So today's the big day, and finally, Cupertino has let the cat out of the bag. The cat I'm referring to, of course, is the latest revision of Mac OS X: Leopard.

I'll be picking up my copy this afternoon. It feels a little bit like Christmas, except unlike Santa Claus, I still believe in Steve Jobs and his software design team. In particular, I've been pretty impressed with Leopard's outer space stylings.

Not looking forward to backing up over a terrabyte of stuff, but it'll be worth it. Nothing quite like running on a clean install of the latest and greatest.

Anyone running Leopard already? And if so, what's your favorite new feature in it so far?

My friends at the Potion Factory have been cooking something up for a while, and they're finally ready to give everyone a taste of their juicy creation. It's called Tangerine, and depending on how you look at it, it can be used for creating upbeat, active playlists of songs from your collection for working out with (or just pumping you up for that test coming up), or slow, soothing playlists for relaxing with. How does it do this? Boot up Tangerine and you'll be welcomed with a little rotating slice of tangerine as the app analyzes your music collection and assigns each track a "BPM", or "beats per minute" figure, along with values for "beat intensity". Continue reading...