Add a Caching Clipboard to OS X

If your regular routine involves a lot of cutting and pasting of text,
try the free open-source utility Jumpcut. In the months I've been using it, it's changed my working habits significantly. Particularly if I'm writing email or posting to this blog and including a number of links, I'll just copy all the links I find interesting as I go, then paste them all in one later session.

Using USB-to-Ethernet Adapters in OS X

If the Ethernet port of your OS X Macintosh has failed (the motherboard-based port in my mother-in-law's iMac was damaged by lightning), or you wish to run multiple wired Ethernet ports (i.e., to use an old Mac as a router), you may have wished to use one of the many USB adapters for wired Ethernet available. Alas, there have been few manufacturers of these adapters who provided drivers for Macintosh - I know of no current products which have OS X support.

Peter Sichel of Sustainable Softworks (developer of networking software products for Macintosh) and Daniel Sumorok have developed open-source drivers for Mac OS 10.3 and 10.4 which allow the use of many, if not most, commonly available "Windows-only" USB-to-Ethernet adapters. Read Peter's article and download the free drivers here.