VersionTracker: Mac Classic

GraphicConverter Classic 6.5.1 - View, edit, convert most image formats.

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:46:18 -0700

Imports about 200 graphic file formats
Exports about 80 graphic file formats
Browser
Batch conversion with additional actions
Slide show
Easy creation of optimized images for the internet
Basic images manipulation
Enhanced images manipulation
AppleScript support
Support for the special features of MacOS 8, 9 and MacOS X
Support of new technologies like LuraWave LWF format

Big Brother Mashup Files Week #2 - Create the ultimate Big Brother mashup video.

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:54:35 -0700

Think you can create the ultimate Big Brother mashup video? Give it your best shot and your mashup could be featured on air during a Big Brother episode!

1. Download the mashup toolkit to get this week's set of clips and music.

2. Create a 30-second mashup using your favorite video-editing software and the download toolkit.

3. Upload your mashup to CBS.com.

4. Vote for your favorite mashup and get friends and fans to vote for yours!

The mashup with the most votes at the end of each weekly voting period wins and could be broadcast on air during a Big Brother episode!

OligoChecker 2.40 - Organize & better utilize oligos in the lab, run PCR.

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:54:55 -0700

Do you have a print-out of your sequence with the position of the primers penciled in?

Are you using Excel to maintain a list of your oligos?

Have you just moved from working on one gene to working on a similar one and wonder which primers you can still use for your PCR?

Do you subclone and rearrange sequences and somewhere along the line lost track on which primer to use where?

Have you started in a new lab, inherited a box of oligos and a folder full of printouts that came with them but no information on what they were ordered for?

Have you ordered and waited for primers because you don't know which of the ones available you can use with your sequence?

If any of these sound familiar then OligoChecker might be for you.

SheerVideo Reader 2.8.0.7 - Real-time lossless QuickTime video decoders.

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:45:17 -0700

SheerVideo Reader is a decoder-only version of SheerVideo Pro, a powerful faster-than-real-time perfectly lossless software video codec for production, postproduction, and archival. Compared to uncompressed formats, Sheer will

double your disk speed
double your disk size
double your transmission bandwidth
maintain absolutely perfect fidelity, bit-for-bit identical to the original

SheerVideo supports all standard uncompressed formats, including:

RGB[A] and Y'CbCr[A]
4:4:4[:4] and 4:2:2[:4]
with and without alpha
8-bit and 10-bit
progressive and interlaced
SD, HD, and any-D
NTSC, PAL, and SECAM
4:3, 16:9, and any:any
at any frame rate

And now, with Synchromy, SheerVideo can interconvert between all standard pixel formats with unrivalled accuracy.

iText 3.5 - Small, fast, simple word processor.

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:25:40 -0700

iText is a cute text editor with simple word processing, fitting the charming iMac's colorful-design. It has stability and lots of nice features selected from LightWayText. iText is very popular and is loved by many Japanese, because it has High Speed, is Cool, Fantastic, and Simple ! iText will definitely let you recall 'the Macintosh mind of the early days' - The original Mac's concept. Yes, it's Yummy !

Editing operations are intuitive. There are many ways to change the appearance of your document; besides styles, there are decoration lines, the ability to change all paragraph indents or margins, and to paste in PICT images. Also, you can work with big text documents of even more than 32 kbytes at very high speed. iText also supports importing and exporting Rich Text Format files (RTF), iText-X fully complies with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

You will find that iText is widely used, from programming to the writing of various documents, in any language not only English and Japanese. With Key-registration, iText can be upgraded to iTextPro, besides.

SmartLedger 3.3 - Tracks income & expense simply.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:24:59 -0700

SmartLedger's mission in life is to help you track income and expense without having to type numbers, dates, and names. SmartLedger makes use of pop-down lists that automatically grow as you use the program, so that you can click, rather than type, most of your information after your first few entries.

SmartLedger is ideal for adding up randomly all those receipts you've stuffed into a grocery sack, awaiting your accountant's attention. Don't sort them out by hand -- just start with the first one and continue till you reach the bottom of the bag. Leave sorting and subtotaling to the program. Other uses: quick expense reports for your employer, monitoring a chancy budget. This simple program is flexible and won't lock you into account reconciliations. Enter only the transactions that are meaningful to you or your accountant. Reconcile when you want to, using the checkboxes and Accounts button.

SmartLedger comes with sample entries. Play with the buttons to see what the program does. Then, when you're ready to start your own ledger, click "Remove Sample Entries" to get rid of the make-believe entries.

Do you have a PayPal account? SmartLedger can import your PayPal account history automatically and give you the big picture on income/expense, subtotaled by category.

For on-line vendors, an eBay fee and consignment calculator is included. To incorporate account history from other banks, use the Import Manually command under the SmartLedger Menu.

Built with FileMaker Developer as a standalone application, SmartLedger looks and behaves the same on both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Three versions are available: Windows, Mac OS X, and Mac "Classic" OS 8/9.x.

Helix RADE 6.1.3 - Rapid Application Development Environment for creating relational databases.

Wed, 06 May 2009 07:32:03 -0700

Helix RADE (Rapid Application Development Environment) enables the creation, deployment and maintenance of customized solutions to information management problems on the Macintosh platform, via a proprietary graphical development environment that does not require traditional programming skills. Helix RADE, the development tool, gives the user complete capability to develop applications that can range from a simple, single user, to a complex, multi-user. Applications developed with Helix RADE can be executed in single user mode without any additional software, and can be deployed in client/server mode without modification. Since Helix single user system contains the complete development environment, the initial cost for production software can be very low. Should the business or application requirement grow, the application can be deployed into the client/server environment by merely purchasing the server and appropriate number of client licenses.

Economix 3.0.0 - Manage your bank accounts.

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:59:09 -0700

I have write this program to manage my bank accounts.

At the time of the writing of this application, I held with two things:

to know the progressive balance of the account
to define expenditure categories and then being able to enter them per month.

Transform 0.11 - Common text & DNA/protein sequence transformations.

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:54:57 -0700

I find Excel to be brilliant for making pretty sequences and sequence alignments - however each character needs to be in a separate cell.
So I wrote a little utility to do often used text / sequence transformations:

Insert Tab before / after each character
Insert Return after each character
Keep only letters a-Z
Format in blocks of 3, 10, 50, 100
Remove leading / trailing / multiple spaces
Reverse / complement/ invert DNA sequence
Translate DNA sequence in frame 1 / 2 / 3
Backtranslate protein into human / E. coli DNA (using the most frequently used codon)
Convert 3-Letter AminoAcid code into 1-Letter code
Convert 1-Letter AminoAcid code into 3-Letter code (spaced / tabbed)
Get protein sequence info

... and much more (just ignore the bits you don't need)

If there are other transformations you'd like just drop me a line via the contact form on my website

Please note that this program will run as it is - there is no installation, no files will be put anywhere (registry, system, etc in the Windows version) so it should even run if you are on "managed computers" like we are in our lab.

If you find it useful then a donation is appreciated

Mulligan's Golf Personal 1.0.8 - Keep track of your golfing stats.

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:22:34 -0700

The Ultimate Stats & Handicapping Application for Individual Golfers!

Cadmover 5.5.16 - Translate vector files between drawing programs and CAD formats.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:12:44 -0800

In a fraction of the time it takes to redraw graphics and without the expense of scanning, Cadmover's vector translators bridge the communication gap between hardware, software and your graphic environment. Cadmover produces editable object oriented graphics with a high degree of accuracy. It's adept editing features allow you to filter and enhance imported graphics with no loss of information, resolution or momentum. Tricky and incompatible file formats are handled automatically.

VCD Builder 1.1.3 - Create VCD and SVCD disc images from pictures and MPEG movies.

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:25:07 -0800

VCD Builder is a free program for Mac OS X for creating VCD and SVCD disc images from pictures and MPEG movies. The disc images can then be burned onto a CD-R using Toast or MissingMediaBurner. VCD Builder automatically converts your pictures to a VCD compatible format. It does however not convert your QuickTime movies to MPEG; you have to use another program for that.

Aargon Deluxe 1.1 - Play this laser puzzle game where you direct lasers to the goal.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:35:17 -0800

Aargon Deluxe is a nonviolent laser puzzle game in which the player uses a wide variety of tools--mirrors, beam splitters, refractors, prisms, color converters, and many more--to direct one or more laser beams to their goal. There is no time limit or other pressure, so you can take your time and think through the solution. The game starts simple, but stretches the player's puzzle-solving abilities to the limits on the expert skill levels.

SiteCleaner 1.0.5 - Collect, publish, and deliver Web sites.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:56:52 -0800

SiteCleaner is a web site management utility for collecting, publishing, and delivering websites. If you are a web developer or webmaster, you are probably already aware of how cluttered a website can get with unused code and media. Drop a website or project folder onto SiteCleaner and you are one click away from building a complete clean copy of your site for delivery.

DataThief II 1.2.1 - Take data from one graph to use in another.

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:49:36 -0800

DataThief is a program to reverse engineer a set of data from a given plot in a magazine or journal. This program gives you the opportunity to incorporate somebody else's data points in your plots. This comes in very handy when for instance. you would like to compare your data with the data in a published article for which you don't have the data in table format.

UniGreek Mac 2.0.2 - Create polytonic Greek script from betacode.

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:43:08 -0800

Renders polytonic Greek characters from beta code. Beta code is a set of letters and punctuation that represents the Greek alphabet in plain text format. Beta code is necessary because it was once cumbersome to enter and store Greek characters on a computer. UniGreek Mac takes advantage of the latest computer based text technologies to make the creation of polytonic Greek script easy. Any person who knows beta code may use UniGreek Mac to create beautiful polytonic Greek characters on a letter by letter basis or in bulk from a file containing beta code. Beta code is easy to learn and UniGreek Mac includes a handy translation guide for those needing assistance. Already existing beta code may be translated en masse into polytonic Greek characters which may then be displayed on the web or included in an article or book for publishing. Entire archives of beta code may be translated and saved as Unicode Greek characters in minutes, immediately ready for publication on the web.

Apple.com Daily Special Widget 1.67 - Track hugely-discounted products from Apple's online store.

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:17:28 -0800

Each day a number of hugely-discounted products from Apple's online store are temporarily made available until they sell out. This widget displays the day's current-selling hot deals. A link to Apple's current Special Offers Web site is also provided for access to other incredible deals. Version 1.3 adds just added today functionality. Version 1.4 may include user interface integrates additional link to the Apple Store.

VSamp Classic 3.7.2 - Audio sample playback with Audio Units and VST support.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:21:37 -0800

VSamp is a software sample player for the Macintosh. It comprises: a program for creating and playing virtual instruments; a VST plugin for playing VSamp instruments from within a VST sequencer; and an AudioUnits plugin for playing VSamp instruments from within an AudioUnits sequencer.

Universal binary.
128 voice polyphony.
24-bit / 192kHz support.
Resonant lowpass filters with realtime control.
Low frequency oscillators to modulate pitch and filters.
A VST and AudioUnits plugin for playing VSamp instruments and banks from within Cubase, Logic, Garageband, Performer and other sequencers.
Very stable and CPU-efficient sample player.
High performance disk streaming or load samples into RAM.
Import SampleCell and SoundFont samples and keymaps.
Support for MacOS X including CoreMIDI Services, VST and AudioUnits
A price of just $39* for a single license. Site and World licenses also available.

Unplug 1 - Turns off your computer.

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:59:25 -0800

Unplug will turn off your computer when you want it to. Unlike the Energy Saver Control panel, other programs will not interfere with its function. Programs like iTunes or Netscape can functioning normally without stopping the computer from shutting down.

DiskCatalogMaker 4.2.3 - catalogs removable media: CDs, disks, etc.

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:52:17 -0800

DiskCatalogMaker is a simple disk management tool which catalogs disks.

Simple, light-weight and fast.
Finder like intuitive look and feel.
Super fast search algorithm.
Compressing catalog data for disk space.
Long Unicode file name support.

A-Dock 3.0.1 - app switcher/launcher a bit like OS X's dock

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:28:33 -0700

A-Dock is a bit like Mac OS X's dock. It acts as an application switcher and an application launcher It's separated in 3 zones

your favorite applications you've added by drag&drop (left part)
the other applications running on your computer (middle part)
the trash (right part)

You can minimized A-Dock to just a small bar to save space on your screen. This bar auto-pops out when you move the mouse inside and minimizes again when you move the mouse outside. But of course if you have a big screen, you can leave it opened. A-Dock is stuck to the screen edges. Switching your monitor resolution will not move the dock to a place you don't want like the App Switcher does everytime I play Quake 2. The dock can be positionned everywhere on the sceen edges. Just grab it and drag it !!

CrystalBall 3.1.8 - pen & paper rpg tool for game masters & players

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:33:23 -0800

Pen and Paper Role Playing Game Utility for Players and Game Masters: Character Generator, create your own custom Character Classes, custom Races, and custom Creature Classes! Random Treasure Generator based on Encounter Level, Experience Award Calculator, Treasure Generator, Quickly create any character class from the SRD (System Reference Document). Generate your own Monsters to throw at your players. Combat utility for GM's to keep combat simple and moving quickly. Generate literally millions of random names for People and Places. A must for any MAC Game Master.

iGetter (Classic) 1.9.5 - Resume broken downloads and speed them up using segmented downloading.

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:45:59 -0800

iGetter is a download utility with useful functions such as resuming broken downloads, segmented (accelerated) downloading, Internet browser integration, and queue filtering by various criteria. The program offers file mirrors support for additional acceleration, cookies support, processing Web page links, scheduling downloads for low traffic periods, reconnecting modems, and shut down when the downloads are done. Features: iGetter shows the average speed of the finished downloads. The iGetter function 'Integrate with Internet browsers' fully supports the Safari browser. An'Info' tab pane. It shows detailed information of the currently selected download in the queue.

Pixel Tracker 1.0 - Magnifies parts of the screen & captures colors

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:54:24 -0800

Pixel Tracker is a freeware compatible with both Mac und Windows. It is a handy little application that magnifies parts of the screen, making it easier to capture specific colors. Designed for web-designers, Pixel Tracker can actually be and used by anybody. It does not only magnifiy the images on the monitor but also displays the coordinates, RGB and RGB Hex color values.

Franklin 1.1.9 - graphs the electric field lines around point charges

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:46:18 -0800

Franklin allows the entry of up to 500 point charges in 3 dimensions. The charge data can be saved to disk for later use. Field lines and equipotentials are easily drawn as are 3D equipotential contours. Changes to the charge configuration can be done from a text window. Franklin is best viewed on a high resolution screen with the window expanded to full size. This program is intended as freeware for science education.