Google: "Your desires may lure you into realms of fantasy that cannot be comprehended by your logical mind as Venus moves through your 12th House of Imagination. You may find it challenging now to place limitations on yourself or to rationalize your feelings. Sure, information may be useful, but it's time to let go of your intellectual safety net and move beyond words."
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Second Life 1.14.0.1 - Expansive online society, lived in/built by its participants. (Demo)
Second Life 1.14.0.1 - Expansive online society, lived in/built by its participants. (Demo): "
Second Life 1.14.0.1
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 5,145,919 people from around the globe.
From the moment you enter the World you'll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you've explored a bit, perhaps you'll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.
You'll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow residents. Because residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other residents.
The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the in-world unit-of-trade, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden Dollar exchanges.
Welcome to Second Life. We look forward to seeing you in-world.
Your first Basic account is FREE, and includes access to events, shopping, building, scripting- everything you can do in Second Life. After your first free Basic Account, each Additional Basic Account (known in-world as an 'alt' account) costs a one-time fee of $9.95. A Premium Second Life account, starting at $9.95 a month, allows you to own land on which you can build, display, entertain and live.
View the QuickTime Trailer.
Wx 4.11 - Weather forecasting and conditions for the USA. (Shareware)
Wx 4.11 - Weather forecasting and conditions for the USA. (Shareware): "
Wx 4.11
Wx is a specialized internet weather app for Mac OS X that downloads and processes weather information and forecasts for the United States. The software links to free XML data on the internet from the US National Weather Service, and presents it in an attractive user-friendly interface. Wx can be configured to track weather conditions, watches/warnings/advisories, live RADAR, and forecast information for five locations, and it can download up to twelve weather maps or images. Optional add-ons allow each user to customize Wx for their lifestyle, hobbies, and activities. Many add-ons are available, including hurricane monitoring, ski reports, marine observations, stream flow measurements, and tide tables. Wx downloads data on-demand, and can be configured to download data automatically on a periodic basis. Current weather conditions are summarized in the app's dock icon and dock menu, a floating 'MiniWx' panel, and a Quartz screensaver. An optional data logging feature records weather information to text files. Wx runs on OS X 10.4.x and is a universal PowerPC/Intel application."
Parallels, day 2
Parallels, day 2: "12:05 PM Pacific: It worked! Amazing. I've got Windows running on my MacBook. Exciting!!"
Serena tops Henin for Key Biscayne title (AP)
Serena tops Henin for Key Biscayne title (AP): "By the third game, Serena Williams was flailing her arms in frustration. Two games later, she threw her racket. Then she screamed at herself. For Williams, the transformation came in the nick of time. She survived a dismal start and erased two championship points in the second set Saturday to win the Sony Ericsson Open, beating top-ranked Justine Henin 0-6, 7-5, 6-3."
Desktop Web Browser 2.0 - Display webpages directly on the desktop of the Finder. (Shareware)
Desktop Web Browser 2.0 - Display webpages directly on the desktop of the Finder. (Shareware): "
Desktop Web Browser 2.0
Desktop Web Browser allows you to navigate on the internet and to display webpages directly on the desktop of the Finder.
- You can navigate on the internet directly on the desktop of the Finder.
- You can set the URL of the webpage loaded by default at start.
- You can set the transparency of the browser to see your original desktop picture underneath.
- You can set the refresh period of the browser if you want to automatically refresh the webpage periodically.
- You just need to press the Alt key to interact with the background browser.
- You just need to press the Alt-Shift key combination to open the links into Safari.
- It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
- It is available in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and many other languages.
- Read the whole documentation for more details...
The Heinlein Hypothesis
Did you write it down?
If you did not, you should have.
This is because only what you have committed to paper has significance.
Man's experience is only that which he has recorded. The more you
consider that, the more significant it may become.
The Heinlein Hypothesis declaims that only the historic record
establishes the essence of the human experience.
PhotoLine 32 13.50 - Powerful image effects processor and transparent gif converter. (Shareware)
PhotoLine 32 13.50 - Powerful image effects processor and transparent gif converter. (Shareware): "
PhotoLine 32 13.50
PhotoLine 32 is a powerful image processing application that offers flexible text, vector, and image layers. Among the standard features like painting, cloning, filtering, blending, and flood fill, it offers many special effects like squirl, shadow, glowing, distorb, morphing, 3d projection, and many dynamic layer effects. PL 32 supports many picture formats. It can do transparent and animated GIFs,CMYK, multiple undo/redo levels, plugin filter, actions, batch conversion, and more."
MacProgramGuide 0.42 - Download television listings for the US and Canada. (Free)
MacProgramGuide 0.42 - Download television listings for the US and Canada. (Free): "
MacProgramGuide 0.42
MacProgramGuide is a client to download television listings for the US and Canada.
Looking for a program guide for your Mac Based Home Theater, well look no further. MacProgramGuide harnesses the power of Web Services and the internet to provide program schedules, episode, cast and crew information.
MacProgramGuide provides search capabilities to allow you to find out when your favorite shows or movies are on. Best of all, MacProgramGuide is Free
Friday, March 30, 2007
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts: "GEMINI
(May 22 - June 22)
Your April Forecast: The past has a way of catching up with us. We think we have seen the back of something - or someone - forever. Then, like a bad penny or sometimes a lucky silver coin, we discover that a little piece of yesterday has joined forces with the future. This month you get a glimpse into the world of what might have been. It will instantly show you what need not be and what clearly has to be. Be glad of what's coming back round. Whether you decide you accept or reject an invitation, your wholehearted response to it will help you to gain perspective, power, prestige and pleasure. If the past is catching up with you now, it is only in order to set you free."
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts: "But you only have so many opinions because you have more than one on every topic."
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts
Astrology - Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts: "Jupiter forms a harmonious, 120 degree angle to Saturn, once every six years or so. This potent alignment famously promotes peace. People who like to keep things the way that they were find themselves able, at least partially, to agree with those who are promoting dramatic new ideas. Normally, the influence doesn't last long. This month, though, Saturn and Jupiter are both standing still. It is as if they have been frozen in space, exactly at the moment when they have started to form their angle. If anyone, anywhere, needs to build a bridge, deepen a bond, proffer an olive branch, pour oil on troubled waters, heal a wound and create a climate of stronger mutual respect they stand a good chance of developing it in April."
Empire Express 2.0 - Design your model railroad empire. (Demo)
Empire Express 2.0 - Design your model railroad empire. (Demo): "
Empire Express 2.0
Empire Express harnesses the ease of use and power of the Macintosh so you can quickly, easily, and accurately design your model railroad empire.
Designing a layout is as simple as dragging track and structures from the catalog palette to the plan window. Track pieces are automatically aligned to create accurate, kink-free track connections. Flex track can be easily bent to create smooth curves which meet the user-selected minimum radius standard. The tool palette includes line, rectangle, circle, polygon, and text tools which you can use to draw the layout room, structures, and scenery.
Empire Express was designed specifically for the Macintosh and supports the standard Macintosh features such as copy and paste and drag and drop. In addition it also features multiple undo and redo, undoing up to 25 of the last user actions.
Included in the Empire Express catalog are some of the most popular brands of track. See our catalog description for a complete list.
All the glory of the universe, in a single Flash app
All the glory of the universe, in a single Flash app: "If you have a few minutes and want to feel really, really small (or really, really large, or really, really disoriented), check out Universcale. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog."
Awesome !!
Old Faithful 2.0
 | About Old Faithful Introducing the all new Old Faithful. Re-written from the ground up, Old Faithful now features saving, resizing, and a brand new webcam. |
OpenSoft Development: QuickTunes
OpenSoft Development: QuickTunes: "Your Own Announcer
When you listen to the radio, the DJ will say the name of the song and then play it. Why can't your computer do that too? Well now it can. With QuickTunes 2 you can easily have your computer speak the name of the song and artist to you before the song begins."
Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Will $10-a-gallon gas be our salvation?
Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Will $10-a-gallon gas be our salvation?: "How much is the search for alternative energy sources influenced by the price at the pumps?"
No PS3s for British prisoners
No PS3s for British prisoners: "Blog: ITV is reporting that the U.K.'s Home Secretary, John Reid, has made the shocking and momentous decision to ban Sony's PlayStation..."
Some Chess 2.0rc2 - PHP multi-player chess server. (Free)
Some Chess 2.0rc2 - PHP multi-player chess server. (Free): "
Some Chess 2.0rc2
Some Chess is a pure PHP Chess server using a MySql database as a backbone. Because it uses only PHP it is accessible even to the folks without java or javascript access. Some Chess can be set up as an invite only system (the default) or as a system with an open registration. The pleasant design, pure PHP, ease of installation/update, and membership system make Some Chess unique among multi-player chess servers. I hope you enjoy it. See the website for an example of how Some Chess works"
Djokovic drubs Murray in Key Biscayne (AP)
Djokovic drubs Murray in Key Biscayne (AP): "The perfectly placed drop shots from Novak Djokovic kept coming, and Andy Murray frantically chased them, once nearly impaling himself on the net post. Murray avoided injury, and that's the best thing he can say about Friday's semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Open. With a display of finesse uncommon in a hardcourt match, Djokovic swept the final 11 games and won 6-1, 6-0."
President Bush tours Walter Reed, says he appreciates that soldiers have Apple Macs
President Bush tours Walter Reed, says he appreciates that soldiers have Apple Macs: "President Bush apologized Friday for the shoddy conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center...
"
Creating a Text File…With Automator!
Creating a Text File…With Automator!: "
Systems Boy has posted a few Automator workflows that achieve the dork-meme of the week, creating text files via the contextual menu. I’m not sure why this is all the rage, but far be it from me not to get on the band wagon. It is certainly a handy function for the obsessive text-file-creating types [...]
"Music: Response
Music: Response: "After a lot of hunting around, QuickTunes turned out to be the right ticket."
Google Notifier 1.9.97 - Menu item displays Gmail/Google Calendar events (was Gmail Notifier). (Free)
Google Notifier 1.9.97
Google Notifier (formerly Gmail Notifier) is an application that shows you alerts in your menu bar, so you can see when you have new Gmail messages or upcoming Google Calendar events without having to open a web browser."
MulleSight 1.1.7 - Capture pictures from your iSight camera. (Free)
MulleSight 1.1.7 - Capture pictures from your iSight camera. (Free): "
MulleSight 1.1.7
MulleSight is a tiny application for capturing pictures taken with your iSight camera. It features a complete AppleScript interface, so you can do all sorts of stuff with it."
SuperTuxKart 0.21 - Kart racing game. (Free)
SuperTuxKart 0.21 - Kart racing game. (Free): "
SuperTuxKart 0.21
SuperTuxKart is a kart racing game. Basically, you run a certain number of laps and try to be faster than your opponents. Power ups, like accelerator, rockets, can help you to achieve this goal. By collecting coins you build up your power, which enables you to get more power ups whenever you collect one. The arrow- shaped red and black 'zippers' on the track will give you a quick speedup.
At the same time, there are bananas out on the track, which effect you negatively: an anvil or parachute will slow you down for a while. If you are running rather fast, you can pop a wheelie, which gives you an additional speed boost, but you can't steer your kart while doing a wheelie, so be careful. Hitting another kart does not do any damage to your kart or the other kart, one of the karts will just be forced to a stand still, loosing precious seconds.
Three different game modes are available:
- Quick Race A single race (with between 1 and 5 laps)
- Time Trial A single race with a single lap only
- Grand Prix A set of several races, each with several laps
Split screen multi-player is supported, though you need a somewhat powerful computer and graphics card to get a high frame rate in this case. Network multi-player is not yet supported.
Mac-Version by Fl0r!an, -Nuke- and xeno74 from Games4Mac.de Community.
Mac OS X Hints: Browse anything with a Web browser
Mac OS X Hints: Browse anything with a Web browser: "Want an alternative to the Finder? OmniWeb, Firefox, and Camino users can try their favorite Web browser.
Reunion 9.0.3 - Create a sophisticated record of your family tree. (Demo)
Reunion 9.0.3 - Create a sophisticated record of your family tree. (Demo): "
Reunion 9.0.3
Reunion helps you to document, store, and display information about your family -- your ancestors, descendants, cousins, etc. It records names, dates, places, facts, plenty of notes, sources of information, pictures, sounds, and videos. It shows family relationships in an elegant, graphic form -- people and families are linked in an easy-to-understand fashion.
Reunion makes it easy to publish your family tree information -- even if you want to share it on the Web. You can automatically create common genealogy reports, charts, and forms, as well as birthday calendars, mailing lists, questionnaires, indexes, and other lists. Reunion even calculates relationships, ages, life expectancies, and statistics.
Reunion also creates large, high-resolution, graphic charts allowing complete on-screen editing of boxes, lines, fonts, and colors. Wall charts are one of its specialties.
Limitations of the demo version:
- Only 50 people can be entered in a family file.
- Import/Export is disabled.
- Charts and slideshows can't be saved.
- Printed output will be watermarked.
"
Mr. Tides X 3.0r8 - Forecasts future ocean tides. (Free)
Mr. Tides X 3.0r8 - Forecasts future ocean tides. (Free): "
Mr. Tides X 3.0r8
Mr. Tides displays tide and current information for a variety of locations around the world. It can display the day's tides, the week's tides, or the month's tides in two different ways.
You select a station via the maps presented by Mr. Tides. The two types of stations are distinguished by the color of the dot on the map, blue for tide and yellow for current. If the dot is red, then there is more than one station at that location and you can select the specific station by clicking on the dot and having a pop-up menu appear.
A couple of tips:
- Holding down the shift key when starting Mr. Tides will skip any previously opened map and opened station.
- Holding down the option key when selecting a region (outlined in red on the map) will close the previous map.
I've written Mr. Tides so that the Macintosh can display tides. This program is based (roughly) on XTide 2.8 by Dave Flater. The XTide web page is a great source for tide program information. Mr. Tides is not a true C++ port of XTide, so please don't ask Mr. Flater about it. Mr. Tides is open-source under the GNU public software license. I hope you enjoy Mr. Tides. It was a lot of fun writing it! If you like it, then tell me! I'd love to hear from you.
As with all navigation software, you should not depend on this program as your sole means of navigation. The wise navigator uses all sources possible. Mr. Tides uses the tide algorithm and data derived in part by the U.S. Government, so the output is a prediction. It will sometimes not be accurate. Use at your own risk, and keep in mind that it may not match reality.
Martian Child - Trailer
 | ' | Martian Child - Trailer The romantic drama Martian Child stars John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts that claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignores some sage parenting advice from the widower’s sister (Joan Cusack) and gets more than they bargained for when a series of strange occurrences lead them to believe that the child’s claim may be true. Directed by: Menno Meyjes Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Sophie Okonedo, Bobby Coleman |
SunPosition 1.1 by sunposition
SunPosition 1.1 by sunposition: "
SunPosition, calculate the suns path and position for any day of the year.Features include: - Sunrise, sunset times- Civil dawn & civil dusk times- Azimuth and altitude results for any day of the year. - Azimuth and altitude results stepped at 15 minute intervals via an interactive graph. - Calculate for true north or magnetic north.Of interest to: Directors of Photography, Directors, Assistant Directors, Production Companies, Photographers, Location Managers, Art Directors, Surveyors, Engineers, Architects and anyone else who needs to know the suns position.An internet connection is needed to use the SunPosition widget.The SunPosition widget was developed with the assistance of Interdimensionmedia.com"
BART 1.0 by worrydream
BART 1.0 by worrydream: "
A trip planner for the BART train system in the northern California bay area. Check when the next train is coming simply by opening up dashboard.No network connection is required. This is a full-featured trip planner, not a website frontend.For more details, see http://worrydream.com/bartwidget."
Parallels
Parallels: "Back in Sept 2005, I bought a cheap Mac because I wanted to test new versions of the OPML Editor on the Mac before releasing it. Now, having completed my unintentional migration to the Mac, I'm now in the mirror situation, needing a Windows machine so I can make a new build of the Windows version that works. I don't think this means I'm going back to using Windows, however. ';->'"
Modul8 2.5.4 - Real time video mixing/compositing. (Demo)
Modul8 2.5.4 - Real time video mixing/compositing. (Demo): "
Modul8 2.5.4
Modul8 is a revolutionary Mac OS X application designed for real time video mixing and compositing. It has been designed for VJs and live performers. Created by professional VJs and developped by real time imaging specialists, all coming from the video game industry, Modul8 offers a state of the art user-interface combined with very high performances."
Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft starts testing Office 2008 for Mac: "The new version, due out later this year, is the first to run natively on Intel-based Macs and also supports new XML-based file formats."
All the glory of the universe, in a single Flash app
All the glory of the universe, in a single Flash app: "If you have a few minutes and want to feel really, really small (or really, really large, or really, really disoriented), check out Universcale. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog."
Race Over the Rapids Jetboat Challenge | KPIC 4 - Roseburg, Oregon | Local & Regional News
Race Over the Rapids Jetboat Challenge | KPIC 4 - Roseburg, Oregon | Local & Regional News: "Starting with a Boat Show Friday, March 30 at the Winchester Deli from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Free admission. You can vote for your favorite boat and munch on hot Dogs and hamburgers for $5.00 per person. There will be a no host beer garden."
Google - Gemini Horoscope
Google: "Others cannot easily see through your inscrutable mask now, so they won't know what's going on behind your clever wit. You may be hiding your negativity so others won't see your vulnerability. It's best, though, not to have too many secrets or you could inadvertently invite a minor emotional meltdown. Talking about your ailments is better than keeping them to yourself.
iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library
iPhoto 4 or later: Rebuilding the iPhoto Library: "iPhoto has an undocumented feature that allows you to rebuild the currently selected iPhoto library. Sometimes rebuilding the library can make it readable if it seems to be unreadable, has multiple missing photos, or if there are other issues related to reading the iPhoto library structure."
A Compilation of The Sage
The Sage: He Only Is The Sage
"As I sit quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and grass grows of itself."
X X X
The Sage: But when you know
"But when you know What is eternally so
You have Stature
And Stature means Righteousness
And Righteousness is Kingly
And Kingliness Divine
And Divinity is the Way
Which is Final."
X X X
TAO Top 10: Two
"Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no-talking."
X X X
TAO Top 10: Three
"If nothing is done, then all will be well."
X X X
Quotations: The Tahitian brotherhood of ORO
"God Appears and God is light
To those poor Souls who dwell in Night,
But does a Human Form Display
To those who Dwell in Realms of Day."
X X X
Quotations: The Mahanta and King David
"So you see the world of Karma [is] a big prison with many rooms and cells. The warden is Brahm and man is the prisoner. His true home is in the nameless region above, but Brahm does not desire that, although he wishes perpetual reform going on constantly within his prison. "
X X X
Chinese Notebooks: Thought
"Society Was To Be Set Right By Calling Everything By Its Right Name."
X X X
Chinese Notebooks: Action
I Take No Action And The People Are Reformed. I Enjoy Peace And People Become Honest. I Use No Force And People Become Rich. I Have No Ambitions And People Return To The Good + Simple Life."
X X X
China: Jade Flower Palace
"Sorrow comes and sits on the spreading grass.
All the while singing, I am overwhelmed with lamentation.
Among these lanes of life disappearing in the distance,
Who can make himself eternal?"
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Apple's iPhone will be released on June 11
Apple's iPhone will be released on June 11: "Blog: Ever since Steve Jobs' keynote at the Macworld Expo in January, we've known that the iPhone is being released sometime in June...."
(Via CNET News.com.)
Hugo Award Nominees named
Hugo Award Nominees named: "Nominees have been announced for this year's Hugo Awards, which are chosen by the membership of the World Science Fiction Convention.
The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society."
(Via Sci Fi Wire.)
Million Dollar Presentation
Million Dollar Presentation: "To sell million dollar homes, you need million dollar presentations. That’s why, when Michael Dreyfus broke free from a major brokerage company to form his own firm, he went with Macs. Macs make easy to convey quality."
(Via Apple Hot News.)
Scenario Poker 2.5
 | About Scenario Poker The game is Texas Hold ’em limit poker. It takes ten minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. You’ll be playing in a three-round, shootout tournament against up to 27 simulated opponents. When you run out of chips, you’re out. But if you win everyone’s chips, you keep advancing to the next table until you’re the champion! Features: - See a lot of hands fast! - Built-in help - Customizable graphics - Tracks your statistics as you play |
Dreaming under the cheery red moon
Dreaming under the cheery red moon: 
Dreaming under the cheery red moon
The tale of a thousand years begins with one panel
Yes there are
(Via The Sunday Afternoon Blog.)
endlos 1.0 - Java multithreaded fractal generator. (Free)
endlos 1.0 - Java multithreaded fractal generator. (Free): "
endlos 1.0
endlos is a platform independent, multithreaded fractal generator. Control of thread count and CPU usage; unlimited precision; smooth/random/function coloring; supports color map files (over 1600 available); many image file formats. For any Java VM since 1.5."(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
PulpMotion 1.0.6 - Create animations using your own pictures, videos, music. (Shareware)
PulpMotion 1.0.6 - Create animations using your own pictures, videos, music. (Shareware): "
PulpMotion 1.0.6
PulpMotion... Quick is easy and easy is fun!
Create fun animations with all your (i)Life: music, photos AND your videos... no one's left over not even the iSight!
From stately to funky, from captivating to comical, choose your style to impress your audience. It's nice to share...and it's easy too:
- Send video postcards or screensavers by email
- Podcast your video animation using Garageband
- Put your animation onto an iPod
- Publish your animation to a webpage using iWeb
- Or export your animations for further editing in iMovie or Final Cut.
PulpMotion is the software your photos and videos have been waiting for! Forget the long hours spent editing and the tedious adjustments. It's all done for you:
Simply drag and drop your preferred photos, movies and music, apply a visual theme from the PulpMotion theme menu... and you're done! 3 minutes. Wow!
Special features:
PulpMotion, turns slideshows into real promenades... and let the viewer decide what he wants to see:
'Where standard slideshow apps simply fade out the soundtrack , PulpMotion lets you stop in front of a video and watch it in full while listening to its soundtrack, then continue when you are ready'.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Sound Byte 3.3 - Radio station-style cart machine. (Shareware)
Sound Byte 3.3 - Radio station-style cart machine. (Shareware): "
Sound Byte 3.3
Sound Byte is a computerized cart machine for the Macintosh. It is very similar to the so-called cart machines used at radio stations in the past. Each recording - a jingle, advertisement, etc, was on a cartidge, which could be quickly selected and played.
Sound Byte brings the cart machine to the computer age. You can assign select up to 75 recordings per rack, and assign each to a button. Clicking on a button plays that recording. Multiple recordings can be played at the same time.
Three versions are available:
- Sound Byte supports five racks of carts, or up to 375 recordings total. The registration fee is only $49.
- Sound Byte Lite supports a single rack of carts, or up to 75 recordings total. The registration fee is only $24.
- Sound Byte Pro supports fifty racks of carts, or up to 3750 recordings total. The registration fee is only $99.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Race Over the Rapids Jetboat Challenge
Race Over the Rapids Jetboat Challenge: "The main course is River Forks Park to the Interstate 5 bridge."
Glitch locks out some Rhapsody users
Glitch locks out some Rhapsody users: "Blog: An unknown number of users of RealNetwork's Rhapsody music service have been prevented from logging on for about two weeks and..."
(Via CNET News.com.)
IBM developing wiki how-to tool
IBM developing wiki how-to tool: "Wikipedia-like tool aims to help people automate repetitive tasks performed on the Web, such as filling out forms or paying bills."
(Via CNET News.com.)
The Sage: Taoist Chronicles
The Sage: Taoist Chronicles: "'When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil.
It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings.
By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and remedies his incompetencies.'
Because he sees with great Clarity
Causes + Effects, he Completes
the six Steps at the right Time
+ mounts towards Heaven on them
as though on Six Dragons."
The Sage: The Superior Man
The Sage: The Superior Man: "It is as large as the distance between knowing oneself to be lazy + being lazy."
Quotations: God
Quotations: About Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun
Quotations: About Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun: "FIRST CHAPTER -- 'Resurrection and Death'
'It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future.'
No kidding. From the last chapter, XXVIII, of 'The Citadel of the Autarch': the title -- 'Resurrection.' The circle of memory is complete. This is what this first-person account of the torturer's apprentice Severian is made of: memory and its shadows, casting its darkness across the future."
New Notes: Proverbs
New Notes: Proverbs: "Proverbs
So be happy with your wife
and find your joy with the girl you married --
pretty and graceful as a deer."
New Notes: Hermes Trismegistus
New Notes: Hermes Trismegistus: "Bid your soul travel to any land you choose and sooner than you bid it go, it will be there. Bid it fly up to heaven, and it will not lack for wings. Nothing can bar its way, neither the fiery heat of the sun, nor the swirl of the planet-spheres. Cleaving its way through all, so it will fly up till it reaches the outermost of all corporeal things. And should you wish to break forth from the universe itself and gaze on things outside the cosmos, even that is permitted to you. See what power, what quickness is yours."
All Together Now: GNOSIS
All Together Now: GNOSIS: "The Poet - 'His powers were heightened by the spirit of prophecy so that his words crystalized experience into a single poetic jewel; but he was, by the grace of God, the sturdy author and regulator of this achievement.'"
All Together Now: Church of Reflection
All Together Now: Church of Reflection: "Give and it shall be given to you, good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over, men shall give unto your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again.
from the Church of Reflection:
1) The Law of Sowing and Reaping: abundance begats abundance.
2) The Law of Compensation: degree given matches degree received
3) The Law Of Supply: operates on 7 (seven) planes
1) Absorption - vegetation
2) Force - lower animals
3) Work - man
4) Attraction - inner abundance attracts outer abundance
5) Inheritance - 1st plane of spiritual reward no longer working for reward, but
to express the joy & abundance of life
6) Creative Process - no longer concerned with results full expression of supply
7) Absolute - at one with ----"
All Together Now: As we discover inside ourselves how we are built, so we can build outside ourselves simulations of ourselves.
All Together Now: As we discover inside ourselves how we are built, so we can build outside ourselves simulations of ourselves.: "As we discover inside ourselves how we are built, so we can build outside ourselves simulations of ourselves.
Once a structure begins to recognize its own structure,
then it can become conscious in a way that was not possible before it became aware
it was a structure.
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes
true within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits
are further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind, THERE ARE NO
LIMITS.
The Taoist:
* If it's operational, it's true.
* Everything that happens is perfect as it happens.
* All lessons are to learned as presented.
* Liberation is freedom from the spiritual path.
The accuracy of storage decreases logarithmically with the time of storage. The
present is perceived and apperceived with a high noise level and a wishful thinking
projection of certainty on the noise.
Silence is that golden virtue whereby we refrain from cruelty."
Poems: Reflections by a River
Poems: Reflections by a River
Company of nomads
What I have now is yours to give
What is ours now we share
Like Moon and Sun share Heaven
Along a mountain trail
Streams feed each other
Brooks come babbling together
Parting then along the lay of the land
Desert flowers that bloom by night
That shine so bright by moon's silver light
What inner fires warm you so
That you may dance the Dance of Sight
Loveliest of flowers, O' jewel of the moon
Let your fires consume by heart's desires
For under a sky so blue, the loneliness I feel
Is not what we should share
Poems: Shiva's Eye Opens
Shiva's Eye Opens -- An Ode
When I commit this herb,
this wonderful woman-spirit,
to the sacred flame,
I think to myself
how to make
especial reverence
a new worship
to sensually bring forth
lovingly
the beauty of relationships
expressed in a moment's time.
Her flaming eye
blooms
touches all there is
with flower of light
Postcards from Chaos: Rant 1
Postcards from Chaos: Rant 1: "Rant 1
An Introduction to a Mad Poet
Also in the crowd with this loud-mouthed braggart was a poet, a scoundrel deliberately wrong-minded about the opinions of others, who begged to disagree.
An Introduction to a Mad Poet
Elegantly she steps, swaying as a slave-girl will sway,
showing her master skirts of trailing white.
And as we say to her, 'Let us hear from you,' she advances to us, her glance languid, chanting fluently in effortless song.
And, when the people demand, 'Who's the hero?' --
I suppose myself intended, and am not sluggish,
not dull of wit -- I am at her with the whip.
X X X
... the Mad Poet, yes, I hope you will find me bold, yes, very bold in saying that when first my eyes laid themselves upon you I knew that we were destined to become far more than mere good friends, indeed, that we should know an intimacy so far transcending our own small lives as the stars in the sky exceed our paltry grasp, -- indeed, that we would love with a love that was more than a love, -- yes, I love you, love you, love you -- smack smack smack (slobber all over her hands then drop them) and now you may go, -- get back to your dreary drudgery, wench -- yes, you are dismissed from our presence until we should require it again -- go, yes, go ...
Gifted am I, in Rawest Seasons, in Naked Magnificence,
Careless of where the next Bright Bolt may fall."
Yep 1.5 - Organize the paper that clutters your life (was KIP). (Demo)
Yep 1.5 - Organize the paper that clutters your life (was KIP). (Demo): "
Yep 1.5
Yep: organize the paper that clutters your life. Think of Yep as iPhoto for your documents.
For PDFs - Every computer has loads of PDF files, probably scattered all over your hard disk. Use KIP to search, view and manage all these documents in one convenient place.
For Paper - Every house has cardboard boxes and filing cabinets full of receipts, important medical records, old letters and income tax returns, usually inconveniently stuck in the basement somewhere. KIP finally gives you a tool to keep all these documents in one place, instantly retrievable and searchable. You do not need a scanner to use KIP but if you have one KIP will use it to help you scan in all those paper documents.
"
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Images: U.S. Postal Service reveals 'Star Wars' stamps
Images: U.S. Postal Service reveals 'Star Wars' stamps: "The U.S. Postal Service aims to put its stamp on the Star Wars saga by giving all the major characters their own first class, 41-cent postage stamp."
(Via CNET News.com.)
When did stamps become 41 cents?
The Fix: Trump gets set for Wrestlemania. Penelope Cruz and Josh Hartnett? Plus: Rowan Atkinson laughs "once every five years"
First Word
Diddy pulls a Sting: P. Diddy bragged to a London tabloid that he had tantric sex with girlfriend Kim Porter for 'at least 30 hours' on their recent trip to Paris. The rap mogul with the ever-changing moniker claimed: 'As meticulous as I am with my work, I'm more meticulous with my lovemaking.' (TMZ)
Stand-up Bush and MC Rove: Nothing at Wednesday night's Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner matched Stephen Colbert's performance at last year's White House Correspondents Association dinner, but there was something great in seeing Karl Rove brought up onstage for an improvised rap in which he played MC Rove and jumped around a lot. (You can watch the performance here.) President Bush was in a joking mood, too: 'A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone,' he quipped. 'Ah, those were the good ol' days.' He made light of the prosecutor firing scandal as well, saying, 'I have to admit we really blew the way we let those attorneys go. You know you've botched it when people sympathize with lawyers.' (Politico, Crooks and Liars, Associated Press)
...
(Via Salon.)
CADintosh 5.5.3 - 2D-CAD program for technical/architectural drawings. (Demo)
CADintosh 5.5.3 - 2D-CAD program for technical/architectural drawings. (Demo): "
CADintosh 5.5.3
CADintosh is a 2D-CAD program for technical and architectural drawings.- Interactive window redrawing (you can work in the same time of the window redrawing)
- Number of elements limited by memory
- Pen oriented mode: 8 line widths/line colors/pens
- Individual mode: line width from 0.0 to 99.99 mm, pattern and colors
- It has a lot of tools like lines, arcs, dimensions, splines, hatching etc.
- Import and export HPGL, DXF, and PICT
- 6 line types (solid, dash, dot-dash, phantom, zigzag, dotted)
- 32000 groups
- 1024 layer
- Alternative units in inches or freely definable
- Shareware version has a simple layer filter (easy to use)
- Registered version has a additional extended layer filter (named filter sets, palette with name of filter)
- Shareware version has internal symbols (number of symbols only limited by memory)
- Registered version has additional external symbol libraries and more simple work with symbols
- User preferences saved in the drawing
- Runs native on MacOS X
- Has a very low price of around $33 (U.S.Dollars)
- It is shareware - so, you can try before buying it - download it now
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
deDigitalEffects Vol. 1 1.0.6 - Digital effects plugins for iMovie. (Commercial)
deDigitalEffects Vol. 1 1.0.6 - Digital effects plugins for iMovie. (Commercial): "
deDigitalEffects Vol. 1 1.0.6
Digital Effects Vol.1 is part of a two set package of over 300 special effects iMovie plugins. deDigital Effects harnesses the power of Mac OS X 10.4’s Quartz Composer and OpenGL to bring you the coolest digital effects iMovie has ever seen.
Digital Effects Vol.1 ($19.95) includes: 3D Video Wall, Comic Book Look, Water Color, Oil Painting, Hearts, Explosions, 3D Bubbles, iPod Commercial, Underwater, 3D Titles, FireWorks, Video Feedback, Video Cubes, Particles, Comets, Fire, Video Fountains, Plasma, 3D Balls, Lights, Cube in Cube, Video Matrix, Dots, and multiple Psychedelic Effects and many more...
Digital Effects Vol.2 ($29.95) includes: Pac*Man, Roller Coaster, Snow Flakes, Pong, Stairs, Matrix, Mazes, Tunnels, Gears, Blocks, Flying Toasters, Molecules, Bouncing Cows, Apple ][, Ants, Penetrate, Compass, Red Pill, Hanoi, 3D Bubbles, Danger Ball, and many more...
A slideshow of examples is available here.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Digit hands-on with Apple TV: ‘simple to set up, a delight to use’
Digit hands-on with Apple TV: ‘simple to set up, a delight to use’: "Apple TV is as easy to use as it is to set up...
"
(Via MacDailyNews.)
A decade in a download
Yes Virginia, no fooling, April 1 is the birth date of this weblog, and this April 1 (Sunday) is the 10th birthday.
In the spririt of item #2 below, I'm going to offer the full archive of Scripting News, a full decade, downloadable in a single archive, free, no charge -- let's party! ';->'
"(Via Scripting News.)
DVD Ripper 4.0.20.0323 - Rip DVD video to video and audio formats. (Shareware)
DVD Ripper 4.0.20.0323 - Rip DVD video to video and audio formats. (Shareware): "
DVD Ripper 4.0.20.0323
DVD Ripper is an ideal solution to rip your DVD video to popular video and audio formats. It combines the features of DVD Ripper and DVD Audio Ripper to get the powerful ripping function. It enables you to rip DVD to all popular video formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, DIVX, RM, MOV, 3GP, 3GP2, MP4, MP4 AVC and audio formats as MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, AC3, M4A (AAC), OGG, RA, AU, etc.
DVD Ripper for Mac has the following key features:
- It supports multi-threading and batch conversion to enable fast ripping speed.
- It features plentiful functions and easy-to-handle settings.
- It allows you to rip and convert DVD with entire movie or just one or several chapters at will.
- It allows you to select target audio track and subtitle
- It supports the edit function of ID3v1 and ID3v2 and permits you to edit music info for each file before rip DVD to MP3 or WMA
Free download the DVD Ripper for Mac at once and have a try of it. The trial version of the software is only time-limited but with full functionality. Now with the help of DVD Ripper for Mac you can get the movie in any formats you want with excellent image and sound quality. Choose DVD Ripper for Mac now to colorize your digital entertainment life.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
OpenOffice.org 2.2 - Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation mgr. and more. (Free)
OpenOffice.org 2.2 - Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation mgr. and more. (Free): "
OpenOffice.org 2.2
OpenOffice.org is both an Open Source product and a project. The product is a multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office."(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Apple debuts new iTunes Store ‘Complete My Album’ service (advertising masquerading as a feature)
Apple debuts new iTunes Store ‘Complete My Album’ service (advertising masquerading as a feature): "Apple today announced Complete My Album, a new iTunes service that allows customers...
"
(Via MacDailyNews.)
Publishing calendars with iCal
Publishing calendars with iCal: "Keeping friends and family informed about your schedule is easy when you use .Mac and iCal to publish your calendars to the Internet. To publish an iCal calendar:
1. Select a calendar from the list on the left side of the iCal window.
2. Go to Calendar>Publish… in the menu bar.
3. In the sheet that drops down, enter a name for your calendar.
4. Select your publishing options and click the Publish button.
Your published calendar’s URLs will appear in a dialog box, and you can send them to others"
(Via .Mac Tips.)
Apple TV turns any DVI monitor into HDTV; HP dumps Microsoft Media Center PCs
Apple TV turns any DVI monitor into HDTV; HP dumps Microsoft Media Center PCs: "Apple TV works with most standard definition TVs that have component video inputs...
"
(Via MacDailyNews.)
Follow the e-mails
Follow the e-mails: "The discovery of a previously unknown treasure chest of e-mails buried by the Bush administration may prove to be as informative as Nixon's secret White House tapes."
(Via Salon.)
Yahoo mail API
Yahoo is announcing a new open API for mail. Interested to hear what people think. I was briefed on it earlier today.
A QuickTime screencast with Ryan Kennedy, Jeremy Zawodny and Matt McAlister from Yahoo, explaining the API and what they can do.
It sounded to me like the API allowed developers to create new user interfaces or 'skins' for Yahoo's mail, through SOAP or JSON interfaces, but they said that it could do more than that.
I'd like to see another huge Internet infrastructure company provide what Amazon does with S3, and Yahoo certainly qualifies. This API is not that, but it's still a good thing that more of the user-level services on the net are being opened through APIs. And Yahoo is one of the leaders in that effort.
Wes Felter: 'The standard API for email is IMAP.'
"(Via Scripting News.)
Inferno Is Paper Thin
Inferno Is Paper Thin: "
Voice actor Dana Snyder told SCI FI Wire that the world may not be ready for his upcoming film Dante's Inferno, a paper-puppet-animated version of the 14th-century Italian epic poem, in which he voices several characters."
(Via Sci Fi Wire.)
New iTunes Features: My Alerts and Complete My Album
New iTunes Features: My Alerts and Complete My Album: "Apple introduced two new features in iTunes today.
My Alerts (iTunes Link)
A custom page on iTunes which lists 'recent releases from artists whose work you've purchased on iTunes.' Apple also allows you to sign u..."
(Via MacRumors.)
X X X
Oh, yes, please. Complete my album. ("May I have more, please?")
What! "LIMITED-TIME OFFER!"
And I have no money! No checking account! No credit card!
I am so screwed!
OH NO! There's more! (Well, I did ask for it.)
Eligible albums. Up to six months after first downloading a song.
X X X
Well, let's see what they've got.
Oh no. I've got 480 eligible albums to look at - 21 at a time - let's see 480 / 21 = 22.8571428571 pages to look at. Okay, maybe just the first 2 or 3.
Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Cello Suites - $19.00
Man, that would be so suite!
Look, I can complete all of Quadrophenia - for 99¢ ! Ninety-nine cents! And I can't do it! Aargh! to quote that great Midwestern philosopher Charlie Brown.
Wide Awake in America!
Patti Smith - Horses - Legacy Edition - 13.03.
Speaking in Tongues - 3.96.
Another Green World. Another Green World.
Roxy Music - 3.06. For Your Pleasure - 5.04.
Too Much Too Soon - 6.93.
If I Was - 7.02.
Strange Angels - 6.93.
Fire of Unknown Origin
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER - WEATHER REPORT - 11.00!
TIMELESS - JOHN ABERCROMBIE - 6.03.
Dylan - Blood on the Tracks.
Solstice.
Manifest Destiny - The Dictators - 6.93. (I like typing 6-9-3.)
Casino - 1.98.
And I might as well end with the last album - after all, it is only appropriate, and, after all, it's only - 22.8571428571 page-turns later.
Night Passage - Weather Report - 9.00.
X X X
For me, all offers expire: Jun 26, 2007.
There you have it. Just a few of the 480 albums waiting for me to complete.
Well - that's not going to happen.
First Blogiversary
First Blogiversary: "A year about today I posted my first item; minutes later I posted the second, Testing the Photo Upload. I finished out March with an item on Phil Fake's Nautical Gallery. I was hooked.
In April I practiced forming opinions (What's Mexican for Laissez-Faire?), writing topical items (Lama Sabach Thani), ranting about my taxes (Cheers), and plotting my escape (Where Do You See Yourself...).
(Via Zeta Woof.)
Did you write it down? If you did not, you should have. This is because only what you have committed to paper has significance. Man's experience is only that which he has recorded. The more you consider that, the more significant it may become. The Heinlein Hypothesis declaims that only the historic record establishes the essence of the human experience. If it was not written down, it might as well not have happened. -- Jeff Cooper
And, that, Gordon, is why I Twitter. The Public Timeline is where humanity is writing it all down for each other.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Twitter Fan Wiki / Fakers
Let's see:
Fake Steve Jobs, fake President, lots of fake Star Wars characters (that should be fun), Homer Simpson, -- Tony Stark!?! - Iron Man?!
I've found a new friend.
Yahoo opens up e-mail APIs to outsiders
Yahoo opens up e-mail APIs to outsiders: "The company invites Web developers to build applications that use Yahoo Mail."
(Via CNET News.com.)
Intel Details Chip Roadmap 2007-2008: Penryn and Nehalem
Intel Details Chip Roadmap 2007-2008: Penryn and Nehalem: "Intel today released some details on its next-generation 45 nanometer chips (code-named Penryn) due later this year.
Penryn, the next chip family to be based on the Core micro-architecture, will include the following enhancements (amon..."
(Via MacRumors.)
I Love MarsEdit
I Love MarsEdit.
Sigh.
I will truly miss it when it's gone.
Ah, to roll the blogs once more.To see the distant, silvery shore.
-- Shakespeare
MarsEdit - Powerful Blog Authoring Made Simple
MarsEdit - Powerful Blog Authoring Made Simple: ""
What!?
Only a 30-Day Free Trial!?
What happens when my 30 days runs out and I haven't got $25? (Which I won't.)
Ouch.
So much for my wonderful workflow.
Oh well, that's 30 days I get to enjoy, so there.
Apple releases Boot Camp 1.2 beta with Windows Vista support
Apple releases Boot Camp 1.2 beta with Windows Vista support: "Apple has released Boot Camp 1.2 beta which contains several updates...
"
(Via MacDailyNews.)
CoRD 0.3 - Cocoa remote desktop client (was Remote Desktop). (Free)
CoRD 0.3 - Cocoa remote desktop client (was Remote Desktop). (Free): "
CoRD 0.3
CoRD is an open source native Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Remote Desktop and Terminal Services. It is a Universal Binary, and allows you to connect to multiple servers concurrently. It was originally ported from the UNIX program rdesktop. Bug reports and patches are welcomed, and can be submitted from the Sourceforge project page."(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Mac OS X Tip: Hidden Sorting Options in Preview
Mac OS X Tip: Hidden Sorting Options in Preview: "Take the pain out of sorting images by taking advantage of the hidden options for organizing multiple images in Preview."
If you Control-click on one of the images in the Drawer, a contextual menu will appear, and you can then sort by name, size, keyword, and more.
(Via Apple Hot News.)
maileR 0.1 - Use your Webmail just like a small and very fast application. (Free)
maileR 0.1 - Use your Webmail just like a small and very fast application. (Free): "
maileR 0.1
maileR is a small Application for people who don´t use Mail.app. So they can use Webmail just like a small and very fast application.Nothing more but nothing less.
Use at your own risk. If you need support for other providers and services - just let me know.
- GoogleMail
- Yahoo
- AOL
- Lycos
- Web.de
- T-Online
- freenet
- GMX
- Strato
- arcor
- DomainFactory
- 1&1
- aon
- Bluwin
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Images: Mysterious hexagon spotted on Saturn
Images: Mysterious hexagon spotted on Saturn: "A strange hexagon shape over the north pole of Saturn was first seen by the two Voyager spacecraft and has been revisited by the Cassini probe."
(Via CNET News.com.)
Batman Artist Rogers Is Dead
Batman Artist Rogers Is Dead: "Marshall Rogers, the artist who was best known for his work on DC Comics' Batman and Marvel Comics' Silver Surfer, died on March 25 at the age of 57, Newsarama reported. The cause of death has not been disclosed to the media, according to a DC spokesman."
(Via Sci Fi Wire.)
TapDex 3.1.1 - Search interface for OS X Address Book. (Free)
TapDex 3.1.1 - Search interface for OS X Address Book. (Free): "
TapDex 3.1.1
TapDex gives you a quick and simple search interface to your Mac OS X's Address Book. Tap the hot key and up pops a search window, start typing to narrow down your search.
TapDex is small, fast and takes up very little resources. It is designed to run in the background (yes, it can run without a Dock icon) and activated with a hot key. Customize it to auto-launch on log in and all your Address Book contacts will always be one tap away!
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
MailWidget 2.0 - Checks Apple Mail.app without having it running. (Free)
MailWidget 2.0 - Checks Apple Mail.app without having it running. (Free): "
MailWidget 2.0
MailWidget checks your Apple Mail account every time Dashboard is activated without having Apple Mail running all the time. It is able to check all your POP, IMAP, Exchange and .Mac accounts. Unlike other widgets MailWidget knows which mail from your POP account has been received in Apple Mail. That's especially interesting for those who do not have an IMAP account and therefore are not deleting their old mail from the POP mail server immediately in order to be able to read their last mails on travels via webmail.Other widgets would say something like 'there are 88 eMails on the mail server' but only MailWidget will tell if there are new eMails that doesn't have been already received by Apple Mail."
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Blog.Mac 1.2.2b2 - Easy way to blog on your .Mac account. (Shareware)
Blog.Mac 1.2.2b2 - Easy way to blog on your .Mac account. (Shareware): "
Blog.Mac 1.2.2b2
Blog.Mac is the easiest way to publish your own web page or blog on your .Mac account.
Quickly create your own page, include pictures from your iPhoto albums, share your favorite iTunes playlist, pick from one of the 15 included templates, and click a button to instantly publish your new blog on the Internet. Show your readers what you are listening to with live updates from iTunes and plug in your iSight camera for live webcam snapshots published right on your blog. Blog pages are automatically converted to RSS feeds for newsreaders.
Blog.Mac is easy enough for anyone to start their own web page but is flexible enough for experienced bloggers.
"(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Eight people injured in van crash
Eight people injured in van crash: "A van filled with tree planters went off of a logging road west of Tyee Tuesday and three people were injured seriously."
Arts & Letters Daily (28 Mar 2007)
Yes, yes, yes to female freedom and empowerment, but Jesus Christ, why are these girls giving blow jobs to guys they hardly know?
Arts & Letters Daily (28 Mar 2007): "
The Sony Reader is a step in the right direction for those who love the written word more than endless stacks of paper and ink... more
They are almost all nice girls raised by nice parents and sent off to good colleges. But they change in some ugly ways when left on their own... more
'Fame,' said Rainer Maria Rilke, 'is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstandings that can gather around a new name.' Consider Brecht, or Lindbergh... more
AppleTV On The Horizontal
AppleTV On The Horizontal: "The most awesome thing about AppleTV is that if you (a) are a technology pundit and (b) have a terabyte or more of music, movies, and TV shows on your home network, you can spend all day lying on the sofa with a remote in your hand and still call it 'Work.' [58 words in article.]"
(Via Andy Ihnatko's YellowText.)
How basic is Twitter?
Like so many others in the tech blogging world, I've spent the last few weeks exploring Twitter. I understand that there were lots of people using it before me, and before that, the developers of Twitter envisioned something that all the rest of us didn't. So before going any further, let's pause for a moment and appreciate their innovation and contribution to the richness of the cyber-environment that we work in. Congrats on a great accomplishment.
Now the next step is to wonder what the next step is. ';->'
I've been following the digging work that Nik Cubrilovic and Steve Poland have been doing, with great interest, particularly the report yesterday on the upcoming Twitter API feature that will allow users to direct private messages at invidual users. Both Steve and Nik have observed that names in the Twitter space may become quite valuable in the future. And Nik observes that the Twitter folk may have made a mistake by not reserving some of the juiciest names for themselves, like GET, for example.
@get 'berkeley weather'
If you play it out, the Twitter command line could evolve to be something much like the Unix command line, with an important difference, it's world-wide in scope. Before you lose your breath, this is hardly the first such command line, the address bar in the browser has a similar property as does the search box on Google (of course, any search engine). But Twitter's would be newly interesting because the thing it wires together, better than any environment before, is something we're all interested in -- people.
So inevitably, a query about the value of namespaces leads you to wonder if there will be TwitterClones, web-based services that emulate the Twitter API, that keep internal data structures similar to Twitter, and most important, peer with Twitter, the same way Twitter peers with IM and SMS systems.
This is as far as I got in my thinking when last night I decided to ask Les Orchard, a developer I know for quite a few years, and who I've worked with on a couple of projects, both of which use the kind of technology that would be required for such a project --
What if there were an open source implementation of Twitter?
Nik Cubrilovic happened to be online at the moment and he jumped in with an idea. Les confessed that he was thinking of doing such a project. I thought to myself that there must be a lot of developers thinking about this right about now. We agreed it was an interesting question, and I said I'd write it up on Scripting News, which is what I'm doing right now.
What do you think? Is Twitter important, like web servers, or blogging software, so important that we should have an open source implementation of something that works like Twitter and can connect up to Twitter? Where are the tough sub-projects, and how much does it depend on the willingness of the developers of Twitter #1 to support systems that connect to theirs?
If you have something to say about this, either post a comment here, or write a blog post, and point to this article and your piece will show up in this Technorati query.
"(Via Scripting News.)
Use Grapher to embed equations in Pages and Keynote
Use Grapher to embed equations in Pages and Keynote: "There is no equation editor available in Keynote or Pages, but it is possible to creat nice equations in the Grapher application (in /Applications » Utilities) included in OS X, and then copy/paste the equation(s) into Pages or Keynote.
However, I don't know how to select a font color to match Keynote's master. Perhaps there's a better/free way to create nice equations to use in Keynote and Pages?
(Via Mac OS X Hints.)
NoteAbility Pro 2.322 - Music notation package. (Demo)
NoteAbility Pro 2.322 - Music notation package. (Demo): "
NoteAbility Pro 2.322
NoteAbility Pro is a professional music notation package for the Macintosh OS X operating system. Developed by Dr. Keith Hamel at the University of British Columbia, it is easily the most sophisticated music notation software available on any platform. NoteAbility combines both musical intelligence and graphical flexibility in a direct and intuitive graphical user interface. Notate anything from simple melodies to complex avant garde orchestral music, play the score on your MIDI synthesizer or using Quicktime Musical Instruments and print a publishable copy of your score on any OS X compatible printer.
If you have been frustrated by the awkwardness and inflexibility of other notation programs, or by the time it takes to learn them, then you definitely should have a look at NoteAbility Pro.
The demo version of NoteAbilityPro is a complete working copy of the program with some functions disabled. You are not allowed to save files, copy or export in certain formats, and printing is restricted to the first page only. Just follow the simple installation notes, and the OS X Installer application will ensure that all required files are installed into the correct locations.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
Netflix Freak 2.5.2 - Manage your Netflix account. (Shareware)
Netflix Freak 2.5.2 - Manage your Netflix account. (Shareware): "
Netflix Freak 2.5.2
Netflix Freak is a full-featured Mac OS X application for managing your rental queue that enhances the Netflix experience. The program offers many unique features not available on the Netflix website:- Rearrange your queue using drag-n-drop or copy-n-paste
- Intelligently shuffle your rental queue while keeping movie series in order
- Push movies to the top or bottom of your queue in one action
- One-click adding of movies to the top or bottom of your queue
- Select all DVDs that belong to a series for easy rearrangement or deletion
- Add notes to individual movies
- Unlimited undo of queue rearrangements
- Search all of your queues by movie title
- Create and assign custom categories to movies in your queue
- Create and assign renter names to movies in your queue
- Easily look up movies on Google Movies, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, and Amazon
- Switch between profiles without needing to re-enter your password
- Cut/Copy and Paste to move items from one profile's queue to another
- Import your rental history to keep track of more than the last 90 days of rentals
- View all Netflix data for a movie in a single-window interface
- Super-fast searching of the Netflix catalog
- Support for all of Netflix's RSS feeds (Recommendations, New releases, Top 100, etc)
- Applescript access to all your Netflix movie data
This product comes with a full-featured 30-day trial period.
"(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
QuickPass 1.0 - Password generator for the menubar. (Free)
QuickPass 1.0 - Password generator for the menubar. (Free): "
QuickPass 1.0
QuickPass is a quick and easy password generator for the menubar!"(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
File Juicer 4.7.5 - Extract images/video/ sound from files/folders. (Shareware)
File Juicer 4.7.5 - Extract images/video/ sound from files/folders. (Shareware): "
File Juicer 4.7.5
File Juicer is a drag & drop can opener and data archaeologist. It's speciality is to find and extract images, video, audio or text from files which are hard to open in other ways.
It finds and extracts: JPEG, JP2, PNG, GIF, PDF, BMP, WMF, EMF, PICT, TIFF, Flash, Zip, HTML, WAV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MPG, MP3, AIFF, AU, WMV or text from files which contain data in those formats.
Lossless extraction... File Juicer does't convert the images/sounds/videos it finds, but saves them unchanged in their original format if possible. See the manual for details.
This is useful:
- if you want to extract the images/sounds/videos from a PDF or Word document
- if you have old files you can no longer open with current applications,
- if you receive emails with attachments you can not open,
- if you have corrupt files or databases,
- if you have damaged or acidentally erased flash cards for your digital camera,
- if you receive 'self extracting' EXE files designed for Windows,
- or if this is just faster than copying and pasting from the file.
File Juicer has Automator support so you can save just the settings you need and use them directly from Finder.
(Via MacUpdate - Universal Binary.)
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