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PowerTicker X 2.7.3 (Mac OS X)
just like the ticker to be smoother
the only feature of PowerTicker that i use is the stock ticker itself, but i love that; haven't found another app that can equal its looks or configurability. (my Girlfriend wanted it the moment She saw it too. :) my only complaint is that the scrolling of said ticker is not completely smooth, even on my new 3.0 GHz dual quad Mac Pro/NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, which has more than enough power and speed for anything i'm likely to throw at it, let alone for scrolling a stock ticker. there's no reason the ticker should still have any jerkiness to it, but it does. it's not *horrible* - the ticker never appears to come to a complete stop or anything like that; you might not even notice the jerkiness at a quick glance. but if you watch the ticker for more than a second or two (which i regularly do) it becomes annoying. beyond that, i've been using PowerTicker on and off since the late '90s when i worked for Aladdin Systems (now Allume) and PowerTicker was one of our products; i liked the ticker then - and i wasn't even an investor yet! :D it's good to see that the app's still around and doesn't appear to have degraded in quality or anything over the years. i can't tell that it's advanced by leaps and bounds either, but standing still in a good place is better than changing for the worse. [alert admin]
Friday, July 04 2008 @ 06:50 PM PDT
Xupport 3.4.5 (Mac OS X)
some time ago, based on user reviews and some feelings of my own about the general design (or something - i forget) of Xupport, i stopped using Xupport and moved to c.o.c.ktail, which has served me well. but i gotta say - with all due respect to c.o.c.ktail, which is a great utility, and no mistake - Xupport's just won me back. for the time being at least. the reasons: 1. the current version of c.o.c.ktail (4.1.3) can't see an active network interface on my machine even though there is one (my Airport card), and 2. the new version of Xupport (3.4.5) does something that i just discovered, that i really really love, and that c.o.c.ktail doesn't do: it lets me change the colors of my Dock and of the little (and by default, almost invisible) "open" indicators that appear in the Dock below running apps. this may sound like a superficial thing, but don't knock it until you've made your Dock black with gold "open" indicators. not only is it drop-dead gorgeous, but you can tell what's running at a glance rather than at a put-your-face-six-inches-from-the-screen-and-squint. i still think c.o.c.ktail's a very great utility (primarily because it is), but right now, by my estimation, Xupport has the edge. vive le compétition! :) (i'm wingin' that, btw. ;) [alert admin]
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Friday, July 04 2008 @ 05:15 PM PDT
Cocktail 4.1.3 (Mac OS X)
*censored*tail is great indeed...*but*...
some time ago, based on user reviews and some feelings of my own about the general design (or something - i forget) of Xupport, i stopped using Xupport and moved to *censored*tail, which has served me well. but i gotta say - with all due respect to *censored*tail, which is a great utility, and no mistake - Xupport's just won me back. for the time being at least. the reasons: 1. as i said earlier, the current version of *censored*tail (4.1.3) can't see an active network interface on my machine even though there is one (my Airport card), and 2. the new version of Xupport (3.4.5) does something that i just discovered, that i really really love, and that *censored*tail doesn't do: it lets me change the colors of my Dock and of the little (and by default, almost invisible) "open" indicators that appear in the Dock below running apps. this may sound like a superficial thing, but don't knock it until you've made your Dock black with gold "open" indicators. not only is it drop-dead gorgeous, but you can tell what's running at a glance rather than at a put-your-face-six-inches-from-the-screen-and-squint. i still think *censored*tail's a very great utility (primarily because it is), but right now, by my estimation, Xupport has the edge. vive le compétition! :) (i'm wingin' that, btw. ;) [alert admin]
Friday, July 04 2008 @ 05:07 PM PDT
CDRevolution 1.13 (Mac OS X)
can't copy data images/disks to DVD
well, i used CDRevolution to make a backup of my Lightroom 1.0 CD and was so pleased with the ease-of-use that i registered the app, whereupon - as always seems to happen when i register new software after a very short tryout - i discovered a shortcoming. i went to burn my 800 MB Photoshop CS3 disk image to a DVD and CDRevolution wouldn't do it - it insisted that i insert a CD. so i used Disk Utility instead and it was a snap. clicked the Burn button, selected the disk image and popped in a blank DVD and all was good. beyond that it seems a nicely-designed app; i just hope that now that i've paid for it i wind up getting $19.95 worth of use out of it. [alert admin]
Thursday, July 03 2008 @ 05:55 PM PDT
Cocktail 4.1.3 (Mac OS X)
you-know-whattail can't see my Airport card
just installed 4.1.3 and went to optimize my network parameters and was offered two interfaces: Primary (en0) and Secondary (en1), both of which show as being inactive (i guess these must be the two ethernet ports on my Mac Pro). c.o.c.ktail doesn't seem to be able to see my Airport interface, which is my only active connection to my network. do i need to restart or something? [alert admin]
Wednesday, July 02 2008 @ 08:36 PM PDT
Adobe Reader 9.0 (Mac OS X)
i downloaded, installed and ran Reader 9 without a problem...which is how it's gone for me with most of the versions i've used. maybe some people have other software installed that's messing with Reader's ability to do its thing? haxies, maybe, or utilities that modify Open... and Save... dialogs? (though i use Default Folder X and that doesn't seem to interfere with Reader at all...) just a thought... [alert admin]
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Wednesday, July 02 2008 @ 08:15 PM PDT
Stalker 2.0.4 (Mac OS X)
...sounds like the users of this software have yet to discover Sharebuilder.com. [alert admin]
Wednesday, April 23 2008 @ 04:53 AM PDT
Boinx Mousepose 3.0.2 (Mac OS X)
there's a free alternative that accomplishes the same thing in a different way, and the software's already on your machine. just go System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad and slide the "Cursor Size" slider to the right until you like the size of your now-bigger cursor. i put the slider to the halfway mark a couple years ago and have never had to hunt for my cursor since. don't know why it wouldn't have the same effect for an audience. [alert admin]
Tuesday, April 22 2008 @ 01:47 PM PDT
MainMenu 1.7.3 (Mac OS X)
good for what it is, but MainMenu doesn't do everything the more complex system maintenance utilities do - like network optimization, for example. [alert admin]
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Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 12:14 AM PDT
Demeter 1.0.9 (Mac OS X)
...if it would stop crashing. it does something similar to what Firefox does on my machine - eats CPU cycles so that my PowerBook's fan, which is ordinarily off unless i'm running Lightroom and Photoshop at the same time or something, starts up and works its way to full speed...but then, unlike Firefox, Demeter crashes. i tell it to do some simple thing (last time it was opening the Prefs pane) and i get a spinning rainbow beachball for 15 or 20 seconds and then *poof!* - no more Demeter. just a crash log. bummer. i'm not sure whether this is better or worse than Firefox slowing my machine down so much that just force-quitting it takes about six minutes. doesn't matter which one's worse though: both suck. :( i hope the people at that company with the unrememberable name that looks like it has something to do with hurricanes can make this browser stop crashing so i can develop an unqualified adoration of it. the crashing aside, it's wonderful. unfortunately though, it doesn't even take it that long to crash. an hour or two of use, sometimes less, and down it goes. poop. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, April 01 2008 @ 12:41 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by plaintiger [ Search for All ]
*censored*TAIL -- ha ha I said it.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT??? lol... :)
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Friday, July 04 2008 @ 05:08 PM PDT
that's what he meant - the version for 10.4.11 - 10.5.3. that'll get you Reader 9.
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Wednesday, July 02 2008 @ 08:10 PM PDT
google it. that\'s the way to find anything you can\'t find on VT. and \"BroadbandOptimizer\" is one word.
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Thursday, May 22 2008 @ 10:37 PM PDT
Demeter: the unheard of browser that is World Cup Winner
on what basis would you "presume" such a thing anyway? presumptuous nitwit...
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Monday, March 31 2008 @ 08:07 PM PDT
in defense of the original poster, i must say that i looked at the page you referenced (which is not a product page for PayGo) and even after going to the product page i didn't see anything about nodes being a separately-purchased item. what i did see was the following, and i quote: "Our Approach: We will consult with you to help you determine if our products and services are right for you. Software that runs…
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Sunday, March 30 2008 @ 02:44 PM PDT
yep, it's just you - in that nobody in their right mind types "http://" into a browser's address field. there hasn't been any reason to, at least not on the Mac, for at least ten years or so now. in a properly designed Mac browser there's no need or reason to type "http://", "www.", or even ".com" (you only have to specify the top-level domain if it's something other than ".com"). if you want to…
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Thursday, March 13 2008 @ 03:34 AM PDT
<quote> If I buy a piece of software and hack the crap out of it in my own home for my own use then that's what I do. Nobody's business but my own.</quote> Umm...wrong. Have you never heard of a "license agreement"? Using a piece of software binds you, legally, to the terms of its license agreement. If it's open-source software, you can (mostly) do with it what you will, but if it's not, you either abide by…
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Friday, February 29 2008 @ 02:36 PM PST
For the whole story - go to this link
the link takes me to: ADODB.Field error '800a0bcd' Either BOF or EOF is True, or the current record has been deleted. Requested operation requires a current record. /home/column_article.asp, line 17
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Sunday, February 17 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
I sent my post to Shirt Pocket and received a response within a few hours. Regarding my issue about the backup image filling up, D.N. said: In this case, your source image's "maximum size" is the same size as the original volume. If your internal drive is running full a lot, or close to it, or you're dealing with large folders, you can run out of space, as described in some detail in the Troubleshooting section…
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Tuesday, July 03 2007 @ 09:27 AM PDT
zero customer support, evidently...
Whoo-ee - a thousand thanks, jerome, both for the specific instructions and the Command-Option thing in general. Verifying the consistency of the DB didn't do it, but compacting the DB did. Joy! So are you with CTM, or are they still ignoring me? Thanks again.
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Sunday, June 17 2007 @ 01:26 PM PDT
