Yahoo Pipes is pretty darn cool. I know that it's been around for a while but I have just now given it a chance. I usually am not a big fan of what Yahoo does, I'm usually more of a Google guy, but they have done this very well.

For those of you that don't know what Pipes is or does it is an interactive data aggregator and manipulator that lets you mashup your favorite online data sources.

Pipes is a nice way to mash up rss feeds from multiple sites or a site with multiple feeds, like the Engadget blogs. I mashed up Engadget, Engadget Mobile, and Engadget HD. Pipes is also handy for filtering content that you don't want in a feed; for example, I found a pipe that filtered any posts about the iPhone from The Unofficial Apple Weblog feed.

All in all, I'm pretty impressed with Yahoo Pipes.

My family finally purchased a HDTV. It's a 47" Vizio LCD. Very nice. My new favorite channel is Discovery HD Theater.

Apple has just released QuickTime 7.2 which, most notably adds full screen video support for non-Pro users, as I had predicted

Quicklook, in my opinion, is pretty cool and I will definitely be using it in Leopard. The fact that it can play videos in full screen leads me to believe that Apple may be getting rid of Quicktime Pro. I think it is stupid that you have to pay $30 for full screen video playback; although, a working serial for QT Pro isn't too hard to find.

may happen. Turns out I was half right. Apple still has QT Pro, but they added full screen video to the free version of QT. Also the QT update fixes some major security issues, bugs, and updates the H.264 codec.

iTunes 7.3.1 fixes the bug that some people ran into with not being able to access their music libraries.

There are some new applications up in my Macish section.

Taco HTML Edit is a new addition to the Web Apps. Taco HTML Edit is a full on HTML and PHP editor for OS X. Taco HTML Edit has many features including a built in spell checker, live previewing, and syntax checking. It's light-wieght and best of all, it's free! I've used Taco HTML Edit a lot, that's even what I created my email signature in. It's a great little HTML editor.

New to the Miscellaneous Apps is AppTrap. AppTrap is the feature that Apple forgot. It is a simple PrefPane that detects whenever you put an application in the trash. When you do put an app in the trash AppTrap offers to delete associated system files that would normally get left behind if you just put the app in the trash. AppTrap is a quick, easy, and streamlined way to delete all of the files associated with an application.

To go along with the old theme of the site. I changed the GUI of the rss widget back to the old GUI. You can get the widget on the widgets page.

The old theme is back by popular demand. I like it better too.

The other day I rented a Segway. It took a while to get used to tell your body that you aren't going to fall over even that you know you won't. After about a minute or two you can get the hang of it and feel comfortable on it. They really are a blast to ride. What surprised me was how well the off road one that I had went on the soft sand. You just have to take it easy and be prepared to stop your self, but it will just crawl along. They go uphill really well, you just have to lean forward farther. They also go downhill really well too, and you just have to lean back a little. I would sure love to have one if they weren't over $5000. Here's a little vid of me on the Segway.

To go along with the new site theme I revised my rss widget's theme. It is available for download on this page.

The site is all back up. Everything should be working fine. If you experience any problems shoot me an email, or leave a comment. Hope you like the new theme.

Justin Allard dot com is temporarily down for maintenance. Although you may be able to see the home page, some other pages may not be working properly while the site is uploading.

I took the site down at 5:00 pm -8 UCT.

It should be up by 9:00 pm -8 UCT.