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- December - November - TidBITS - Apple - Macintouch laptop battery report - Apple - Tinderbox Community Forum (not official) - WhatIsMyIP - Wherever you are, there you are... - TinyURL - Turn big ugly URLs into cute little ones... - rob at whiterabbits.com - rmchuff - Eudora - Fire - BBEdit - Mozilla - Internet Explorer - Transmit - iTunes - VNCthing - Terminal
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- Dan Hon - An imaginary place in a reactionary time - dws
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Crying wolf, but Dvorak may have a point Longtime Mac hater John Dvorak cries wolf over what he sees as impending doom for the Mac today in Grim Macintosh Market Share Forebodes Crisis. While I can't agree with his overall message, Dvorak does has a few good points in his article. The Mac market share is woeful and it is barely growing, if it is growing at all. Meanwhile, all we hear from Apple these days is about music, iTunes and iPods. Apple should be able to ride the popularity of the overpriced iPod for a while yet, and earnings reports will continue to paint pretty pictures of the health of the company, but out in the real world where people use their computers for something more than playing music, Apple doesn't seem to be paying as much attention as it once did. Hopefully that will all change next month at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, if Apple unveils new machines and new features outside the realm of music. One ironic note is that John Dvorak's previous opinion piece was full of whining about how his Windows machine has been plagued by spyware and how the spyware problem will be one of the main computing issues of 2005. Hello, John. If you had been paying any attention at all then you would understand that one of the major benefits of being a Mac user these days is that we can keep computing while Windows folks are battling spyware, adware and viruses. |
A quick tip for typing special characters CreativeBits posted a good tip for typing special characters on Mac OS X over the holiday. If you write much, this is a great time saver using Keyboard Viewer...
Outliner wishes and Xmas dreams Giles Turnbull writes about the dream outliner application he wants for Christmas - a hybrid between TAO and BBEdit. I like his ideas, although I will admit that reading his piece reminds me just how much my job with the City of Tacoma has changed the way that I use my Mac. I haven't been able to test apps like TAO or even the new versions of OmniOutliner Pro as thoroughly as I once did when I was underemployed and doing a lot more writing about Macs on MNJ. On the other hand, I am still using my Mac for work, sometimes even more varied work than I did while working at home. Video and audio editing, more work integrating my PowerBook into a Windows work environment and more time spent working within Tinderbox to create Web sites and project outlines.
Omni releases betas for OmniGraffle Omni releases OmniGraffle 3.2 Betas - The Omni Group on Wednesday released Betas of OmniGraffle 3.2 and OmniGraffle 3.2 Professional, the company's drawing and diagramming applications. This new version supports the OmniOutliner 3 file format, enabling you to import those files into OmniGraffle, and offers a new interface for the Action inspector, which provides easier creation of clickable shapes. It also includes a variety of performance improvements. [MacCentral]
Rogue Amoeba teases about new Slipstream Slipstream makes any app work with AirPort Express - On Wednesday Rogue Amoeba Software announced Slipstream, a new utility that the company says lets any Mac application output audio to the AirPort Express hub -- including RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and more. [MacCentral]
A weekend for the birds I spent all day Saturday communing with birds and nature in Point Defiance Park, as I did the walk through the woods as part of the annual Christmas Bird Count. We watched woodpeckers galore and had glorious weather. It's a perfect way to cap a year of birding in Washington. Natalie and I have seen 250 species of birds in Washington this year.
How one naturalist uses iView MediaPro The site for iView MediaPro offers an interesting story of how one naturalist uses the program to catalog nature: Talking about the birds and the bees.
MacCentral: Photo products of the year Photo Products of the Year and Reader Awards - Macworld readers are a savvy bunch. You have pretty strong opinions about, well, pretty much everything. (Want proof? Just visit the Macworld.com forums.) So a couple of months ago, we asked the denizens of Macworld.com, "What are your picks for hardware and software products of the year?" After collecting hundreds of nominations, we whittled them down to the favorites and then put the list up for an online vote. When the dust cleared, there were two clear winners for our Readers' Choice Awards. [MacCentral]
Dual-layer DVD burning on a G4 PowerBook PowerBooks burn dual-layer DVDs with new MCE drive - Irvine, Calif.-based MCE Technologies LLC on Wednesday announced it is shipping the 8X SuperDrive, a replacement for the optical drive in Apple Computer Inc.'s PowerBook G4 laptop. The new drive is capable of burning dual-layer DVD discs, capable of storing up to 8.5GB of information. The same drive also fits in Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube. [MacCentral]
Mac OS X 10.3.7 released MacCentral has early notes about the release of Mac OS X 10.3.7. I cannot download and install this right now, since I am at work, but I will do so later tonight. How is it working so far for you early adopters out there? |
StickyBrain 3.1 adds Palm syncing StickyBrain 3.1 adds Palm synchronization - Chronos today announced the release of StickyBrain 3.1, a free update to its popular note manager for Mac OS X... [MacMinute.com]
Paul Andrews on WiFi coldspots Paul Andrews writes in today's Seattle Times about the divide between parts of the country that get WiFi and parts of the country that apologize because they don't have it yet: Road trip finds Wi-Fi coldspots.
OmniOutliner Pro beta released, pricing announced MacCentral offers details about the new beta version of OmniOutliner Pro. The most interesting aspect of this release is that the OmniGroup has revealed the pricing plans for its new versions of the slick outliner application. OmniOutliner 3.0 will sell for $39.95 and OmniOutliner 3.0 Professional will sell for $69.95. Current users can upgrade to the regular 3.0 version for $19.95 and to the Pro version for $49.95
Macintouch on the Lycos reversal Lycos Reversal - Lycos beats a retreat from an anti-spam "cure" that appeared to be even worse than the problem. [MacInTouch]
Giles Turnbull on Thunderbird 1.0 Giles Turnbull gives pretty good marks to the 1.0 release of the free Thunderbird e-mail program from the Mozilla folks. I am still relying on PowerMail on my Macs right now, but I am intrigued with the idea of a useful open-source e-mail app that works on Macs, Windows and other OS flavors. Read Giles' take on the program on the MacDevCenter...
Happy birthday, Eastgate! Happy 22nd birthday to Eastgate, the makers of the great Tinderbox information manager and blogging tool that I use to run Mac Net Journal.
Remote control your Mac from anywhere Homemade Dot-Mac: Remote Control - In this article I'll show you a free way to control your home computer from any location in the world, and I promise it is easy and painless. By Alan Graham, O'Reilly Network [myapplemenu]
OmniOutliner 3.0 beta I have been playing around with the new beta versions of OmniOutliner for a while now. Since my main use for OO in the past was for writing and planning the writing of the Birding Washington book, it looks like I had better find another book project in order to really put the new version through its paces. MacCentral digs into the current public beta:
An almost unlimited number of desktops MacCentral offers details about You Control: Desktops - a beta program that lets you create any number of desktop files and switch between as needed...
Apple offers 17MB security update MacMinute notes the release of the first Mac OS X Security Update for December. This update, which is available through the Software Update panel, weighs in at 17MB. Read more...
Thoughts about typefaces...and newsreaders Speaking of Web and print design, today CreativeBits has a few words about Organizing your thoughts about typefaces. My thoughts: Keep it simple, and double that if you are considering typefaces for the Web.... By the way, CreativeBits is another of those cool sites worth subscribing to in NetNewsWire or the news reader or browser of your choice. These days I track RSS feeds at home with NetNewsWire and at work with OmniWeb. For some reason I cannot get NetNewsWire to download feeds through the City of Tacoma firewall, but OmniWeb can do it just fine. |
Apple launches iTunes Music Store for Canada Canadian iTunes Music Store now open - Missing its deadline by just one day, Apple late on Wednesday opened the Canadian iTunes Music Store... [MacMinute.com]
The end of Web Page Design for Designers I have to mention that I am saddened to read that a great monthly resource is disappearing with this month's edition, posted today - Web Page Design for Designers. Site creator Joe Gillespie writes in his farewell column:
Major security patch for Internet Explorer Unless you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, if you have a Windows machine then you should install a new security update from Microsoft. Microsoft just now got around to releasing this critical patch to the browser, which was first discovered in October... The Seattle PI has a story about the patch...
Common sense tips for wireless access on the road Wireless on the Road - A few tips and tricks for finding Wi-Fi access on your next road trip. [Linux Journal]
Why would you install Linux on your Mac? Giles Turnbull tackles this question in a new article on the MacDevCenter...
My former employer takes a swipe at spammers eWEEK: Lycos Offers Customers Program to Attack Spam Servers. At the risk of breaching Internet civility, Lycos Europe is offering computer-users a weapon against spam-spewing servers: a screen-saver program that automatically hits the offenders with data to slow them down. [Tomalak's Realm] |
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