EvangeList Digest Monday, December 21 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1342
In this issue:
Macworld Events List is UP! PR - Myth Townhall Grand Opening Tidbit - IconsPLUS Releases Star Trek - Insurrection Icons Tidbit - Large Snails Tidbit - Macworld Expo Real Time Chat Tidbit - "Think Different" Meets "Never Mind" Tidbit - Put a Stamp On It!!! ?? - Appletalk Too Chatty? Tidbit - iMac In Time Tidbit - Symphony of the Dead Tidbit - Becoming Apple-Authorized Self-Servicing Now Available As PDF PR - Kawasaki Live and In-Person at Depot at Macworld Expo
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:58:01 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: Macworld Events List is UP!
This announcement is from:
AFCIleneH@aol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- 12/19/98
Contact Ilene Hoffman, MS Macintosh/ Internet Consultant Boston area - ileneh@aol.com Macintosh/Internet Consultant and Writer, Ilene Hoffman is pleased to announce that the Hess Memorial Macworld Events/ Party list web site is online!
The web site will contain every party and press function scheduled during MacWorld week in San Francisco, January 4th through January 9th. (Some events occur before and after the actual show.) The page will be updated almost daily until January 3rd.
Please email any scheduled events or press conferences to ileneh@aol.com or use the Event Submission Form on the site. A "fun stuff to see at the show" page has been added so that users can get a head start on the cool booths to see. If you have a product announcement please send a 2-line description for that page.
Banner Advertising is being sought for the site. If you want to put your company in the face of 10,000 - 20,000 show attendees, please send email.
Please use the registration page to sign up for special Macworld notices and chat events which happen on Talk City throughout the year.
If you link to the events page from your web site, please drop me an email if you do set up a link.
The URLs are as follows: (Please link to the first URL)
Party registration page: (Register your events/parties here!) http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/partyform.html
New PAGE - The People of the Mac - We Think Different: http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/td/macpeople.html
I would like to thank Small Dog Electronics, CE Software, Maxum Development, Now Software, GoLive, and Barebones Software for helping me to accomplish this task. Without their support I would actually have to work instead of compiling this page for us all! Please support these companies and don't forget to drop a little winter cheer to DQ in Robert Hess's name. (Robert was the original creator of this list.)
Please forward this press release to your compatriots!
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Have fun at the show!
Ilene Hoffman Keeper of THE Lists: http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/partylist.html http://www.xensei.com/users/ileneh/macpeople.html Net Professional Contrib. Ed.: http://www.netprolive.com
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:23 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: PR - Myth Townhall Grand Opening
This tidbit is from:
Michael Sheets <mailto:msheets@wwisp.com>
This announcement is from:
Michael Sheets <mailto:"msheets@clanplaid.net">
The crowd that gathered at the center of town was larger than anyone had expected, but they quieted down quickly as the mayor mounted the steps to the podium. The huge garish plaid drape had covered the structure all autumn since the construction started. Guards had been posted day and night to keep the curious--young and old--from sneaking a peek at the new building. The mayor began:
"My good friends, it gives me great pleasure to stand before you today and unveil this wondrous new addition to our community."
The crowd cheered in anticipation.
"We have built this structure on a foundation that has withstood the hordes of the Fallen time and time again. We have seen friends perform great deeds, only to finally fall before the evil they once thwarted. We have proven ourselves to be a beacon to which all may flock to in times of need. Regardless of the much anticipated coming of Soulblighter, we look towards the future with courage. I ask you to lay aside your fears and worries for a short while and celebrate our good fortune."
"For today, I bring you a place to meet new and old friends, share stories, and learn of the successes and failures of our comrades. From here you will gain strength to face the tough times ahead and rally toward the future. My friends, I present our new TOWNHALL!"
As the drape fell with a loud swoosh, the magnificent building was revealed and the crowd roared their approval. They pushed and shoved to be the first into the new building but soon realized that the structure was large enough to comfortably accommodate them all. It was a glorious day!
- --
You too can visit the new Myth Townhall. Come satisfy your craving for the latest news, map reviews, and tournament information. Stop to listen to a few opinionated folk give their current views on happenings in the Myth community, and voice your own in our shiny new forums!
<http://townhall.clanplaid.net/>
__________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
EvangeList in 1998 goes to.... ;-)
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:19 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - IconsPLUS Releases Star Trek - Insurrection Icons
This tidbit is from:
IconsPLUS <mailto:staff@iconsplus.com>
To coincide with the premiere of the ninth Star Trek motion picture, we conclude our Trekfest at IconsPLUS with the release of Star Trek - Insurrection Icons. This set depicts our favorite Next Generation Star Trek characters in their Insurrection garb along with new characters Ru'afo, Admiral Dougherty and Anij. We also invite you to check out our extensive selection of Trek icons ranging from sets depicting characters from The Original Series all the way to Voyager.
IconsPLUS is one of the best sources for people icons based on comic book, sci-fi, tv, movie and other pop culture characters. IconsPLUS features our signature style PeopleFace icons, hand-rendered bust depictions of all your favorite characters, perfect for decorating your computer desktop. In addition to desktop icons, you will also find great desktop patterns, desktop pictures and fonts all free for private non-commercial non-web use. So if you're looking for some cool pop culture graphics to spice up your desktop, then IconsPLUS is the place to visit.
<http://www.iconsplus.com> __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Ok, a completely unrelated complaint: When is Paramount going to do a movie with Q in it? Huh? ;-)
(my apologies to non-trekkies who have NO idea what I'm talking about.)
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:17 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Large Snails
This tidbit is from:
Jered Taylor <mailto:godskid@lanminds.com>
The following link goes to a nice diagram of MacOS 8 application migration to MacOS X (10). This in itself isn't why I'm submitting to the 'List. On the diagram in the lower right hand side is a reference to Pentiums. <http://www.macevolution.com/macosx.html>
It's not very funny to you if you just read this email so just go to the site.
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:15 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Macworld Expo Real Time Chat
This tidbit is from:
Karen Priore <mailto:GCSKap@wwbchat.com>
World Without Borders, the premiere web-browser based chat community, joins Peachpit Press in welcoming Macworld Expo/ San Fransico '99 to the Internet. Starting Monday, January 4th, 3:00 p.m. (Pacific time), WWBChat and Peachpit Press will be providing the Macintosh Community with quality online conferencing in real time.
Hosted by World Without Borders' GCS Team, this informative event will give you the very latest news and industry buzz before it hits the streets. Take this opportunity to enhance and update your creative skills, concepts and strategies by attending this exciting chat series.
Live from the MACWORLD Expo/San Francisco, the world's largest Mac-focused event, you can chat with some of the industry's leading innovators. You'll meet many of Peachpit's authors who have written books developed specifically for the individual needs of both Mac professionals and consumers. Grow your business and enhance your Mac experience!
To take part in WWBChat's Macworld webcast being broadcast live from the Peachpit Press booth, point your Java-enabled browser to the World Without Borders community at <http://worldwithoutborders.com>
For more information contact the World Without Borders community at: <http://worldwithoutborders.com/>
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:13 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - "Think Different" Meets "Never Mind"
This tidbit is from:
Bob Cradock <mailto:cradock@ssc.wisc.edu>
As TidBits recently mentioned, <http://www.despair.com> is the URL for a company that sells satirical "anti-motivational" materials. Sick of Successories? Ready to cram your boss's Zig Ziglar books into the shredder? Despair Inc., has posters celebrating mediocrity and procrastination. I've got no connection with the company, but when I saw one of their fictitious press releases, the evangelista in me couldn't resist posting this. Nice to "need" their services again, huh?
DESPAIR, INC. FOUNDER DR. E.L. KERSTEN CHALLENGES STEVE JOBS TO "DEMOTIVATE(TM)" HIS MINIONS AT APPLE
DALLAS, TX - November 8, 1998 - With stock prices soaring, a hot-selling new computer, and word of its return-from-death's brink finally on the lips of someone other than Don Crabb, demoralization is at an all time low within Apple Computer.
It is difficult to find a person within the entire company who isn't glad to work there. Really glad. And this led Despair, Inc.'s founder and COO Dr. E.L.Kersten to issue a challenge directly to Steve Jobs, during a recent visit to Apple's headquarters.
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:11 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Put a Stamp On It!!!
This tidbit is from:
P&V <mailto:pnv@mindspring.com>
In Feb 99, the US Postal Service will be conducting a public vote for subjects for it's "Celebrate the Century" stamps. The Macintosh will be one of the candidates for the "80's Science and Technology" catigories. I couldn't think of a better way to gain exposure for the Mac community than to have our very own Mac stamp.
So don't forget to cast your vote in Feb at: <http://stampvote.msn.com/> __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Wait a second...msn.com? As in the Microsoft network?
Wow, it just drips with irony. ;-)
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:07 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: ?? - Appletalk Too Chatty?
This request is from:
"Bruce R. Troen, M.D." <mailto:troen@auhs.edu>
We are moving to another institution which (surprise!) does not support Macintosh computers. Indeed, until now, they have refused to allow any connections to the institution's wide area ethernet unless it was with an approved PC clone. This is amazing since half of the research investigators have Macs! They have forced them to use modems and phone lines. I have now forced the issue since 4 of the 8 us making the move also have Macs.
Fortunately, I have received approval to connect our Macs. I do not have much worry about internet access, since they apparently use DHCP for IP address assignment. However, the IS person commented that Apple Talk involved too much packet traffic, and he said that Apple/Local Talk would not be allowed.
Is this really the case? I have previously heard about the "chatty nature" of Apple Talk. But is there any documentation regarding this. I would very much like to have a zone so that we can print and transfer files.
Failing this, can we do this just via IP? I know that my LaserWriter 12/640 has some IP address capability, but can this work using DHCP or does it need a fixed address? Furthermore, can we just use IP to mount and share volumes? I remember seeing this feature, but don't know if, in practice, this is practical.
I will be happy to summarize responses and post to the list. Thanks for your help.
Bruce R. Troen, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Center for Gerontological Research 2900 Queen Lane Philadelphia, PA 19129
__________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
It's been awhile since we covered this topic...let's help the man out and see if there's some new developments for this one.
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:05 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - iMac In Time
This tidbit is from:
LindaHButts <mailto:mizhepsy@pixi.com>
If you've seen the recent issue of Time Magazine, the one with our president's silhoutte on the front and the caption, "Will they really do it?", did you see the iMac? Check out page 82 in the featured article on the"The Best of Design", top 10. The iMac is #3! The article begings, "Thank you, God or Steve Jobs or whoever is responsible, for the arrival of the iMac..."
And in a previous issue of Time, in examining of the Builders & Titans of the century, Steve Jobs took a back seat to Bill Gates. But, it is interesting that the entire issue is sprinkled with pro-Apple remarks.
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:03 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Symphony of the Dead
This tidbit is from:
Robert Travaglia <mailto:rtravaglia@mediaone.net>
A parody Quicktime movie by some Avid Technology employees on how hard it is to make a Windows NT digital video editing product. Nothing like the Mac! The video clip is entered in the company's annual Christmas party video contest.
I think all Mac people will enjoy this. Permission by the cast members has been granted.
WARNING: This is a very creepy parody...do NOT check it out if you thought the "Blood Pong" video game post was in poor taste, or if you don't have a cable modem...these puppies are almost 18 *megabytes* in size.
Let me reiterate: This stuff is a either a wonderfully accurate send up of the black and white horror genre in the spirit of George Romero and Hitchcock (I can't believe they managed to work in a SHOWER scene!) or it's tasteless trash. Parents, sheild your kids eyes. I'm not kidding.
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 13:32:09 -0800 From: The EvangeList Mailing List <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Becoming Apple-Authorized Self-Servicing Now Available As PDF
This tidbit is from:
Mark Crosten <mailto:mark@macink.com>
Completely updated and full of user comments and experiences, "Becoming an Apple-Authorized Self-Servicing Account" is the latest special report to be converted to Adobe PDF for offline viewing/saving/printing at Macink.
If your company or institution has ever had trouble repairing your Macs under warranty or just problems getting needed parts, this article may open your eyes to an option you never knew existed!
The PDF version of the report along with the recent Macink special reports "Creating Local Maps From Digital Cartographic Data" and "Using a Fonts Server for Creative Workgroups" are available immediately at the URL:
<http://www.macink.com>
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 21:48:57 -0800 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: PR - Kawasaki Live and In-Person at Depot at Macworld Expo
This announcement is from:
Neil Ticktin, ceo@xplain.com
GUY KAWASAKI SIGNING RULES FOR REVOLUTIONARIES AT DEVELOPER DEPOT'S MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH
As a valued customer we wanted to make sure you were among the first to know. This year, at Macworld San Francisco, Developer Depot with be hosting Guy Kawasaki -- the radical and charismatic CEO of garage.com and former chief evangelist of Apple Computer. The Depot will be selling the first available copies of Guy's latest book:
Rules for Revolutionaries! <http://www.devdepot.com/SBDisplayItem.qry?ItemCode=BRULES>
The author of How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Kawasaki has been in the trenches of two revolutions: the development of Macintosh, the computer that changed the world, and the battle for supremacy on the Internet. The same revolutions fought with the tools available from Developer Depot -- the premiere source of Macintosh development and web development resources.
Rules for Revolutionaries is filled with strategies and anecdotes about how to survive, thrive, and come out on top in today's electronic business arena. If you're an entrepreneur, manager, or dream of creating the next revolutionary product or service -- you can't afford to not read this book.
"Rules for Revolutionaries is a Roman candle of proven truths about what it takes to win in the Digital Age. Ideas fly up from every chapter; follow them, and you, too, will scale the heights of success."
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher Forbes Magazine
Come and see us at Macworld area #3051 in the Net Innovators and Developer Central pavilions, where Guy will be appearing from 11 - 3 on Tuesday and Thursday, from 1 - 5 on Wednesday, and Friday 11 - 4. If you can't make it to Macworld, be sure to pre-order your copy of Rules for Revolutionaries at the Depot Online <http://www.devdepot.com/SBDisplayItem.qry?ItemCode=BRULES>.
For those of you who won't be making it to Macworld, visit the Depot online, now through this weekend, we're taking pre-orders on Rules for Revolutionaries and other special pre-Macworld bargains (many available only while supplies last) -- welcome to the revolution!
-- Your friends at Developer Depot <http://www.devdepot.com>
Rules for Revolutionaries -- the hot new book by the charismatic renegade of Silicon Valley, Guy Kawasaki! Rules is an original, readable, and useful guide to success in today's fast paced, electronic and internet centered business arena. This refreshing collection of real-world observations and insights is a must read!
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Each product normally sells for $99 or more, but you can get all 3 for only $169. (MACWORLD LIMITED TIME OFFER)
CodeWarrior Pro 4: The industry standard development environment for Macintosh programmers. Featuring C, C++, Java, and Pascal compilers for Mac 68k, PowerPC, Win95/98, NT, and Java VM, as well as a variety of example projects and books on CD, CodeWarrior is the choice of professionals.
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Up to five times faster than the OS you have in your Macintosh now, Mac OS 8.5 is just plain smarter-and a lot more helpful, too, with a host of intelligent features to streamline and automate the things you do every day.
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