Marc Charbonneau’s Blog

I should have mentioned this a long time ago, but Cocoa programmer Mike Lee has started a charity to save Madagascar lemurs. Prior to reading I had no idea lemurs were in danger of extinction or the good even a small donation could do, but Mike makes some very convincing arguments.
Instapaper is a new web [...]

I found a variety of large format (6.5′ x 2′) posters for sale at Amka last week, via Better Living Through Design. At almost $300 USD they’re expensive, but I think they would look great if you have a large, empty wall space to fill.

The new MacBook Air looks like an great machine, and I wish I had a need for one. I don’t have a desktop at home, and I doubt I would be happy with the Air’s performance as my primary workstation, so planning on sticking with my MacBook Pro for the foreseeable future.
What’s exciting to me [...]

I’ve tried several task management tools in the past (including Leopard’s new systemwide tasks system and Anxiety) but I’ve never been able to find one that really matched the way I work. Lately I’ve been using Things, and it’s come closer than anything else I’ve tried in the past. I like the way tasks are [...]

DroboShare is an add on to the Drobo storage device; giving you the ability to access your data over a GB network connection. It’s neat, and lack of network sharing has always been a valid criticism of the Drobo compared to some of its competitors, but given the price I can’t see much of a [...]

Get it here. NetNewsWire is a great RSS reader, and I probably would have bought a license back when it was shareware if I hadn’t been waiting for Mail.app’s RSS support in Leopard.

Chyrp blogging engine:
Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in), and has a pimpin’ theme and module engine; so you can personalize it however you want.
I like the philosophy behind Chyrp; it seems clean and lightweight without sacrificing [...]

APE is a big reason why I never bothered installing LCC when I moved to Leopard. If you’re not familiar with APE, have a look at Daring Fireball and the TextMate Blog for a few reasons why you probably don’t want it installed on your system.
Anyhow, from reading the MacUpdate comments it looks like LCC [...]