ISSN 1496-3221
October 22, 2008
No, you’re not seeing things … that’s a small sliver of 4D’s WebStar 4.4 running under OS 9 (9.1 to be exact, not Classic). This post could be simple documentation of my attempt to unify the administration of the servers residing in my basement. That would be absolutely true. But in all honesty, I’m just … More
December 29, 2006
MacNN reports that Big Blue has finally released an OS X-savvy version of its venerable Lotus Notes collaboration suite. The press release states: “ … with IBM Lotus Notes 7.0.2 for OS X, Mac users have the collaboration power they’ve been waiting for … ” Mac users? As in multiple? Shouldn’t that read “ … … More
November 21, 2006
Early adoption is for masochists. Cohesive workflow and performance comes from being stubborn, sticking with what you know, and not drifting away from your comfort zone. Those who blindly accept and implement change are weak and tend to bend to peer pressure. Yeah, ok. Whatever. Six months ago I was done rationalizing. Enough dragging of … More
October 3, 2006
Well, adjust my tracking and call me Caslon. Adobe finally freshens up their languishing type products page, renaming it the Adobe Type Showroom. However, once again they’ve neglected to add any new typefaces in the process. The pimped-out, pop-up type browser interface is kinda nice, as is the Flash®-based OpenType tour, but where’s the stuff … More
November 28, 2005
As promised, the mighty folks at Fontlab shipped Fontographer for Mac OS X. I will sound like an incurably desperate type geek when I say this, but… I can’t even begin to express my pleasure surrounding this event. I really can’t. There’s a discussion to peruse over at Typophile and a demo version to download … More
October 28, 2005
Sweet mother of crap. After several years in software stasis (and quite frankly stating that he wasn’t even working on Macs anymore…) the indubitably talented Turly has resurfaced with an OS X savvy version of FinderPop. This contextual menu extension still makes my life more pleasant during those regressions back to OS 9 and Classic … More
October 13, 2005
A happy belated number five to the kids over at Unsanity. Their dedicated w00tness has helped me keep my own sanity in check during the bumps and grinds transitioning to OS X. Keep them haxies rolling.
August 18, 2005
I finally installed Tiger this week. A little slow on the adoption curve? Perhaps. Overly cautious? Not in your life. The timeline to upgrading my OS is usually impacted more by available time between projects than it is about swimming in unknown waters. Transitioning from Panther to Tiger was extremely smooth. Frighteningly smooth, in fact. … More
May 9, 2005
In a surprising bit of news, Fontlab Ltd. announced that as of today the veritable type design tool Fontographer has a new place to call home. Not only do the makers of the coincidentally named Fontlab software intend to support existing Fontographer users, they also plan on continuing development — at least to the point … More
March 16, 2005
Oh no! What has Celine done with the rest of the Belmonts? That’s no teenager in love by any stretch of the imagination. This afternoon, my iTunes playlist appeared to have been infiltrated by some unwanted Francophone audio dreckage. Fortunately, it wasn’t a terminal affliction. I grabbed this screen capture of Synergy displaying the wrong … More