September 22, 2004
Word Alternatives
There are many alternative word processors for the mac. Here are some in no order at all: Mellel ($39), Ragtime and its freeware version Ragtime Solo, OpenOffice (free, X11), NeoOffice/J (free, but still non-aqua), KWord (free, KDE), AbiWord (free), Lyx on OSX and LaTeX for the masochists, Word Perfect (OS 9), Nisus Writer (Okita Composer), WriteNow (OS9), FullWrite (OS9), Mariner Write, Ulysses, ThinkFree which aint ($49), Appleworks, and Adobe Framemaker.
There is even a freeware EndNote replacement called Papyrus. There is another word processor by the same name that might be released, Papyrus, especially good if you need that all important OS/2 compatibility.
I think the best alternatives are Mariner Write and Ragtime.
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September 17, 2004
Bags for the 12-inch laptop
After a ridculously detailed search for a bag to carry my 12-inch powerbook around in, I wound up buying the AcmeMade with fabric based on the designs of Eames because that is too cool, and the TiBag because its so inexpensive. The bags that I considered were from the following folks: TiBags, Santa Cruz Digital, AcmeMade, WaterField, Tom Bihn, Willow Design, Timbuk 2, Spire, and Booq. I found a lot of these bags to be rather overpriced for what you get, which is why the $40 TiBags is such a great deal. The Eames Dots bag always gets comments at the coffee shops.
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September 16, 2004
Palm Desktop: copy event
Palm Desktop (v5.2.1) does not allow you copy and paste an event, but you can drag it to the system desktop (creating a vCard) and drag it back, and then drag it somewhere else in Palm Desktop.
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September 14, 2004
Why is there no date on the menubar?!!
Why Apple does not include the option of displaying the date on the menubar of OSX is beyond me. Perhaps is its to encourage other people to write little proggies to do this. These are all good options: Himekuri, MenuCalendarClock, TimeStat, wClock. I wound up using Himekuri. JetClock does not add the date in the menubar, but it seems to be kinda neat anyway for jet-setters. Its also possible to hack OSX.
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