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OS X vs. XP for scripting
A focus on scripting and AppleScript have been a major focus on a number of Weblogs lately. Here is the latest:
X vs. XP > Scriptability. OS X's philosophy of scripting is allowing users to automate the operating system as well as applications on their computer. This philosophy makes it very intuitive to automate your workflow, since your scripts will follow the same application steps that you would use. XP's philosophy is slightly different. Rather than automating individual applications, Microsoft's scripting languages hook directly in to XP's underpinnings. The idea is that if you can hook directly in to Windows, you should be ... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
9:31:03 PM 
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How to succeed at shareware, Part II
O'Reilly: The Do's and Don'ts of Shareware, Part 2. - by Sanford Selznick. "Last time we were together we introduced a few ideas about shareware: what shareware is, expected startup costs, developing an idea, and sales strategy. Now we will discuss some basic approaches for writing maintainable code, testing software, assembling a deliverable package, writing ReadMe files, and marketing and distributing your software." [AppleScript Info]
9:18:54 PM
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Thanks for the donation!
Thanks go out once again to Brian Caldwell for being the first to pitch in with a donation to support Mac Net Journal this month! As you doubtless notice if you visit the MNJ site rather than just reading the posts through a news aggregator, there are now no advertisements on the site. I want to keep MNJ clean, quick loading, information-packed and useful - even more so once I am back to work with my PowerBook rather than posting remotely using this IBM ThinkPad. If you find Mac Net Journal useful, join the effort with your donation. Every $10 or so helps!
7:43:57 PM
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MS ads to pitch Office to Mac users
Microsoft ads to promote Mac. The software giant is planning on Thursday to announce a new advertising campaign touting the Macintosh version of its Office suite. [CNET News.com]
7:40:25 PM
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Cool Mac toys at work
I had a meeting with Britt Blaser, a MNJ supporter and businessman who happens to be in the Pacific Northwest this week, and at the end of our meeting he showed off his new toys - the D-Link Bluetooth module and how easily it works with his new Ericsson phone with service through Cingular. Britt uses the same kind of Pismo PowerBook as the machine I am waiting to receive back from Apple, tommorow with any luck, and of course we met at a local Starbucks because he was checking his email and such through the Wi-Fi connection provided by T-Mobile...
Britt writes about his Bluetooth Heaven on his blog.
6:09:48 PM
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Mail Scripts 1.2.2 simplifies working with Mail.app
Mail Scripts 1.2.2. - 'Mail Scripts' is a collection of AppleScripts for Mail and Address Book offering additional features or simplified workflow. Release notes: Fixed "Cannot convert '10.2.1' into a number" bug. Fixed a problem where the user would be presented with a cryptic error message when the BSD subsystem was not installed. [AppleScript Info]
5:57:31 PM
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New version of Script Debugger....debugged
Script Debugger 3.0.5 released. - This free update corrects compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) that have come to light since the previous Script Debugger 3.0.4 update. See the release notes for a full list of changes. [AppleScript Info]
5:53:26 PM
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And on top of it all, Radio problems hamper MNJ
Starting yesterday afternoon my installation of Radio 8.0.8 stopped upstreaming any new Mac Net Journal posts, and so I spent too much time troubleshooting the multiple sub-table errors showing up in the Events log while working on my ancient PowerBook 3400c. This is a new day, so my fingers are crossed that Radio is working again...
Update: Well, it took all day, but Radio is working again. Just in time for me to be tied up tonight working on Lycos while I watch West Wing and play catch up on MNJ. Thanks for everyone's patience. I am not sure why Radio is working again...but it is...
6:42:44 AM
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