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Linked List: July 27, 2006

Thursday, 27 July 2006

Google Code — Project Hosting Frequently Asked Questions ★: Google-hosted competitor to SourceForge.
iStat Pro 3.0 ★: Dashboard widget crammed with system monitoring stats. Freeware; donations encouraged.
The Backpack Calendar ★: Very iCal-like month view, which is a great design. Borrow from the best, I say. And it one-ups iCal with its slick natural-language date parsing — just type “10am client meeting” to get an event titled “client meeting” that starts at 10:00 a.m. Also does SMS reminders for events, which another area where web-based calendars are better than desktop calendars.
Bluetooth Mighty Mouse Battery Consumption ★: Apple says the Mighty Mouse operates “with either one or two AA batteries”; Jim Dalrymple investigated:

It turns out the Mighty Mouse will run just fine with only one battery. However, if you put two batteries in, the mouse will use one until it drops below the power level of the second battery; then, the mouse switches over to the second battery and will continue to run until both batteries are dead.