Long-time Apple developer Circus Ponies recently announced a new application called iTrash ($4.95). The Mac app resolves the "issue" of the moving trash can, a "problem" that occurs when you have your Dock icons set to magnify as you run your mouse pointer over them. My first thought was "well, you can just turn off magnification for the Dock in System Preferences", followed by another thought -- "I bet I could replicate the functionality of the app fairly easily."
My goal? Replicate iTrash's functionality of creating a desktop-based, non-moving trash can that can be decorated with any number of other icons. I was able to do this in about five minutes, and if you don't mind using the Terminal, you can create your own iTrash clone for free. Note that if you want really c
