I have a lot on my mind right now...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 | Comments (6) | Google it!
madicon DBCompactor 2.0
Manfred Dillmann has released version 2.0 of his DBCompactor product. DBCompactor can compress all locally stored Notes databases (NSF), templates (NTF) and Cache.NDK. All it takes is a simple click of the mouse after opening the DBCompactor ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!
Automated testing of Notes applications
Today I found an interesting link in my iWatch Google feeds regarding the announcement of a 3rd party application for testing Lotus Notes applications. Original Software announced the availability of TestGUI 4.0 which Original says is the first and only tool ...
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 | Comments (6) | Google it!
Dashboard Widget Manager
Apple has not provided an easy way for a user to manage their Dashboard Widgets. Downtown Software House has a product called Widget Manager that I have been using which plugs into System Preferences and gives you a nice way to manage your Widgets as ...
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Friday, May 13th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
Widgets of mass destruction - no more
As Volker pointed out earlier this week, potentially malicious Dashboard Widgets can auto-install themselves onto a users system without them knowing. It now appears that the forthcoming update to OS X (10.4.1) will address this vulnerability by prompting ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
Getting things done with Automator and Spotlight
So you say you have adopted some of David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methodology's and you also use a Mac. Well Oyvind Solstad has a great blog post on how you can use Spotlight and Automator to assist you in organizing your digital stuff.
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
A few Apple bytes
It appears that iMacs with slot loading optical drives cannot play the new DualDisc CD/DVD's that are hitting the streets. Only the DVD side is playable as was noted by someone on the Apple Discussion Boards:
I am having trouble with my new Dave ...
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2005 | Comments (4) | Google it!
Debugging Dashboard Widgets
After working on some widgets this weekend I found that Apple Developer Connection Technical Note TN2139 came in handy:
This Technical Note covers common problems and errors encountered during the development of a Dashboard widget, along with techniques ...
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Monday, May 9th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
A poem that Dani would have written
It is now almost a year and a half since Danielle passed away. Yesterday, while I was sitting helplessly in a dentist's chair I thought about Danielle and how she endured chemotherapy and the pain she must have felt during her short time on here on ...
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Thursday, May 5th, 2005 | Comments (4) | Google it!
Bloggers and the law
Check out Ephriam Schwartz's article "Bloggers and the law" on ...
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
iWatch R3
My good friend and colleague Tom Duff has just released version 3 of the OpenNTF iWatch application. Let me tell you, iWatch is a fantastic application. I use iWatch to collect news on topics I am interested in including news on Microsoft, IBM, Apple, DMB ...
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!
Widgets gone wild!
If you really enjoy using the OS X 10.4 Dashboard widgets like I do but, wish you could run them right on your desktop at any time you should go over and check out Mesa Dynamics Amnensty application. They currently have a public beta available while the ...
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!
