I discovered the Easy Envelopes widget over at Apple Gazette This widget makes it really easy to print an envelope without having to open Word or some similar app, and without having to worry about formatting. It’s literally faster than scribbling it out by hand, which is half of the point for me; the other half is satisfying my OCD by having nice, clean print. 
It autopopulates the return address by looking up your “Me” record in the OS X address book. You may then fill in the destination address by searching for a contact or by manually typing in an address. Very well thought out.
The widget did a great job at getting over typical problem areas, like printer and paper size. Overall, this widget is definitely Ambrosia calibre. And it’s free!
As the froth and fervor surrounding the iPhone continues, it is no surprise that we see some people making some poor decisions. For instance, we have the lady who spends $800 for the front spot in line because she thought she was going to buy out the whole store, clearly ignorant of the one-per-customer rule at AT&T stores. That’s just incredibly embarrassing and foolish, which is different than what I’m going to talk about next.
Alex King is someone I respect and occasionally read, and he recently canceled his iPhone plan in line with TUAW’s instructions so that he could use his iPhone as the world’s coolest widescreen iPod and internet device–apparently the syncing and WiFi capability continue to function just fine with the phone components disabled.
My first reaction was how awesome that was. And more power to Alex for having the gumption to try it and for buying himself the coolest iPod ever. 
In the end, though, you’re paying $599 + $49 for first month of service = $650 minimum for an 8GB video iPod. The cool factor may be here now, even if the high price tag doesn’t deter you, but it may feel a bit more foolish when the heat and excitement of the iPhone cools and Apple brilliantly times the release of a 60GB widescreen multitouch iPod 3 months out from now, for a comparable $400-$600 price range because it lacks the complexity, price and hassle of the phone components. The price, the timeframe, the mere existence of said iPod are all pure fabrications to indulge my point (although “sources” do claim these things). It could happen. And it would make business sense.
Yes, there may be some phoneless iPhone owners grumbling in October.
AppleInsider, please be gentle. Stop playing with my heart! I’ve only been waiting for a new computer for many months now. Refusing to get burned by buying a new Mac after it has been out for awhile, I waited and waited for a new revamp to the Mac Pro line. Who knew it would go without a redesign for such an abnormally long time?
Well, now I have been feeling like I’d rather have an iMac because the price/performance ratio just doesn’t seem worth it anymore, even for a power user. With huge iMac screen sizes and affordable external RAID devices for fast hard drive access, my last motivating reasons for a Mac Pro have died. But the iMacs have been hanging around without a redesign for abnormally long as well.
And now you say they might finally get a redesign, and what’s more, it might happen in the summer and I don’t even have to wait until MacWorld in January?
Why do I continue to let the rumor sites play with my emotions? I am very excited.
No iMacs? No iPhone SDK? No Vista-killing secret feature in Leopard? No Parallels-killing built-in virtualization in Leopard?
Yes, these are all expectations–properly or improperly nurtured by the rumor sites–that didn’t come to fruition. But Steve’s reality distortion field can combat such disappointments to a degree. Yet, even when Steve said how great certain features were, he was met by silence except for the sound of crickets in the distance. The field has been disrupted, but how?
The Joy of Tech has the scientific answer! That’s great. 
