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    Some Sweet goodies, noobies & oldies

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by DeepShadows, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. DeepShadows

    DeepShadows Notebook Geek

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    http://www.keindesign.de/stefan/Web/Sites/iWeb/Site/iSpazz.html

    Really cool plugin that lets your backlit keys as well as your display backlight if you so choose (not recommended by me) to flicker to music

    http://www.keindesign.de/stefan/Web/Sites/iWeb/Site/keySpazz.html

    "Imagine your MacBook Pro or PowerBook keyboard backlight shining as feedback for your typing.

    Each keypress triggers an instant flash under your fingers.

    A light glow while you hold the shift key."



    This youtube video shows you the iSpaZz :D

    Enjoy, I personally really like the keyspazz
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=2FEaXsx3EkM

    also a video of iAlertU, the program that locks your macbook/pro and will take a picture and email it yourself if something moves your macbook/pro
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=KkAtRfA1UXc&mode=related&search=
     
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  2. DeepShadows

    DeepShadows Notebook Geek

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    apparently nobody likes goodies? :(
     
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I don't use the MacBook Pro so there's no backlit keys for me to play around with :p.

    But thanks for this thread though, DeepShadows :). Its appreciated that you took the time to find them for the MacBook Pro users.
     
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    niemassacre Notebook Evangelist

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    Put up SmackBook too!
     
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    Well, they're neat, but uh...I seriously doubt I'd want my backlights flickering like that unless I intend to double my MBP as a light show or something :p

    IAlertu has always interested me though. Although I don't anticipate theft (who does) and take reasonable precautions to deter it, I'm strongly inclined to have some sort of recovery plan just in case (beyond insurance).

    On the other hand, iAlertU isn't as well-advertised as LoJack for PCs for example, and it's hard finding testimonials of people who use it (other than from the site's own advertisements), so I'm not sure if I feel comfortable letting my laptop check in with some company (with said company being able to wipe my HDD at any time). More info about the program would help too - i.e. how closely do they work with official authorities, the recovery rate and %, does the program stay within the EFI even after a HDD wipe (like how LoJack stays with the BIOS in certain PCs), etc.
     
    taelrak, Aug 10, 2007
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