Archive - Jan 10, 2005

Apple has posted a new Tiger developer document, Working With Automator.

DAVIS, California, January 10, 2005 - SoftIntegration, Inc. today announced the availability of Ch Standard Edition 4.7, Ch SDK 4.7, and Embedded Ch 4.7 for the QNX Neutrino RTOS. Ch is an embeddable C/C++ interpreter for cross-platform scripting, 2D/3D plotting, numerical computing, shell programming, and embedded scripting. Extending its success in Windows, Unix and MacOS X, SoftIntegration now allows QNX developers to use C/C++ for scripting, shell programming, and embedded scripting.

SoftRAID, LLC today announced it will be shipping its new release,
SoftRAID 3, version 3.1.2, both in electronic form and on a CD-ROM in a
retail package. Version 3.1.2, in addition to bug fixes, includes the
ability to display documentation through the application, a useful
feature for those using the SoftRAID CD.

With so much interest in the keynote, I thought that I would add a little more coverage for those who may not be able to make it. My buddy can't go, he will be in class so he wanted a site that he could access from his cell phone. Together we developed a site in wml that I can update from my phone (while in the keynote) and he can read bits of information as it posts. You can read more about it at my blog ( http://homepage.mac.com/brianstucki/iblog/index.html ) I thought that I would just make it public in case there are more people who would like the news as it comes out (but that won't be around a computer to check the web.

Theres a new cool tool by Boinx Software called Mouseposé. It's for everyone doing demos at tradeshows, presentations, trainings or those individuals with huge and high resolution displays. If turned on, Mouseposé dims the screen and
puts a spotlight on the area around the mouse pointer, easily guiding the audiences attention or to quickly locate the mouse pointer.

INTELLI INNOVATIONS UNVEILS INTELLISCANNER WINE COLLECTOR, FEATURING BLUETOOTH® WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Automatically Catalog Wine Collections With Barcodes, AutoFill Capabilities. Ships for Windows XP and Mac OS X on January 10th, 2005

I just found that funny movie made with iStopMotion on the Boinx Weblog:
What is Dr. Jobs cooking up at the Mechanical Apple Farm?

Funitaka Anzai's Brick Tricks Production grants an exclusive view behind the scenes at Dr. Jobs' "Mechanical Apple Farm". New products for Macworld? See the movie at http://www.anz123.com/

Spotted at http://www.memap.org

"MACWORLD: iHome Media Centre revealed?

Only a few hours before the doors open to MacWorld SF and it looks like someone has leaked photos. I'm curious about the alternate spelling of "Centre". But you can see for yourself. This is quite possibly the sub $500 iMac that everyone has been speculating about. These photos were mirrored at http://dms.tecknohost.com/macrumors/i/ihome/ supposedly from someone's iDisk. Having worked as a booth person at MacWorld SF, it is quite possible someone snapped these last night during setup for the show using their cell phone. Most booth equipment is delivered by union workers, not actual booth staff.

Until TecTile arrived, Keynote's "Mosaic Small" transition was just a bit of eye candy, now it has real purpose of design. The theme background is made up of individual tiles, each tile can be deleted or have it's opacity adjusted by the user to allow images to show through. Each tile is sized and positioned to match the flipping tiles of the mosaic transition. Image edges can softly fade in or have a hard, definite edge. Two contemporary fonts are included with this theme. Twelve plates of chrome Focus Elements add a nifty touch. Use them in a clean modern way or in a retro, 50's sort-of-way. They are great to use with other themes too. Available for download now for $18.95.