Re: Looking for graphic designer to work on an iPad project
Steven That would be good, do send me his details off list. Homework rates sounds good too. Cheers, G. On 10/09/2011, at 3:57 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Hi Glen My cousin's a graphic designer. He's in the UK though that's never affected anything. Something he's done recently for me is the booklet found at: http://alpha1.org.au/doc/AAAbrochure.pdf .. including the logo design. I've had him design a few logs actually, including the one you see at www.you-global.com. However he'd have a more comprehensive portfolio he could send you. I've no idea whether he's done animation or not, but if interested I'll send you his details offline. He works full time as a graphic designer, with the company charging the usual corporate rates, but if I refer you to him personally it'll be a 'homework' project at substantially cheaper rates. Cheers, Steven On 10/09/2011, at 5:14 PM, Glen Low wrote: Hi All I'm looking for a good graphic designer to work on a new iPad project. It will mostly be designing icons and small graphic objects, preference for actual illustrators who made skeuomorphic interfaces or comic books or who are into photography. It may involve some minimal animation, so if that's on your resume it would be good too.The app will be fun and I'm sure you'll enjoy working on it! Best if you have some samples of your work online or can send me some samples over email. I won two Apple Design Awards in 2004 for my Mac OS X work, and my app Instaviz has been in the App Store since December 2008, so this is a bona fide offer. Check out instaviz.com. Cheers Glen Low Pixelglow Software http://instaviz.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Looking for graphic designer to work on an iPad project
Hi All I'm looking for a good graphic designer to work on a new iPad project. It will mostly be designing icons and small graphic objects, preference for actual illustrators who made skeuomorphic interfaces or comic books or who are into photography. It may involve some minimal animation, so if that's on your resume it would be good too.The app will be fun and I'm sure you'll enjoy working on it! Best if you have some samples of your work online or can send me some samples over email. I won two Apple Design Awards in 2004 for my Mac OS X work, and my app Instaviz has been in the App Store since December 2008, so this is a bona fide offer. Check out instaviz.com. Cheers Glen Low Pixelglow Software http://instaviz.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: New iPads?
I got mine around the same time, 1 PM, 32G also with case and VGA connector but no micro sim yet. Might pop down to the MacTalk meeting in Greenhouse tomorrow to see who else is geeking it up there, and show off Instaviz. Meanwhile, have to stop myself from buying all those apps... http://forums.mactalk.com.au/57/85138-national-ipad-mactalk-meet-29th-may-1pm.html On 28/05/2010, at 3:15 PM, Susan Hastings wrote: I have my new one, delivered about 1.00 p.m. today. I've been to a Telstra shop and bought my new micro sim. I also go a camera connection kit, case and VGA connector, which Apple shipped as three separate parcels. Fortunately TNT were able to work it all out and get it here in one delivery. I rang them this morning to get an approximate time of delivery, but they said they could not give a delivery time for the ipads as they had so many to deliver. So, there must be others out there who got one today. I already had a 16g wireless only one bought off Ebay, but having it over the last month really confirmed that I use it all the time, hence the upgrade to a 64gb 3g version. cheers, Susan. On 28/05/2010, at 1:59 PM, Paul Weaver wrote: I thought someone would have mentioned they had a new iPad by now? Cheers, Paul. Dr Paul R. Weaver http://fremantlebiz.livejournal.com/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen twitter: pixelglow -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone-So who's got the best iPhone deal? Apple blocking Push on unlocked iPhones
Mike Sorry to pimp my own work, but have you seen my iPhone app, Instaviz? You can do charts, mind maps and such just by sketching the shapes and linking them up. It sounds like an ideal fit for drawing family trees and such. And you'd be supporting quality local iPhone development :-) http://instaviz.com On 15/07/2009, at 5:20 PM, Mike Murray wrote: Hi Ronni and iPhoners It's getting complicated isn't it? I got my iPhone 3GS last week and have put the SIM into it from my old Nokia and it works perfectly. Obviously not at NextG speeds but so far the Telstra normal service seems to drive the GPS/maps app perfectly well. Phone calls are fine and it's great as a Wifi tool, locking onto networks without any problem, including the one at home. One of the first apps I downloaded was Reunion, the great genealogy program for Macs which now has an iPhone version. It means I can sync client files onto the iPhone and go off and do research if I need to. I haven't tried the Telstra hotspots, but there aren't all that many in Perth. I plan over time to try out various SIMS - there doesn't seem to be much recognition by the telcos that there must be a significant number of unlocked phones out there... Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au On 15/07/2009, at 4:51 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi iPhone 3G 3G S people, More information overload for us to wade through and make sense of ;-) snip Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen twitter: pixelglow -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Graph sketching app for the iPhone -- Instaviz
Hi All After much blood, sweat and tears, one of your local Macheads finally got his app into the App Store! Thanks to some WAMUG members who helped out as beta testers. Instaviz is graph sketching on the iPhone. Sketch a shape and it changes it, Newton-like, into an ellipse, circle, rectangle etc. Sketch a link between shapes and it automatically lays out in an aesthetically pleasing fashion. Instaviz is great for brainstorming, mind maps, concept maps, flowcharts or just communicating what is connected to what. http://itunes.com/app/Instaviz Watch a video (courtesy of my sporting wife!): http://instaviz.com/video1/ Cheers, Glen Low Pixelglow Software -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
iPhone/iPod Touch testers needed
Hi All I'm a local software developer (www.pixelglow.com in Manning, WA) that's developing some iPhone/iPod Touch software. If you're interested in mind maps, org charts, E-R diagrams or just relating things together, I'd love to have you as a tester. I'm trying to keep the project as low-key as possible before I have a solid beta to release, so please email me directly if you're interested and I can send you more details. This could be the next big thing on the iPhone, or not... Thanks! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FS: 3 Hard Drives, Wireless/ADSL Router/Switch, PC133 SDRAM Memory
Hi people I've got a bunch of stuff I'm flogging off, all are Mac compatible. http://search.ebay.com.au/ws/search/SaleSearch?sasl=pixelglow Would be great to sell it here in Perth -- saves the hassle and worry shipping it over East, and you get to see the item in the flesh too! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FS: Apple Cinema HD Display, USB Modem, Airport Card, Keyboard + Mouse
Hi guys Just in time for Christmas, I'm selling off a bunch of my Mac stuff: http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZpixelglow The good stuff includes the Apple Cinema HD Display, USB Modem, Airport Card, Keyboard and Mouse... And of course, pickup in Perth is free. Come see my messy house before Christmas :-)... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backup Hard Drives?
Stewart On 06/06/2007, at 10:16 AM, Stewart Woods wrote: Hi all, In the interests of quelling paranoia and preparing for Apple's Oh- so-easy Time Machine come Leopard, I'm looking at buying an external hard drive to back up all the important stuff on our home network. Looking at Zytech's prices for 500Gb Firewire drives, they're far more reasonable than those at the Apple store (No surprise there), but I was wondering if there is anything I should know about brands, USB 2.0 vs. Firewire, etc before I commit. Are some better than others? How much does the drive speed matter? I'm hoping to back all our movies and music to the drive and stream it to the other (4) machines - Will that be problematic? I've had good results with a Firewire 800 external drive, and the BareFeats site supports the conclusion that FW800 is significantly faster than FW400 or USB2.0. I got the MacPower Pleiades Super S- Combo enclosure (http://www.macpower.com.tw/products/hdd3/pleiades/ pd_scombo) and used it with a suitable SATA IDE drive for the best speed. The S-Combo has FW800, FW400, USB2.0 and E-Sata and so is moderately future-proof. You can probably come close to or beat any packaged price, especially if you go to http://www.staticice.com.au/ and do your online shopping there. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
McDwiff -- Mac viewer for DWF (Autodesk) files
Hi All Seems I'm responsible for this one: http://www.macdwf.com/ (The application, just released, not the website. I was contracting for Austin Silver...) Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
DRM-free iTunes is out
It's iTunes 7.2 and the tracks are 256bps AAC for AUD 2.19, no encryption but your email address is encoded therein. http://www.apple.com/itunes/ I have 87 tracks + 1 album that qualify for the upgrade. (50 cents per track.) Their server looks a little swamped at the moment though. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DRM-free, higher quality iTunes is out
All I should mention it's high quality too -- Apple reckons it's close to CD quality music. On 31/05/2007, at 9:04 AM, Glen Low wrote: It's iTunes 7.2 and the tracks are 256bps AAC for AUD 2.19, no encryption but your email address is encoded therein. http://www.apple.com/itunes/ I have 87 tracks + 1 album that qualify for the upgrade. (50 cents per track.) Their server looks a little swamped at the moment though. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apple (Computer) Perth branch
Hi All Haven't been able to locate the Perth branch of Apple (Computer) in the White Pages. Have they moved? Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Need to borrow a Power Mac G5 Quad
Hi All I need to borrow a Power Mac G5 Quad, last generation at 2.5GHz, at least 2-3 G of memory, for a period of about a week. If you can help, please contact me and I'll tell you the program I need to run on it. Thanks in advance... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Mac BitTorrent fans -- a nice GUI client...
Hi All Check out the new Xtorrent Beta -- cool iTunes like interface and a spiffy icon too. http://www.newsfirerss.com/blog/?p=141 http://www.xtorrentp2p.com/ http://www.jasperhauser.nl/weblog/2006/09/xtorrent-icon.html Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: External hard disk
On 08/06/2006, at 6:29 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I have a friend looking for a second hand external hard disk of at least 20 G for back-up purposes. She wants firewire so she can boot from it. Does anyone have something reliable at a reasonable price? I made myself a 400G external HD using the MacPower enclosure (Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0 + eSata). 336.00 + 216.16. Goto http:// www.staticice.com.au/ and plug in the components if you know what they are. The result was Firewire-bootable (it actually has either backup disk or a Linux install on it) and fast because of the FW 800 + SATA internal. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: External hard disk
On 08/06/2006, at 6:29 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I have a friend looking for a second hand external hard disk of at least 20 G for back-up purposes. She wants firewire so she can boot from it. Does anyone have something reliable at a reasonable price? I made myself a 400G external HD using the MacPower enclosure (Firewire 400/800, USB 2.0 + eSata). 336.00 + 216.16. Goto http:// www.staticice.com.au/ and plug in the components if you know what they are. The result was Firewire-bootable (it actually has either backup disk or a Linux install on it) and fast because of the FW 800 + SATA internal. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Student promotion for Australia?
Hi All Have a look at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/06/05/ apple.offers.free.nanos/ Does this promotion apply to Australia as well? (Can't tell from the obscure link on that page.) Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Using Windows Fonts on Mac OS
Kelly On 05/05/2006, at 7:56 PM, Kelly Duffy wrote: Hi, I have a G4 tower running Mac OS 10.3.5 and was wondering if anyone can suggest a programme to let me use a Windows font on my Mac. I set up a document, pretty much ready for print, on a PC running XP and now don't have the PC anymore. The font is Tw Cen MT, I have a copy of it, and don't have it in my Mac fonts. I just need the font so I can convert my InDesign document to a PDF to send to the printer. I thought I remembered hearing about an application that would convert the Windows font to a Mac font a while ago, I just can't remember where or what it was, and I'd rather hear from someone who's used it seeing as font issues can do bad things to computers. If it's a TTF file (TrueType Font) then you should just be able to drag it into /Library/Fonts or ~/Library/Fonts and it should show up in your apps and/or FontBook. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Hard Drive for PowerBook
Rod: On 01/05/2006, at 7:25 PM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi I have a 1.25 GHz G4 PowerBook with 80 GB HD. 10.3.9 I just can't cope with the lack of space. I have deleted thousands of photos and a third of my iTunes library as well as all my movies. (keeping full copies of iphoto and itunes on the family iMac) I still only have 5GB of free space. Please can anyone advise: is it possible to install a larger HD? If so, rough costs? If you want low prices, you can do little better than www.staticice.com.au -- it's like a Google (or Froogle) for Australian computer/electronic products. You can even narrow the search down to WA shops. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: New Intel Ad...
On 15/04/2006, at 7:11 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: A new version of the Apple Intel Ad has been released - check it out at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwHMIxdDdu8 Funny. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Old Mac computers
On 20/02/2006, at 10:55 PM, Peter Martinson wrote: Hi everyone, Well I've finally bitten the bullet! I currently have about 100 -130 Mac computers, monitors and printers (in my games room) that I was intending to set up as a borrowing resource for students without computers. Unfortunately as a Deputy Principal and looking after all of our network ( at the moment) I just can't find the time to re image them etc. I hate throwing out good computers that work so. I remember a group that were setting up computers for use in Timor as well as the Computer Angels in Perth. These computers range from the original Classics to 6400's. ( I can still use iMacs on our network). I'm particularly interested in the Timor idea as the older models are more likely to be accepted. Do any of you have any contact info for me? My church people say you could try http://www.greenpc.com.au/. Dunno if they take Macs though. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Firewire 800 enclosure
Hi All Any recommendations or prices for a Firewire 800 hard disk enclosure, to support adding 3.5 ATA drives? Preferably including USB 2.0 support. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
On 25/10/2005, at 10:09 AM, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (The Temple Bar Mix)U24:51 Been waiting a long while for that one... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: What was your first iTMS purchase?
On 25/10/2005, at 10:09 AM, Rod wrote: For me, it was: Wolfmother - Woman Seeya Rod! BTW anyone having trouble installing iTunes 6.0.1? It keeps telling me the file was corrupt or something. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Advice please
Severin: On 23/10/2005, at 11:16 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: At the moment I am dealing with very large Photoshop CS2 files, like 650MB, large intrinsic size, many layers, masks etc and my G4/400 is really struggling, taking typically 5 minutes for a save. Long times are spent with disk swapping and something like 2GB is swallowed up by system and photoshop swap files. I have 1.3GB RAM and stacks of free disk space. I realise that I really need more processor grunt but wonder if the modest investment in bringing the RAM up to the maximum 2GB will be a significant help. Sounds like your workflow is disk-bound. You can spring for a faster hard disk (more RPM, more cache and/or lower access), or add more memory. 512M PC133 SDRAM Memory = $95 Western Digital 120GB Hard Disk, 7200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, 8.5 ms access = $95 Another strategy is to put the PS scratch file on a different, faster hard disk. Can anyone advise on this. Alternatively, of course if anyone has a DP G5 that is not wanted I will happily accept it as a gift! Thanks in advance, for the advice anyway, I live in hopes for the G5. Since the release of the new G5's you should be able to get good deals out of ebay or perhaps your friendly neighbourhood Apple store: http://computers.search.ebay.com.au/G5_Computers- IT_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8QQsacatZ160 Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Magenta cast on a Apple Display 23
Hi All I've got a slight magenta cast at the right edge on my Apple Display 23 ever since I got it about a year ago, and from time to time it bothers me. I'm wondering whether it's a case for warranty replacement (I see quite a few websites/forums talking about it) and if I bring it into the shop, how long would it take to be replaced and/or repaired? Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
FS: SDRAM, Scanner and a Car...
Hi All, It's time to clear out some more stuff from the ol' garage. I'm selling 7 sticks of 128MB SDRAM: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=6795658018rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 ... and a color flatbed scanner: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemitem=5801115172rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AITrd=1 ... and finally, even my mode of transport -- a 1992 Toyota Camry: http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle? vehicle_id=2526565 Pass this on to anyone you know personally who might be interested. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Façade - An Artificial Intelligence Electro nic Narrative Experiment
Reg: On 20/08/2005, at 9:49 AM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi WAMUGgers This looks absolutely fascinating but is not yet available for mac. http://www.interactivestory.net/ (Thanks to Kim Flintoff on echalk list for this lead) Façade is an artificial intelligence-based art/research experiment in electronic narrative – an attempt to move beyond traditional branching or hyper-linked narrative to create a fully-realized, one- act interactive drama. Integrating an interdisciplinary set of artistic practices and artificial intelligence technologies, we have completed a five year collaboration to engineer a novel architecture for supporting emotional, interactive character behavior and drama-managed plot. Within this architecture we have built a dramatically interesting, real-time 3D virtual world inhabited by computer-controlled characters, in which the player experiences a story from a first-person perspective. Façade was publicly released as a freeware download / cd-rom in July 2005. You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip, an attractive and materially successful couple in their early thirties. During an evening get-together at their apartment that quickly turns ugly, you become entangled in the high-conflict dissolution of Grace and Trip’s marriage. No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made. By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trip’s lives – motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time. I had a look at it on a Windows machine and it's an intriguing concept but like all AI, it doesn't pick up the full breadth of human interaction. It helps that Grace and Tip are already so self-focused and arguing with each other, that you don't notice the lack of human nuance. Still, you have to experience it... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Pagemaker conversion wanted
Hi All I got a couple of files from my old graphic designer days that I'm pretty sure are just simple text in Pagemaker files. 3 files, each not 8K. Can someone do me a favor and convert them to PDF or TextEdit RTF for me? Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: Pagemaker conversion wanted
On 16/07/2005, at 10:49 AM, Mike Murray wrote: Hi Glen Send them to me and I'll do it for you. What are you using instead of Pagemaker these days? Mike Hi Yvonne/Wyvern helped me out with those already, thanks for all your help. Turned out they were *blush* MacWrite files instead -- wondering why my AppleWorks didn't want to open them. Not using anything instead of Pagemaker -- was doing graphic design back in Singapore before I came here 8+ years ago and did something 180 degrees different (or more like 120 degrees different) -- I'm a computer programmer nowadays. I still keep Photoshop, Illustrator and some of my tools but not as up to date as the good old days, and it's always refreshing to work spatially again after so much logical thought -- I enjoyed doing the Graphviz logo for example. http://www.pixelglow.com/graphviz/ Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
G4 for running a benchmark
Hi All I need to run a benchmark for one of my products, macstl. It should be a late model fast G4 e.g. a Powerbook G4. It's a fairly fast benchmark so it won't use up much of your time, but I need to run it sometime late this afternoon (16 June) and no later... if you are willing to do this, please email me ASAP and I'll send you the executable file sometime in the arvo. Thanks! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: ppc-intel query
if there is a faster PPC, they could use it, and the average consumer doesn't need to worry about this. But all the talk from Apple and Apple employees so far has been of the bridge-burning type. I wonder how Rosetta will perform, too. I'd expect a pretty serious performance hit. Reading between the lines, he keynote suggests that it'll be fine for apps which are often bottlenecked at the disk, or that are usually waiting for user input, but not so hot for apps that are CPU heavy. If it's less than an order of magnitude I'll be fairly impressed. There are already some Xbench marks out there, try looking at www.macrumors.com. Presumably Apple will try to do a better job than Sun has done with its years of messing around with x86 vs SPARC. The legacy and groundwork was already there, NextStep (which is the basis of Mac OS X) already could run on x86 and Darwin (the foundation layer of Mac OS X) is publicly available for x86. So it's not like they have much catching up to do. Quite a few Apple employees on lists like simdtech and xcode-users have now revealed, almost in passing, that they've worked on parts of Marklar (the OS X on x86 project) for years now. I'm amazed and a little frightened at the culture of secrecy there, actually. Not to even accidentally mention the x86 word in a mailing list or inadvertently leave a x86 header file in a public build of OS X, wow. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Re: What shall we make / Intel for Mac OSX
On 07/06/2005, at 12:06 AM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hmm... I go away for the long weekend and look what happens... So, why Apple shouldn't switch to Intel... Watch the fun live at: http://www.macrumorslive.com/web/ Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
[ANN] Shellac 1.0 -- UNIX tools as Automator actions!
Dear All After many sleepness nights chasing the Tiger (or being chased by the Tiger as it were), I'm happy (and a little tired) to announce the immediate availability of Shellac 1.0. These are your garden variety UNIX power tools given the Aqua makeover through Tiger Automator. No more chasing man pages and figuring that obscure pipe syntax. http://www.pixelglow.com/shellac/ And it's got a feature I call iTunes for Automator Actions. You download the lot, but only pay for the ones you want -- 99 cents each. A shopping cart interface through Paypal leads you through the process and your action is enabled for any session and for any user on a single machine. You'll need at least Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and an Internet connection for the initial activation. Send any feedback and ideas for more actions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Look forward to your bouquets and brickbats! Enjoy! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen P.S. My firstborn Lizzie's first baby tooth came out today, being replaced by her first adult tooth. So it's a red letter day for both of us! P.P.S. Why Shellac? == Shell Actions. I know. I'm prone to silly puns like that. P.P.P.S. A humongous big thank you to my beta testers, Shay Tefler, Steve Woods and Rod Lavington, of WAMUG fame. (That's Down Under Western Australia for you Northern Hemisphere folk, not Washington...).Definitely couldn't have done it without you.
Beta testers wanted
Hi All, The local micro-ISV (you know who I'm talking about if you came to the WWDC Roadshow talk :-) ) is thinking of releasing a new product for Tiger, round about the date of Tiger release. I need about 3-5 people who are willing to be beta testers, any volunteers? Conditions: 1. You must have official access to a Tiger seed. (Or if I'm late with my release, be ready with a Tiger system on April 29 or thereabouts.) That means at least you have to quote me your ADC membership #. 2. You should have a Paypal account, and be able to make small purchases. 3. Some knowledge of the UNIX command line. Don't need to be guru-level or a scripting fiend, just have used it enough to know your way around. 4. Some time in the next 1-2 week's to do testing. What's in it for you: Get to try out new software. Might change the world. Might sink like a stone. Who knows? If it works, you get it for free. And I'm always open to suggestions, so your input will make into the final product. Apologies for the mild secrecy -- email me privately if you are seriously interested, and I'll tell you what it is. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Tiger vs Panther comparison
All, Apple's put up this list, very informative for those of you thinking of making the jump: http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/compare.html or the 200 new features: http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/over200.html Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com aim: pixglen
Apple Free Seminar -- WWDC Road Show
Hi folks Yours truly will be making a fool of himself in front of large crowds. You're welcome to come and see. http://www.apple.com.au/seminars/wwdc05/ It's a free seminar organized by Apple Australia to preview the annual Worldwide Developer's Conference as well as hearing about all that secret Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger technology (yes, you'll have to pledge your firstborn son not to reveal the contents). The seminar rocks up to Perth on Thursday 14 April at the Centre for Business Solutions Theatrette, e-Central TAFE, 6 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. -- dinner included. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com P.S. If you're interested in coming, I'd love some feedback on what you'd like to hear. Can't promise anything, but would rather not put the audience to sleep blathering about how Obscure Tool #7 interacts with Obscure Fact #12.
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. If you want to go el cheapo: iMac G5 1.6 GHz, 256MB RAM, 80G Hard Disk = $1,999 Kingmax 512MB RAM = $116 Maxtor 120 GB Hard Disk = $141 Sell the internal 80G Hard Disk on Ebay = -$70 Grand total of $2,186 but with slightly less memory and smaller HD. About equivalent in price to the Dell model you mentioned. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Has anyone come across this.
On 11/03/2005, at 9:49 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: http://www.cherryos.com/ Regards, Stephen Chape Stephen There's a big controversy about it -- most people think it's a ripoff of PearPC. http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/03/09/0258220.shtml?tid=179tid=3 Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Personal Web Sharing
On 26/02/2005, at 10:02 AM, Paul Kitchener wrote: Tim Law wrote: Hi, I'm having the same problem. I'm running 10.3.8 on an eMac. Following the previous posts in this thread and I have searched for a file called httpd.conf and a folder called httpd or etc with a nil return for any of them. Does this mean something is not installed as it should be?? No, it just means they are invisible files. There is at least 2 ways to get at them. First, if you know exactly where they are you can press SHIFT+APPLE(COMMAND)+G. This is also under the 'Go' menu in the finder. Type in the address ie Library/WebServer/Documents and press enter. The other shortcut I find useful is when you an application open e.g. TextEdit. Go to the usual Open... dialog box, then type / . Don't worry, there's no text box to type this in, but then the Go to the folder panel will slide out and you can type the exact file or folder. It's nice in that it tries to anticipate what file it will be i.e. try typing in /e , pause for a second or two, and it autocompletes it as /etc/ . If you goto such a folder in either Finder or Open... dialog, then you can explore its contents, so you really only need to know the top-level hidden folders e.g. etc, usr etc. Quite often these system files will have different, stricter permissions from your Home folder -- thank God, otherwise like with Windoze you'll find all manner of virii and hackers doing funky things with your beloved Mac system. So you might not be able to save it back with TextEdit, but you can certainly Save As... to the desktop then copy it over, and change the permissions back to what they were with the Get Info... command from Finder. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Running out of disk space
On 25/02/2005, at 10:44 AM, Michael Schmidt wrote: Hi! Yes, I am only copying my own photos folder - nothing to do with iPhoto because I've heard that the iPhoto files have to stay where they are. I guess I'm stuck because I'm also finding it difficult to even move my documents folder. I'm not touching anything to do with system files. All I really want to move to the new drive is: pictures, movies, music, my own documents and an extra folder I created simply called downloads. I'll go home from work this afternoon and try out all the suggestions so far. I'll have a look at see how the firewire drive has been formatted and maybe start again. Isn't iTunes a mean when it comes to moving the folder?! Took me two goes! All 18GB worth of songs! Hmm... If you're willing to take a slight technical risk, it's actually possible to get the entire User hierarchy onto a separate drive. The technical risk is how this would interact with a Firewire drive (ans: I don't know). I've done this on my own G5, where I installed a smaller, faster boot drive, and left the larger, slower original drive as User drive which has all the user data I have (both internal drives). Some advantages of this: 1. If you move computers or have to reformat your system drive or reinstall from scratch your system, your data is safe. 2. Probably faster to run, especially on a G5 or if the two drives are on different busses -- as your case, the internal bus and the external Firewire bus. The system can be loading system files and data files simultaneously for example. 3. Lets you use the second drive transparently. I hardly have to think about fetching stuff from the second drive -- It Just Works (TM). It needs some minor investigation and a quick change to a single system file, and you're all set. Email me if you're interested or if you think the group would find it useful. Also, if you're comfortable with the command line, there's a couple of ways of mirroring or copying an entire drive or portions thereof without the use of any third-party utilities: ditto -- copies everything, resource forks and Mac-related metadata, etc. rsync -- copies only flat files, but you can make it do things like selective backups. Great for automatic backups between computers. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Running out of disk space
On 26/02/2005, at 4:04 PM, Paul Kitchener wrote: Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Running out of disk space Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:17:59 +0800 Email me if you're interested or if you think the group would find it useful. I'm buying an ATA Controller card soon so I'm quite interested in this. The basic procedure is detailed here: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040716153639236 I wanted to make it slightly simpler, orient it towards User data, and less technical, so: 1. Initialize your second drive as Users, and copy over any existing Users directories over to it. You can use ditto or drag/drop from the Finder if you logged on as that user, just make sure the permissions follow those of the existing Users directory. 2. As a fall-back plan, empty out the existing Users directory on your old drive. Just leave the minimum files and directories for the main user there. (You can do this after 5, if step 5 didn't work, but you have to fix up the fstab to see the original directories again.) 3. Restart your OS X system with the second drive attached. When reboot is OK, check the log through the Console app for the UUID of the second drive. This is a combination of letters and numbers like this 299D6731---B090-9B0D4508, is unique and assigned when the disk is initialized. 4. Edit the /etc/fstab file. Add a line which says: UUID=299D6731---B090-9B0D4508 /Users hfs rw 1 2 That's spaces before /Users and between /Users, hfs, rw, 1 and 2. 5. Reboot again. This time the system should be picking up your home directories from the second drive. This procedure is good for any sort of partitition you want, e.g. for Applications, or for swap space like the original article wanted, or even something funky like /Users/glenlow/Music for your iTunes stuff. And if the fstab trick ever fails, you still have the intact, minimal directories on your old drive. If you're daring and have a few Macs available, you might try sharing a Firewire disk between them in this fashion (no I haven't tried that last scenario so don't sue me if your data is fried...) Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: getting a domain/website hosting?
On 10/02/2005, at 4:51 PM, Mark Secker wrote: spoilt as I have been by having web space at work I am somewhat uneducated about the ways and wherefores of commercial/org domain registration. Whats the sort of cost involved in initial registration, annual renewal, support etc what is the best company to go through to get a Australian (.com.au) and/or US domain (.com) name registered? I will need a reasonable amount of storage (say 500MB+) for putting up pictures (both photo's and graphic) and some MP3s (my own compositions) but not expecting overly large traffic. Also thinking about having a couple of extra domain names that would simply be redirects to my real site or more specifically to a URL other than the root level of the site. So say, hypothetically: www.marxzmusic.com would redirect to www.marksecker.com/music/downloads and www.marxzart.com redirect to www.marksecker.com/art In my experience the US companies are still miles ahead in terms of service, cost and offering. For example I'm with midPhase www.midphase.com and this is what they have: Unmetered bandwidth (up to 60GB if a photography/download site) 3G disk space 24x7 support -- very responsive, within 1-2 hours most of the time Can install various PHP scripts Cpanel etc. Free domain name for life, etc. All that for US$7.95 per month. Gave me serious pause about upgrading my ADSL line to host my own websites with prices like that. Some of the other good ones are LunarPages, Hostony etc. Google for web host review and look for the under $10 web hosts. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Broadband provider opinion
Hi All I'm thinking of switching from Swiftel 128/64 to Up'N'Away's 512/128 ADSL Broadband service. Absolutely nothing wrong with Swiftel, but Up'N'Away's price for 512/128 ADSL seems hard to beat at about $49 per month. Any opinions or experiences with Up'N'Away? Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com P.S. If you're looking for a broadband solution for yerself, check out http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/ which has a comprehensive listing and searchability to narrow down what you want.
Re: Broadband provider opinion
On 18/01/2005, at 8:41 AM, Martin Hill wrote: From: Glen Low [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm thinking of switching from Swiftel 128/64 to Up'N'Away's 512/128 ADSL Broadband service. Absolutely nothing wrong with Swiftel, but Up'N'Away's price for 512/128 ADSL seems hard to beat at about $49 per month. Actually, it's pretty easy to beat. How does 3 times the download speed, 2 times the upload speed and over 3 times the monthly quota for the same $49 sound?: I've posted about TPG's deal before: 1.5Mbps/256k 20GB monthly quota (shaped to 64K if you go over quota in a month) Uploads all free $49 per month We're very happy with it. Only problem has been a slightly unreliable D-Link DSL-302G ADSL modem. No affiliation with the company, just satisfied customers. http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl_pricing.php?type=1500 Yes I've been with TPG before and they've been good to us. However does this come with a static IP address -- I need it to run a server... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Broadband provider opinion
On 18/01/2005, at 10:47 AM, Rod Blitvich wrote: Hi Glen (did you used to be a legendary student from Balcatta SHS?) I am very happy with iiNet. I occasionally think I'm legendary but few people agree :-) No I was never at Balcatta SHS -- emigrated from Singapore 8 years ago, now programming Windoze for a living. bliink 512 lite $49.95 512kb/128kb 12GB/12GB Does that come with a static IP? Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Mac Mini as the basis of a home multi processor supercomputer?
On 12/01/2005, at 7:45 AM, Paul Caroline van der Mey wrote: Anyone thought of the possibilities? How much computing power is available for say $5,000? Less keyboard, mouse and screen of course! Regards Paul Yea, I was thinking the exact same thing. All you need is Xgrid and you'll be set... the Mac mini looks eminently stackable... only the FSB speed is a little slow at 167MHz vs. the G5 1.25GHz so you'd need to focus on intensive calculation vs. moving a lot of data... It might a lot of sense as a home server too -- run your own web site etc. over broadband and leave your main computer untouched... start selling some space to people for a fee... Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Question for the Unix Gurus please.
On 08/01/2005, at 5:48 PM, Malcolm wrote: I have a G3 which happily goes on doing Seti processing, completing a unit and sending it back to Berkeley and getting another and off it goes again. Happy little chappy :-) Now the question is this. I set this up when I used Highway1 which I had to drop with ADSL. I must have change the address for my seti program to one of my new addresses, I have three or 4 (only use one or two :-(. For gotten my password of course !! Is there somewhere in unix where I can see it putting in the url for seti and giving the return address for me--- if you see what I mean. I don't know these amateurs should not be allowed on real computers they should have stayed on their TRS80s Not sure what you wanted Malcolm, but Network Utility is your friend (/Applications/Utilities). You can Lookup a URL (or the hostname bit of the URL) and get an IP address if that's what you want. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Google groups beta + Safari
Dear All, Am I imagining things or I can't reply to articles posted in the new Google Groups Beta in Safari? See e.g. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c++.moderated?hl=enlr= Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Partitions - do I need them?
On 14/12/2004, at 4:59 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: I am tempted to go back to having just one partition. Anyone got any advice or suggestions before I do it? Diana I used to partition but eventually the system partition got too small and virtual memory started running out. If you only have one OS there's not much reason for it. Partitioning may also slow things down somewhat, since the OS cannot simultaneously fetch stuff from the system partition and data partition -- it has to do a lengthy seek back and forth. Another reason for partitioning -- reducing fragmentation, especially for virtual memory swap space -- is much reduced on Panther. My current config is a fast hard disk (74GB Raptor) as the system drive, and the slower inbuilt disk (160GB) as the data drive. You can fiddle around with one of the files on the system drive so that data drive automatically becomes your Users directory, so all Users and data get created on that drive. And then if you have a G5 with the independent SATA busses, the OS theoretically can access your system drive and your data drive simultaneously. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: iTunes Music Store - Can't Browse
On 21/11/2004, at 2:28 PM, Adam Lippiatt wrote: Hi all I know it is not available for us yet, but I have been able to browse in the past. Today I am trying to browse and I cannot get access - just get the country warning over and over. Has anyone else experienced this problem? The last time this happened worldwide was when they were adding new stores to the system. See www.macrumors.com or something. Here's hoping they sneak in the Australian store!! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: VPN -- Windows Share
On 22/11/2004, at 11:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I work @ ECU and am trying to VPN into my work server via VPN. I can establish a connection, however when i try to access the server via Internet Explorer, I can't. I also tried to connect to the server through Go -- Network with no luck. I tried pinging the server via the Terminal window, also no luck. So although now I can access web based databses which are work related that I couldn't access before, I cannot access the main server and the files on it. So my question is: How does one connect to a windows share server when VPNing through a Mac? You didn't mention which OS X version. I've always had trouble with 10.2.x and only 10.3.x seems to work reliably in connecting to my work servers. Perhaps you've turned the firewall on SMB connections... since you can access it via the Web but not through a share. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: iBook to LaserWriter printer
On 18/11/2004, at 10:11 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote: I am a friend of Edward who posts on this list and have a request for assistance. Trying to hook an Apple LaserWriter 360 printer up to a 12 iBook. The printer has a RS-232 Serial DB25 pin port. I need an adaptor to go from the iBook USB port to the 25 pin port on the printer. The printer also has a LocalTalk or 36 pin Centronics type Parallel connector for which I would also need a USB adaptor. Janis: I see you're having trouble with the Laserwriter I sold you. Your best bet is a Farallon EtherMac iPrint Adaptor, which will interface the printer with an Ethernet network, which your iBook should have. I was selling one in the lot of stuff I was putting on ebay but someone else bought mine. Another competing product is AsanteTalk: http://www.asante.com/products/adapters/asantetalk/ There are USB to Parallel adaptors but they sound fairly tricky to set up for OS X: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process? Merchant_Id=Section_Id=1833pcount=Product_Id=106009Section.Section_P ath=%2FUSB%2FAdaptersAndCables%2F Hope it works out for you. Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Apple Design Award 2004 winner here in Perth
Hi All, I'm new to the group so I suppose I should introduce myself. My main claim to fame is that I'm the winner of the Open Source category in the Apple Design Awards 2004 and also runner up in the Best New Product for my port Graphviz. You might want to check it out at: http://www.pixelglow.com/graphviz/ I'm looking for contract work, especially if it is Mac-related. I already do work 27-36 hours a week doing Windoze work, so I want to see if there is any Mac-related work here in Perth -- I'm a resident of Manning, not far from the Tech Park. I can do Cocoa, C++, C# etc. Resume at: http://www.pixelglow.com/about/ Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
FS: Power Mac G4 Dual, Newton MP2000, Laserwriter etc.
Dear All, I'm selling a stack of my stuff on ebay. http://search.ebay.com.au/ _W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZpixelglowQQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1 Highlights: * The Power Mac G4 that won me the Apple Design Awards! Souped up with a ATI Radeon, extra memory and a fast, quiet hard disk, Zip 250 etc. * A trusty Newton Messagepad 2000 and a keyboard. Handwriting recognition unsurpassed even today. * A Laserwriter 360 printer with a rare Postscript fax card -- you can fax your vector artwork straight to the client's fax machine! * A complete Mac OS X 10.3 Panther package -- the cat is only 12 months old! The loot is in Perth, so local pickup will be free! Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
