Friday, February 22, 2002

Robert Barksdale has adapted his Radzilla tools for working with OS X and Radio 8.0.5 to work with Internet Explorer. Read on... 8:31:54 PM comment

MacWrite.com: Building An X Application for Mac OS X . “Mac OS X is built on a BSD-unix foundation. Unix and the X Window system were made for each other. Typically unix applications are built on individual machines directly from source code, providing maximum cross-platform flexibility. Today we will try our hand at building a fun X application under Mac OS X.” [mac.scripting.com] 7:54:40 PM comment

Integrating AppleScript and Cocoa is an O'Reilly Networks piece by Brad Dominy digging into the ways that the two technologies intertwine. 4:48:54 PM comment

RBrowser for OS X 2.9.7.2 is an update to the freeware FTP and SSH client for OS X. 3:21:00 PM comment

Amazon Calls New iMac Its Fastest-Selling Computer. Apple's flat-panel iMac is flying off the virtual shelves, leaving some users struggling to get their hands on one, according to sales data from online retailer Amazon.com. [osOpinion] 3:05:44 PM comment

Apple on Target in Theme Controversy. According to published reports, Apple has asked theme-hosting site ThemeXP to remove a couple of Mac-like themes for Windows XP from its site. While some might ask, "Has Apple no shame?" the people who really should be ashamed are the proprietors of ThemeXP. [osOpinion] 2:01:29 PM comment

Pervasive Computing - Where's the Off Switch?. Almost everyone supports or is looking forward to pervasive computing. But that which can be used also can be abused, and this sort of technology is the stuff of nightmares for many who fear for their privacy and individuality. [osOpinion] 1:59:34 PM comment

Maximizing battery life under OS X takes a look at a handful of simple tips to make running OS X under battery power less painful. 12:15:52 PM comment

Broken icons after updating OS X: There are two steps to fix broken icons for Classic applications in your Dock. First, go to System Preferences and select the Classic panel, then click the Advanced tab and choose to rebuild the desktop for Classic. Classic doesn't have to be running while you do this. Then, to get the icons showing correctly in your Dock after you rebuild the Desktop, simply quit the Dock. When the Dock automatically restarts then your icons should be restored! 11:49:29 AM comment

Microsoft, Apple alliance at key juncture. Five years ago, Microsoft and Apple agreed to a software development and bundling deal that will expire this summer. Will they reaffirm their commitments or begin to drift apart? [CNET News.com] 11:15:31 AM comment

rssDistiller is a tool for Radio UserLand that creates RSS feeds from Web pages. [mac.scripting.com] 11:13:54 AM comment

Macrobyte Resources: Formz “is a suite of scripts for UserLand Frontier and Radio UserLand to simplify the creation, manipulation and rendering of HTML forms.” [mac.scripting.com] 11:12:55 AM comment

Apple Creates New Award for Open Source [MacSlash] - Maybe this will be a catalyst to show small developers that Apple is serious about open source software that will run under OS X. 9:18:07 AM comment

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