Apple-loving weblog TUAW highlights a simple Terminal tweak that makes all of your hidden applications appear translucent in the Dock. Just fire up Terminal and paste: defaults write com.apple.Dock showhidden -bool YES
Then restart the Dock by pasting killall Dock and hitting enter. Once it restarts, any app you hide shows up dimmed in the Dock. You can make this tweak along with many others with previously mentioned Secrets, but if you’d prefer not to install another preference pane, this Terminal tweak will do the job.
Terminal Tips: Make hidden Dock icons transparent [TUAW]iPhone/iPod touch only: Free iPhone application Dual Level uses your iPhone or iPod touch’s accelerometer to turn your device into a dual-bubble level. That’s really all it does, and though it’s a bit jumpy at times, it seems to work pretty well. You probably shouldn’t trust this level with building your home, but for a quick and crude leveling job, it seems like it could come in handy (hopefully it’ll only improve with updates). This is one app that probably works best with iPod touches and first generation iPhones, since the iPhone 3G’s curved back doesn’t really help with leveling. Dual Level is a free download from the iTunes store.
Dual Level [iTunes Store]Frugal money blogger Trent recommends a weekly “soup and bread night” to save on food costs. You don’t literally have to eat soup and bread, it can be any kind of meal as long as it’s cheap: if you have one supper per week that’s intentionally as cheap as you can possibly make it, you’ll save a lot of money over the long run. And, since it’s only one meal a week, one can easily just focus on the cheap and not worry that much about taste.
