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Archive: November, 2003

November 10, 2003

Got them Font Book blues.

Cacomixl: My day trying Font Book. Oh dear.

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

November 10, 2003

Repantherated.

I spent the bulk of today shuffling and organizing thousands of font files (supplied by a third-party vendor who: 1) should know better; and 2) shall remain nameless for the time being) into something vaguely resembling a logical cross-platform product map. When I did manage to pry myself away from this necessary — but excruciatingly … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

November 6, 2003

Copier repairmen.

It seems that there is no easy solution to my problem with OS X’s long file names and our Windows file server. I guess I was hoping it would be something as simple as applying a software update, but no. At any rate, I’d like to thank everyone for their suggestions. Some were enlightening in … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

November 6, 2003

Still available after all these years.

Well, knock me over with a whois lookup. The odometer on the available domain name of the week flipped over the four year mark this past weekend. Over two hundred new and ‘lightly’ used domain names have been pushed off this parking lot — models varying widely in their condition, reliability and off-road performance. And … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.