world record for the most downloaded file in 1-day.  Rumor has it that there is no record for this set already so it may not be that difficult.  You can download and be counted towards the record at getfirefox.com

I’ve mentioned it before but I highly recommend the Del.icio.us plugin for keeping bookmarks synced across home/work and on the web.  Adblock is also a nice extension for blocking ads on webpages, IE Tab for opening a Firefox tab with IE and the meebo extension that makes meebo IM feel like a real chat program.  All of them are compatible with Firefox 3.