Half-Life series for Mac

Posted on May 26, 2010 by kteck

Valve announced earlier that they were gonna release Half-Life series of games for Mac (1984 Apple ad Parody). Today is the day… as of the time of this post they aren’t showing in Steam on mac side yet but I was able to trigger the downloads via simple steam:/// urls.

No status on playability but the downloads are trigger-able.

Half-Life series for Mac
(Behind the scenes of the screenshot)

Here are the links:

Half-Life – Install
Half-Life: Blue Shift – Install
Half-Life: Opposing Force – Install
Half-Life 2 – Install
Half-Life 2: Episode One – Install
Half-Life 2: Episode Two – Install

Update: Only seems to cover Half-Life 2 series

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Steam for Mac is OUT!!!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by jem

The mac version of Steam is finally out today months after it was first announced.

Portal is the first Valve game to be released as a free download until May 24th and a new set of games will be released on subsequent Wednesdays.

The first games will also enable users to get a glimpse of “Steam Play” which will let them buy a game once and play it on both platforms supported by Steam.

The only noticeable difference between the mac and the Windows client is the position of the window controls. Everything else is pretty much the same for both platform clients.


Additional Screenshots (By kteck)


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Bye Bye Facebook For Good

Posted on May 2, 2010 by kteck

This is a continuation of what I started on the post Bye Bye Facebook…. They don’t make it easy to do account delete but found it and now its done and account will be gone in 14 days.

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Again if anyone who reads this chooses to leave be sure to use deactivate first to deliver this message then use this as your reason:

Ok this takes it too far…. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_high_pressure_tactics_opt-in_or_else.php

Afer that is done you can do a account delete (You will have to temp activate in order to delete) @ http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

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Bye Bye Facebook

Posted on May 2, 2010 by kteck

After reading about how facebook is forcing users to go public on some content (Facebooks high pressure tactics opt-in or else) i decided to close my account and give them the message.

Here is how it all went down :)

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If anyone who reads this chooses to leave use this as your reason:

Ok this takes it too far…. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_high_pressure_tactics_opt-in_or_else.php

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Free Windows alternatives to Macheist Nano Bundle

Posted on March 3, 2010 by kteck

While the Macheist nano bundle is the craze of the web there are still some of us who don’t own a Mac or just plain don’t want to. This list is for the windows users who find the idea of some of the apps appealing but can’t use them due to them being mac only. First off here is the order of the apps in the Macheist bundle:MacJournal, RipIt, Clips, CoverScout, Flow, Tales of Monkey Island, RapidWeaver.

Lets get this started :)

  1. KeyNote NF: A great free advanced notebook program that offers you many options.
  2. HandBrake: Great free program for ripping your legally bought dvds… Little known to many yes this is a windows app as well.
  3. YC3: Easy to use free clipboard extender that lets you browse the stored items.
  4. iTunes: Apple provides the ablity to get cover art built right into iTunes… why pay extra.
  5. FileZilla: Great free ftp,sftp & ftp file transfer client.
  6. Scorched3D: Great & fun free game thats based on a classic dos one.
  7. KompoZer + GIMPshop + WebsiteBaker: While this is not one alternative but when combined together they are a powerful combo
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