June 22, 2001
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My mom turns 65 tomorrow. Happy birthday mom.And yes, because I know you’ll ask, that is a genuine c. 1940 CCM two wheeler.
Archive: June, 2001
June 22, 2001
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Caution. Unattended rambling ahead.
June 22, 2001
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Some days, all sorts of disparate things seem to glom together into a big ball of wax. A good ball of wax, but a ball of wax nevertheless. I finally caved in and registered an ICQ account so I can chitty-chat with a photographer friend in Vancouver. He’s atrociously lax at responding to email, yet … More
June 21, 2001
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Did someone say Macintosh trivia? say, I may be able to put all of those ephemeral nuggets that have been rattling around between my ears to good use after all.
June 21, 2001
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Why is OS X slow?The president of Ambrosia Software examines some of the reasons why OS X seem to have sugar in its fuel tank, and potentially how to speed things up again. Bottom line? Buy lots of RAM while its still cheap like penny candy.
June 19, 2001
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Hey kids! Zeldman says that the teal gradient is the new grey. Believe!
June 18, 2001
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Macromedia SitespringOh my, where the hell was this software when I was still working on all those convoluted web sites. Workflow tools. Asset management. File versioning. Client task integration. Nice. Pity the whole shebang requires a Windows-based server to operate, although that would certainly make it a perfect fit in my previous employer’s backend. Ouch.
June 17, 2001
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New to the daily browse is brushstroke.tv, a super clean site all shiny and shivery with enticing drops of stuff about motion graphics, design speak, and other topics that I seem to be interested in. I think you’ll enjoy it too. Serendipitously scavenged from lines & splines
June 17, 2001
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Obvious to many, strange to others, it’s Father’s Day today. And since I’m a father to two technology-enabled, outstandingly precociously daughters, I was very pleased to receive a raft of simple, warm hugs and armloads of hand-crafted goodies from the both of them. If I actually had a job that required a tie, I would … More
June 15, 2001
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Newton Connection Utilities, software which has not been updated since 1997, will work via Ethernet under Mac OS 9.1 on a G4 tower. Just in case you were wondering. And I know were. Don’t you love it when stuff just works.