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Mailsmith 2.0 Released!

19 June 2003

Bare Bones Software has released Mailsmith 2.0. Whoo hoo! Integrated support for PGP, Integrated support for SpamSieve, loads, and loads, and loads of improvements and performance enhancements. And best of all… it’s a free update for registered users of version 1.5. :-)

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Neat Finder Tip

18 June 2003

Daring Fireball pointed out a really neat Finder tip: Once you’ve initiated a drag-n-drop in MacOS X’s Finders, you switch applications in the middle of the drag. Very neat!

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AddressBook Access from the Command Line

12 June 2003

One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about Mac OS X is watching the emergence of tools that tie the GUI applications to the Unix interface. For example, StuffIt, Speed Download, and Interarchy all come with command-line interface (CLI) tools. In the case of Interarchy, for example, I can type the following in the Terminal and have Interarchy download the file in the background (putting it in my Downloads folder and post processing it for me):

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ESA Launch Mars Express

04 June 2003

On June 2nd, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Mars Express space probe. The probe is now on its way towards the red planet, with rendezvous planned for December 24th. This is particularly exciting for us, as our company produces the equipment, known as the Intermediate Frequency & Modem System (IFMS) that communicates with the satellite from the ESA ground stations!

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iTunes Blog Integration

30 May 2003

Since this website also serves as a technology playground, I’ve recently integrated iTunes reporting. You can see both the currently playing track in my local iTunes, as well as a listing of the last 30 recently played tunes. Neat.

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Powerbook Disk Failure

30 May 2003

Earlier this week on Monday, my Powerbook’s hard drive began making odd chirping sounds. By Wednesday the chirping had degraded to thumping, and on Wednesday night the disk died. Fortunately, due to an external mirror that I maintain, I was quickly up and running with almost no data loss.

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