Category Archives: Computers

Dueling Docks

Cool. Multiple docks: http://www.donelleschi.com/dockfun Still not as a slick as the good’ ol’ tabbed Quicklaunch. Tabs. All I need are a few tabs. Apple, are you listening?

Remember QuarkXPress

I’ve been able to avoid QuarkXPress for the past several years, but I still like to ‘kick it old school’ once in a while and stay up to date on the wonders of print design. The big news for paper designers today was the release of QuarkXPress 5 (only 3 years late!). Among the ‘new [...]

Finally…

A password storage application for the palm that has both a PC and a Mac desktop companion: http://www.splashdata.com/splashid/index.htm Plus, it has a decent interface and is only $20.

Speaking of Linux…

One of the most extensive lists of ‘alternative’ destkop OSes I’ve seen. It includes several OSes I never even knew existed: Power OS (an Amiga-like OS), WinMac an attempt to port OSX to Wintel, ReactOS a WinNT software-compatible OS, and RiscOS an OS build upon a ROM chip.

iTunes…A Microsoftian ploy?

Well, Apple just released iTunes. A free, fully functional MP3 player and decoder based off of SoundJam. I think this is terrible. The guys at Panic have spent a few years developing one of the greated programs for the Mac: Audion. Apple, instead of purchasing their superior product, decide to license the competition, give it [...]