1Passwd Gets Secure Data on iPhone with No Hack

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I’ve been corresponding with some of the folks over at AgileWebSolutions and I am really excited about the public beta of their latest version of 1Passwd (version 2.5) They’ve added a function that allows you to create a password protected bookmarklet that contains all of your secure 1Passwd data. It then syncs into mobile safari as a bookmark. When you click it you get a screen that looks something like this.

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Once you put your password in you get access to all of your 1Passwd data in your pocket.

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This is huge for me. On my Treo I used a program called SplashID to keep important data in my pocket. 1Passwd figured a way to do this on the iPhone.
There are some limitations. It doesn’t take the data and “go and fill”. For instance if you click on a password in the bookmarklet, it doesn’t open the web site and fill it in for you. Also you can not edit the data on the phone. The developers are working on the “go and fill” feature. The text also isn’t always formatted perfectly and sometimes it runs lines together.
Regardless, this is extremely useful. I have all my insurance/medical/financial data available to me and still securely locked down. It doesn’t rely on any hacks and, since it is Safari, you can even flip your phone on its side to make the data larger.

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Dashboard Watch – Dashquit 2.0

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I know some of you are against the dashboard with nothing short of a religious fervor. I actually like it. I don’t use it often but I find a few widgets very helpful including iStat, the Birthday Reminder, and (of course) Chuck Norris Facts. There are others I like but I’ll save that for another post.
Anyway, if you are really worried about the Dashboard taking too much of your system memory there is a widget called Dashquit 2.0 which gives you a quick percentage of exactly how much memory you are using with your widgets and by pushing one little button on the widget it closes down dashboard and dumps them from memory. If you are about to dive deep into GarageBand or do something else memory intensive, you can free up that memory with one click. Below is a screenshot taken of my Dashquit at the the time of posting.

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Path Finder Gets an Update

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A free update was released today for Pathfinder. Version 4.8’s big additions are the Leopard-esque interface redesign and per-folder settings. This allows you to keep preferences for picture folders different from those of document folders (among other things). I’m fairly proficient with the basic finder and yet I still find myself going to Path Finder pretty often. Check it out.

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50mm of Convergence

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I’ve been trying to improve my photography skills. As part of this, I’ve been thinking about putting a better lens on my Canon than the one that came with it. I read an article about a month ago about the merits of a fixed 50mm lens and started thinking about picking one up. Then, in just the last few days, I have been bombarded with 50mm propoganda. Merlin Mann bragged about his on MacBreak Weekly and I stumbled upon this excellent article by Gary Voth. Well I sort of fell into a good deal for a 50mm lens and while I’ve only played with it a bit, I really like it. Very sharp and that open aperture makes the flash almost superfluous. Once I get a few presentable photos, I’ll post them.

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Music – Panonica

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Monk’s “Panonica” is one of my very favorite melodies. For some reason I always visualize myself pushing my daughters on the swing (when they were younger .. around 3) when I play this song. Monk actually wrote it for Baroness Panonica Der Konigsweiller (sp?) or “Nica” for short, who was a active patron of the arts, and lasting friend of his. I once heard a recording of him explaining Panonica as a butterfly that nobody could catch.
Now having evoked touching imagry, the recording is nothing spectactular. I just recorded begining to end and made no post recording “fixes”. I really did not do the song justice but it is passable, if not a little heavy handed. One of these days I will do it again.
Enjoy my Panonica
**Download Note**
For some reason downloads of the music files with Safari Beta 3 are sometimes wonky. If you are having a problem. Try with Safari or Camino.

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Wake Up Calls with Wakerupper

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Here is another nice free productivity web 2.0 application you may want to bookmark. Wakerupper allows you to input your timezone and schedule a “wake up” phone call to yourself. You can put in a reminder and it has an excellent iPhone interface. While most cell phones have a built in alarm system that works fine, this gives you another way to set an alarm toward your cell phone without dealing with the cell phone itself. There are several other ways to do this through iCal and some of the other services. Indeed, Quicksilver ninjas could get this done much faster than Wakerupper, but it is an option. I find it most useful when I am at my office PC and need to get a quick future reminder scheduled without stopping what I’m doing. Check it out.

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Growl Gets an Update

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I’ve been using Growl for sometime now and it just got updated to 1.1.1. If you haven’t tried Growl, you should. It installs a universal notification system that talks to most of the frequently used apps on your Mac. Then when any significant system event occurs, it pops up a notice in the format of your choice. I like the “music video” format the best. Growl is unobtrusive but informative. I know when my ftp is done, when I receive new mail, and a host of other events of interest. If you haven’t got it already give it a try. You can download it right here.

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