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Monday, October 7, 2002 |
Macworld examines email clients
TidBITS publisher Adam Engst offers and in-depth look at some of the major OS X email clients in a Macworld story: Mac OS X Email Guide. The conclusion: In Engst's estimation, the choice comes down to either Eudora or Entourage for power users, with Mailsmith and PowerMail close behind.
12:32:57 PM 
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So THAT is what the Mail icon is...
I hate to admit it, but I didn't realize what bird graces the icon for Apple's Mail.app until I saw a blown up version of the icon in an Apple ad in MacAddict. Mail's icon clearly shows a Red-tailed Hawk - the same species that Natalie and I watched migrating and hunting by the dozens on Saturday afternoon in Eastern Washington, and the same species that greeted us on our return to Tacoma last night as it was sitting on a light pole near downtown. This weekend was marked by another 573-mile book research trip along the gorgeous Columbia River Gorge and through the damp, dark woods of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
12:15:23 PM
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More on the state of AppleScript
workingmac.com: The state of AppleScript - part 2. - by John C. Welch. "Video isn't the only area where Apple's split personality with regard to AppleScript appears. Applications such as Mail, Address Book and iCal are AppleScriptable, but their implementations are really mystifying." [part 1] [AppleScript Info]
11:36:51 AM
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Buddy 0.6.2 grabs newspaper clippings
Buddy 0.6.2. - Buddy will fetch a dozen newspapers, clip out summaries of the top stories, stock quotes, sports scores, weather data and comics you want and paste them together into an uber-newspaper. The GUI version of Buddy uses AppleScript for some tasks. Changes: Stocks page, 9 new newspaper sites and scheduled fetching. Buddy is open source. [AppleScript Info]
11:17:20 AM
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Waiting for Pismo
I just called the repair status line to see where my Pismo PowerBook with its flickering LCD problems stands in the process, and according to Apple it is still being repaired. I was really hoping it would be back in my hands today...
10:24:31 AM
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Recent notable software updates
As found on Macupdate.
- MP3 Rage 5.3 - An alternative set of tools for working with MP3 audio files. Shareware.
- PHP iCalendar 0.6 - Freeware iCal file parser and generator.
- Keystrokes 1.5 - Demo of a program that lets you type with your mouse rather than your keyboard.
- Audiocorder X 3.5 - Shareware audio recorder for your Mac.
- Photo Mechanic X 3.1.1 - A popular digital image browser.
- TinderBox 1.2.1 - Update to the commercial personal data management and Weblog authoring application.
- iPhoto Diet 1.0.1 - Freeware that scans your iPhoto library and removes duplicate files and unwanted original images.
6:59:22 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Rob McNair-Huff.
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