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Yes, it appears to be a bad deal for the developer. It’s a great deal for the user though.The MacHeist software bundle takes 14 apps and sells them for 90% off – $49 total. And that’s a real discount – not some ginzu knife discount. I personally had purchased 1passwd in the past for the indicated price. I’ve already received my money’s worth – Snapz Pro X is a great way to do screencasts, and costs $69 alone.Ensuring they are buzzword compliant, they also have a viral marketing aspect – refer people to receive additional software. Clearly they’re roped me in to it. Finally, it’s marketing genius that they give 25% of the order to charity – help you assuge your guilt somehow? Turn buying into a community action? Either way, it’s really worth checking out, and taking advantage of. The deal ends Wednesday.Referral link – MacHeist Direct link – MacHeist

I got a Kindle when it came out, and love it. Yes, the ID is terrible. And WTF is up with the back button? But it’s changed reading for me. I’ve been tearing through books again, and enjoying it all the time.Being a geek, it’s not enough to just read, I’ve got to share too! So, I’ve added a goodreads widget over there on the right side. Take a look at the books I’m reading, and suggest some more! I’m running out of ideas – there are too many out there, I get overwhelmed.

I’m having some very weird issues with leopard. The dock seems to have rendering issues – the hover text boxes don’t always have their border, and the spring folders are totally messed up. Those gray round bars are supposed to be the files. No text, and no icons for the files.  Anyone have any idea what’s going on?

Upgraded to Leopard last night.  (BTW, drove by the Palo Alto Apple store on the way home, where there was a ~100 person line @ 6 waiting for the store to reopen.  For an OS.  Apple, please rub some juju on me too).  As you can imagine, there are thousands of people pontificating all over the web.  I haven’t seen anyone cover the one change that means the world to me:  Spotlight and mail.Previously, searching for mail was tedious.  My standard M.O. involves remembering that Steve sent me an email with a presentation in it, but not really remembering anything else.  It used to be, I created a “smart folder” for email from steve, then searched that folder for emails to me or that contained a presentation.  Not exactly useful.Now, just type: “from:steve to:oren odp” (yeah, I use neooffice/staroffice) and I’ve got my results.  This is the way google desktop, MSN desktop, and even ancient Lookout search all worked.  It’s been the ONE thing I’ve really missed in my switch to a mac, and now it’s here!  I’m such a loser – but this made the $120 upgrade totally worth it.  Doesn’t hurt that spotlight is now blazing fast too.