Ryan Collins

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Tag: software

  • The Internet Archive has added the Historical Software Archive

    Historical Software Collection

    This collection contains selected historically important software packages from the Internet Archive’s software archives. Through the use of in-browser emulators, it is possible to try out these items and experiment with using them, without the additional burdens of installing emulator software or tracking down the programs. Many of these software products were the first of their kind, or utilized features and approaches that have been copied or recreated on many programs since. (historic software, vintage software, antique software)

    This is pretty awesome, I spent an hour reliving Lemonade Stand. There are IBM DOS apps (such as Wordstar), Atari 8-bit (Elite), and several versions of Pac-Man.

  • Thursday 3 for May 16, 2013

    Forecast.io

    I read about Forecast on Macdrifter. This isn’t your everyday weather site. A couple of things make it unique. On the main website there is a time machine button, which allows you to look at what the weather was in the past. The other neat feature is that if you visit it from an iOS device, it asks you to install it as an HTML5 app. Nice, functional and free.

    IFTTT

    An oldie but a goodie, If This Then That – IFTTT lets you automate web services. For example, I use the Pocket read it later service. I also want to keep a copy of anything sent to Pocket just in case something happens to Pocket, so I have an IFTTT recipe that saves to Dropbox anything that I Pocket.

    f.lux – Better lighting… for your computer

    f.lux changes the whiteness of your computer after sunset, giving it a yellowish hue. This is more pleasing to the eye in the dark and could help you sleep. Availble for Mac, Windows, Linux and jailbroken iOS devices.

  • Goodreader app now supports annotating PDFs

    The latest update to the best \$.99 I’ve ever spent on an all for my
    iPad just made the application even better. Goodreader now allows you to
    mark up PDFs, adding notes, highlighting text, or drawing. It can save
    the markup in the same file or make a copy for you, preserving the
    original.

    If you have \$1 and an iPad, this app is well worth it.