MacHeist, the company that gives away Mac software to users who solve puzzles and crack codes on the 'net, has decided that this time around, they're skipping the puzzles and jumping straight to the free stuff.

This isn't a joke: anyone who goes to MacHeist.com between now and next Thursday and registers with the site can download six Mac applications valued at $154.


The six apps include:
Twitteriffic, a popular Twitter client
ShoveBox, a "clutter catcher" and organizer
WriteRoom, a minimalist word processor
TinyGrab, a quick-and-dirty screenshot sharing program (good for bloggers!)
Hordes of Orcs, because everyone needs a mind-numbing distraction every now and then

The final app is Mariner Write, a full-featured word processor, but the license code won't be unlocked until some more people sign up on the site.

If there's anything like MacHeist for PC users, we would love to hear about it, and if you've used any of these apps before, let us know. We will say that out of these six apps, the only one we've tried is ShoveBox and couldn't get the hang of it, but that was probably our fault.