Blacksburg, VA – St. Clair Software is happy to announce the release of Default Folder X 4.3.2. This update enhances support for Mac OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard” as well as improving the “Recent Folders” feature of our award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs. Honored with Macworld Magazine’s Editors’ Choice Award for Best System Enhancement Utility, Default Folder X makes Open and Save dialogs “work the way they should.”
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
MacMegasite » Default Folder X 4.3.2 Delivers Fixes for 10.6: Improves Folder History
Default Folder X 4.3.2 Delivers Fixes for 10.6: Improves Folder History
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My favorite utility, no contest
Knit hat stabs you in the head if you don't smile - Boing Boing
Knit hat stabs you in the head if you don't smile
Interactive designer Lauren McCarthy used Arduino to make a wooly torture device hat that she calls the Happiness Hat — it has sensors that detect when you're smiling — when you're not smiling, it sticks a metal spike into your head. Here's a short description from her web site:
via boingboing.net
I find this a little more than creepy - gives new meaning to put on a happy face- or else!
Why our spammers need better tyraining
This just in from spam central sahowing a less-than-addequate command of the language
me talk not so pretty
me talk not so pretty
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Path Finder does what Snow Leopard can not - Finer Things in Mac
Path Finder does what Snow Leopard can not
Comments | Posted by Gabe in Finder, Third-Party Apps
Path Finder can copy a 167GB Aperture library file to an external drive, however the finder can not complete the process and throws an error.
gawd bless Pathfinder
'Aperture X' Scheduled for Launch Before End of Year? - Mac Rumors
'Aperture X' Scheduled for Launch Before End of Year?
Tuesday October 27, 2009 11:01 AM EST
Written by Eric SlivkaHardmac reports that Apple is preparing to launch an updated version of Aperture, branded as "Aperture X", at some point in the relatively near future. The company is reportedly shooting for a release by the end of November, although it may slip into December.
According to our sources, with Aperture X, Apple decided to align its name with Mac OS X, and should release this new evolution of its Pro-oriented photo editing application at the end of November and fore sure before year's end. We did not receive any additional details about this new version, but it seems that it will be able to benefit from Snow Leopard as well as be more multi-core aware.
via macrumors.com
about frakkin time!
Iphone Platform
Jim Dalrymple on the iPhone Platform
Jim Dalrymple:
The next version of the iPhone is already well underway and it will have cooler features than the existing models. Apple created a platform, not just a piece of hardware that uses the same old software. That’s a huge distinction.
If you want a parallel, try this. Apple had the most successful music player on the market with the iPod mini. Any other company executive would have given their right arm to have that device. What did Apple do? It dumped it. Apple stopped making its top-selling iPod and introduced the iPod nano in its place. Just when the competitors thought they had Apple in their sights, Apple completely changed the game.
Right. You know who thinks the iPhone 3GS stinks? Steve Jobs. No one is working harder on an “iPhone 3GS killer” than Apple.
via google.com
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Aren't You a Little Short For a Minuteman?
I saw this picture this morning, and thought of you people. Thanks to Geekstir!
But I do have one question. Why is the plucky, little rebel faction carrying the evil Sith lightsabers?
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feel the force George
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Animated electronic zombie head that drinks the blood that oozes out of its eyesocket
via google.com
best 39.99 you'll ever spend
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
MacInTouch: timely news and tips about Apple Macintosh, iTunes, iPhone and more...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:18 EDTApple
Apple updated its iMac, MacBook and Mac Mini products today and introduced an innovative mouse. Excerpts from the press releases:Apple today introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple's revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch surface. Magic Mouse comes standard with the new iMac and will be available as a Mac accessory at just $69. [...]
Magic Mouse features a seamless touch-sensitive enclosure that allows it to be a single or multi-button mouse with advanced gesture support. Using intuitive gestures, users can easily scroll through long documents, pan across large images or swipe to move forward or backward through a collection of web pages or photos. Magic Mouse works for left or right handed users and multi-button or gesture commands can be easily configured from within System Preferences.
The Magic Mouse laser tracking engine provides a smooth, consistent experience across more surfaces than a traditional optical tracking system. Magic Mouse uses Bluetooth wireless capabilities to create a clean, cable-free desk top and its secure wireless connection works from up to 10 meters away. To extend battery performance, Magic Mouse includes an advanced power management system that works with Mac OS X to automatically switch to low power modes during periods of inactivity. The wireless Magic Mouse is powered by two AA batteries which are included.
Magic Mouse comes standard with the new iMac and is available at the end of October through the Apple Store (www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $69. Magic Mouse requires Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5.8 or later.
via macintouch.com
Friday, October 16, 2009
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Sympathy for the Lamprey
"Lampreys don't charm most people," begins a pamphlet from the Minnesota Sea Grant.
Truer words, my environmental research friends, truer words.
Yes, it's hard out there for a lamprey. Already cursed with a face not even their mothers (who die shortly after spawning) could love, these fish were further saddled with 50 years of bad PR brought on when one invasive species, the sea lamprey, moved into the Great Lakes and wreaked a trail of parasitic havoc from New York to Minnesota. Lost in the shuffle were several native lamprey species, some of which aren't even parasitic. Despite living in the Great Lakes for 1000s of years in co-evolved cooperation with other fish, non-invasive lamprey have paid the price for their cousin's misdeeds.
via google.com
remember lamprey boy frolm x-files - great episode
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National Lampoon cover gallery 1970-1998
Here's a complete run of National Lampoon covers from 1971 - 1998. The August 1971 cover depicts American war criminal William Calley as the imbecilic Alfred E. Neuman, painted by the inimitable science fiction illustrator Kelly Freas.
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the golden years
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
#Filemaker Server Disaster Preparedness
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 
11:42 AM
Three things
- Make sure you have a big hard drive connected and time machine running to back up the server on OSX ; something equivalent in Windows
- Buy a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that is OSX compatible - it will come with a USB cable and OSX software that detects a power outage and shuts down the server before the batteruy runs out in 15-20 minutes - something equivalent in Windows
- Buy two thumb drives; copy the database to the Thumb drive once a week and take offsite to another area; swap out thumb drives once a week
- Optional - burn a CD of the database once a month and archive offsite
Thanks and good luck.
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Michael A Clasen
Filemaker/Lasso
FBA Associate
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
My Subscriptions - Posterous
Forget cars, check out Bikes for Clunkers
Read all the Green news to make you and Mother Nature happy.
The government’s Cash for Clunkers program had Americans streaming in to local car dealerships over the summer as drivers looked to cash in on their rusty gas-guzzlers, but not everyone thought the program lived up to its green potential. Joe Doebele, owner of Portland’s Joe Bike, decided to put a Mother Earth-approved spin on the popular car trade-in program by offering a discount on new bikes to people who traded in their old bicycle or car. The “Bikes for Clunkers” program aimed to not only get polluting vehicles off the road, but get more cars off the road in general by encouraging people to ditch their four wheel habit in favor of two wheel one. Doebele also teamed up with the American Lung Association, which collects donated clunkers and provides customers with a receipt that can be used for a discount at Joe Bike.
Bikes for Clunkers was originally intended as only a month-long promotion, but, because of the program’s immense popularity, Doebele has decided to run it through the end of the year.
via posterous.com
now there you go
Macintosh Computer User Group
A Macintosh Computer Group open to everyone. The Diablo Valley Macintosh Users Group (DVMUG) hosts its General Meeting monthly at Bancroft Elementary School, 2700 Parish Dr., in Walnut Creek. These meetings are open to the public and are free of charge. Question and Answer help for all things Mac begin at 6:30pm., followed by programs, demonstrations, and fun. The next General Meeting will be on Tuesday evening, October 20th. Our guest speaker will be Derrick Storey who will demonstrate how to create and work with digital photos. In addition, we shall screen Phil Neff's Award Winning Film Fest entry, "Slowly to Alaska." We invite you to attend. For more information call Tom, 925-689-1155. Details may be found at http://www.dvmug.org.PostingID: 1418612436
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Monday, October 12, 2009
Chax
via ksuther.com
Product of the day for OS X - adds functionality to chats - my faves: tabbed chats and easily managed and saved chat logs
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone | Web Crawler - CNET News
Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone
Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos from both their phone and their online library on Photoshop.com.
The app is free of charge and offers tools such as cropping, image rotation, color controls, and simple one-touch filter effects that can change the look and feel of shots all at once. It also features undo and redo controls so that if users make a mistake, or want to revert back to the original, it takes just a few taps.
via news.cnet.com
have to look at this one
Great Laserwriter deal at Frys
gleaned from DVMUG
- In today's Fry's ad (Contra Costa Times), see page 1 for teh Samsung ML-2510 laser printer for the lowest price I have ever seen...$39.99!
- Features:
- up to 1200 X 600 DPI resolution
- 250 sheet capacity
- works with Macs, PeeCees and Linux
- Regularly $119.98 with an $80 rebate (instant, no mail in) gives you a price of $39.99
- If you want a printer that is reliable, fast and far less to run than an ink jet, go for it.
- Rick
Wikisource, the free library
This is the English language Wikisource, which began to collect texts in 2003 and moved to this separate domain in 2005.
Wikisource libraries are also being built in many other languages. For information on them, please consult the following resources:Wikisource's Multilingual Portal • List of Wikisources • News & Announcements • Wikisource – The Free Library
so much info, so little time
Friday, October 9, 2009
Unixmen - Things you didn’t know VLC media player can do | Unixmen
| 28 September 2009
Posted in News - SoftwareFor most people, VLC is the favorite media player because it plays everything they throw at it without hiccups. No hunting for codec. But VLC can do a lot of other things as well. Find out how many of these listed below you knew, and how many you did not.
via unixmen.com
my media player of choice
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
DVMUG Clinic movie
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Michael A Clasen
Filemaker/Lasso
FBA Associate
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Intense flu shots
Kaiser was expecting crowds so the flu shots were delivered in tents by a large crew of pokers. Everybody needs one this year I would surmise.
Sent from my iPhone by mac
Monday, October 5, 2009
Macs in 12% of US households, majority also have Windows PCs - Ars Technica
Macs in 12% of US households, majority also have Windows PCs
The number of US households that own a Mac has increased to 12 percent. That's up from just 9 percent in 2008, according to the latest "Household Penetration Study" from market research firm NPD. The survey confirms recent trends that suggest Mac use is on the rise, though those sources don't always agree on the exact number. And, interestingly enough, 85 percent of Mac-using households also own Windows PCs.
via arstechnica.com
more is better - right?
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