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Linked List: August 28, 2006

Monday, 28 August 2006

Dave Nanian of Shirt Pocket software — developers of the excellent SuperDuper backup utility for Mac OS X — on Time Machine:

Some sort of backup functionality belongs in the OS. It’s been a long time coming. The fact that it wasn’t there left opportunities for third parties, but that doesn’t mean Apple shouldn’t address the missing functionality.

Web Forms 2.0 Spec Published as W3C Working Draft ★

Ian Hickson:

The best part of all this, though, is that I managed to get the word “frankensteinesque” onto the /TR/ page!

Mac OS X Server: AppleShare Performance Tuning for Client and Server ★

Detailed Apple KnowledgeBase article with advanced techniques for tuning AppleShare performance. (Via Nat Irons via email.)

Apple Cracks ‘Bushism’ Syntax Joke ★

Apple, on a page touting the Mac’s security advantage versus Windows (emphasis added):

On a Windows PC, software (both good and evil) can change the system without your even knowing about it. In order for software to significantly modify Mac OS X, you have to type in your password. You’re the decider. You approve changes to your system.

George W. Bush, linguistic trend-setter.

(Thanks to DF reader Nathan Henderson for the link.)

MondoMouse ★

$15 mouse hack for Mac OS X adds focus-follows-mouse behavior, along with the ability to resize, move, and identify background windows without clicking on them. I wouldn’t use this, but it might be popular with recent switchers who gripe about the focus-follows-mouse thing. (Via Jesper via AIM.)

Quinn 3.3.4 ★

Last month, developer Simon Haertel stopped distributing his excellent freeware game Quinn after receiving a legal nastygram from The Tetris Company. After evaluating his legal position, Quinn is back, and now described thusly:

Quinn is an implementation of a popular falling-blocks game, which, according to the Tetris Company, must not be named here.

Use the Edge of an Extra PowerBook Battery to Pop Out the Current One ★

I just learned this trick a few weeks ago at WWDC from Ben Artin of Fetch Softworks.

New Features at Upcoming.org ★

Upcoming.org:

Yeah, we’ve been busy. What’s new? Undiscovered events, Flickr photos for events, buddy icons, new event pages, and more than we can remember.

I love the Flickr integration, and the “undiscovered events” feature gives Upcoming users access to thousands of events from Yahoo Local.

Helvetica, the Motion Picture ★

Upcoming documentary about “typography, graphic design, and global visual culture”.

(In)stalled? ★

Clever idea for Dock icon badges for Apple’s Installer. (Via Rentzsch.)

Dave Shea Reviews Apple’s Mighty Mouse ★

“Don’t even get me started on this one.”