CodeTek: final release of VirtualDesktop [The Macintosh News Network] [dws.]
Archive for July 5th, 2002
I've seen two movies in 48 hours and both movies began with five minutes of commercials, for Coca Cola, Bank of America, some stupid British car that's now available in the US, and some other insipid and worthless products. These ads stood out for two reasons. First, I paid $9 US currency to watch each of these movies. I remember what products intruded on this experience that I paid for and will go out of my way to spread bad juju on their brands at the slightest opportunity. Second, there's no way to fast forward over the stinking commercials as I can on TV. Arrrgh. I don't watch commercials anymore. I resent that they force themselves on my in an environment I paid to be part of. [Scripting News]
Chuck Shotton “highly recommends” the iRock FM transmitter. “I have one that I use on frequent drives to Philadelphia and it has the best battery life and signal range of the several I've played with.” [Scripting News] [dws.]
Manila now supports the MetaWeblog API. Thanks to Jeff Cheney for the initial implementation. [Scripting News]
http://www.juggysoft.com/. “Ridge is an internet connection watcher that monitors any traffic on any interface on your Macintosh. The results are presented in a great efficient interface.” [Let's see.] [Archipelago] [dws.]
Telecommuting is truly the only way to go. I'm sitting here, plowing away in my little PHP world, and outside my window a squirrel is doing the hokey-pokey in the grass. I've been baiting them for a few months, but this is the first one I've seen in our back yard. The darn critter is jumping around in circles and bouncing on and off the tree. I wonder where that lazy “hunting dog” is at. Oh well – I'd rather watch the squirrels. Yeah, this is a great life. I just hope I can keep this lifestyle. I sure would miss it…. – andy
Saving Collectibles to the Macs. Over the years Apple has given out millions of branded tchotchkes. Some are now very valuable. Who knew a promotional poster would be worth more than $1,000? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]