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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:43 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - mailto Activator Site Problems
This follow-up message is from:
Mac-arena, <macrulez@softhome.net>
Due to the popularity of our latest release, mailto Activator, our site's host, Tripod <http://www.tripod.com/>, has gone down! (Actually, we don't know if this has anything to do with our product, but considering it generated over 260 hits, it's likely a safe assumption. :)
For this reason, we have temporarily moved back to our old site, <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6722/>. Our apologies.
And for those of you not getting email back, be patient - our president's mail host, SoftHome <<http://www.softhome.net/>> is experiencing email-sending problems as well.
Stairways Software, Pty Ltd, today announced the release of it's new Mac game - MindThump.
<http://www.stairways.com/mindthump/>
What is MindThump?
MindThump is recreational brain damage at its best - simpler than Tetris, more painful than dental work. The object of the game is to spot patterns among chaos.
MindThump is US$15 shareware, and if you register you get Inside MindThump, a document detailing how the game works and tips & tricks to improve your playing.
Features
* Simple. * Addictive. * Mind Thumping. * Practice mode with hints available, manually adjusting levels. * Solo Run - an adaptive mode that adjusts to your ability. * Time Trial - the pure version of the game.
Who is MindThump for?
Anyone that is old enough to use a mouse can learn to play MindThump. The game adjusts to the abilities of the player, it is very easy to learn, and very very hard to master.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:47 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - Macs Rock On!
This follow-up message is from:
brian a. chui, <bchui@ix.netcom.com>
This is a correction to the posting about the Rock On! radio show episode that used Mac sounds. Apparently the airing date got changed to Sunday, July 19th. This contradicts the earlier date of July 12th, which has already passed. Again, for those in the San Francisco Bay area, Rock On! can be caught on Sundays at 9pm to midnight.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:46 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Mars VR CD-ROM
This announcement is from:
Ran Van Riper, <rvr@vrcamera.com>
One year after Mars Pathfinder successfully touched down on the Red Planet, RVR Software announces the release of Mars VR, a comprehensive CD-ROM on the Pathfinder Mission. Mars VR uses photographic VR of the landing site as an interface to a complete collection of Pathfinder images and science results.
The CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows consists of a series of interlinked modules. In "Mars 360," users can click and drag in a high-resolution VR panorama to look around the landing site. Mousing over a rock reveals its name, and clicking on it leads to a closeup image of it made by the Rover. In "Rover Movies," users drive the Rover over and around rocks with nineteen VR movies made from real video. And in "Mars Science," users can reach in and rotate VR globes of Mars and its moon Phobos.
Mars VR includes over 200 screens of information and QuickTime movies about the Pathfinder mission and Martian climate, geology, and life. "History" reviews the details of all spacecraft sent to Mars, and "Tools" includes detailed photographs of Pathfinder's cameras, research tools, and computer circuitry. The "Quiz Bowl" section features quizzes on the CD's content in an interactive game-show format.
Founded in 1995, RVR Software specializes in developing photographic virtual reality for education and entertainment titles. It has developed the VR Cam website at www.vrcamera.com and supplied media development services to Apple Computer, Inc.
Mars VR was developed under license from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mars VR and the VR Cam are trademarks of RVR Software. JPL, Caltech, Sojourner, Mars Rover and Mars Pathfinder are all trademarks of Caltech.
Mars VR is currently shipping for $39.95. For more information, go to <http://www.vrcamera.com>. To order directly, call 1-800-685-5397 or 1-510-665-3572 outside the USA.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:42 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - SuperCard 3.5 Announced
This announcement is from:
Keith B. Shaw, <kbshaw@inficad.com>
IncWell DMG, Ltd. is proud to announce it's first upgrade of SuperCard, the premier multimedia authoring too for Macintosh. SuperCard 3.5 will have the following upgraded features:
- MacOS 8 Appearance Manager support - Performance Improvements (Speed) - Enhanced and Accelerated Project Editor - Enhanced SuperEdit - Updated Script Editor - AppleGuide/Help Menu support - Drag-and-Drop support - AppleScript support - Full SuperTalk support for QTVR movies - Support for CD Audio Control - Direct support for Speech Recognition - Enhanced graphic export/import - Expanded file I/O support - Enhanced support for AppleEvents - Enhanced scripting support for search and replace, expression evaluation and comparing of fields, user properties and other containers. - Expanded error handling including Try.
SuperCard 3.5 will be released in September as a electronic download. It will sell for $129.95. All registered SuperCard owners will qualify for discounts on the upgrade if purchased before October 15th, 1998. A list of discounts is available at <http://www.incwell.com>.
To celebrate, on the release date of the upgrade, IncWell will reward one registered IncWell customer with a new Apple iMac computer from Computer Town <http://www.computertown.com>.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:43 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - More Software Testers Needed for Meeting Maestro
This request is from:
Felicity Wasser, <testing@su5.com>
The SU5 group is looking for volunteers to help test a new business product, Meeting Maestro. Meeting Maestro improves the effectiveness of meetings by using the computer to accurately record and measure meetings. Any testers providing valuable feedback will receive a copy of the final release version of Meeting Maestro at no charge.
Requirements for testing:
1. Access to a Macintosh or Mac OS computer running system 7.0 or later.
2. Access to meetings or activities at which the tester may use Meeting Maestro. 3. Willingness to report problems or suggestions via e-mail.
We want to thank all who participated in the beta testing program last year, and invite them back to see the new design.
Applications and information on the testing program are available at www.su5.com
Felicity Wasser <testing@su5.com> Testing Manager The SU5 Group, Inc.
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:47 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - Network Your Mac
This special offer is from:
Carl Powell <carl@alatec.com> with AlaTec Associates <http://www.alatec.com/>
The book "Network Your Mac (and live to tell about it): The REAL Beginner's Guide" has been recommended over and over by Evangelists and others in numerous mailing lists and online discussions. We have offered specials before on this book and have had good responses. "Network Your Mac" was written so that ANYONE could understand it and will help you with Networking, Ethernet, Cabling and even LocalTalk!
As a way of saying "Thank You!" to the Evangelistas, we would like to offer the Evangelist Group another special offer so they can own their own copy of the book.
Right now, Evangelists can receive the 21% discount price of $15.00 ($19.00 cover price) and pay NO SHIPPING CHARGES if you live in the US, APO, or US Territories. Your book will be sent via Fourth Class Mail to you as soon as we get your order. That's $15.00 Total! (You can pay extra for faster delivery or international shipping if you wish.)
*** To access the Offer you MUST use the online order form at:
For more information on the book, see <http://www.alatec.com/nym/> for the details and other shipping options.
This is a limited time offer, so order your copy today!
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:47 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - User Report on Metasynth Demo (Mac-only)
Keyword: Advocacy, Wicked Cool Stuff
This tidbit is from:
Kai Matthews, <kaimuse@apocalypse.org>
Attention Macophile musicians and multimedia types:
This past Thursday I spent the afternoon in a seminar at Computers & Music in San Francisco. Eric Wenger, the creator of the 3D landscape app Bryce, was demo'ing his program Metasynth 2.0, which is a revolutionary approach to sequence and audio file creation and manipulation: everything is represented pictorially and is editable by processes one would normally associate with graphics apps like Photoshop. One can import Pict files and manipulate them to produce sound (I've had some fun with a panorama of SF), or import regular audio files and see them represented pictorially. (NOT as waveforms, although that's also displayed alongside.)
While at first the application of image editing metaphors to sound seems odd, Eric's demo quickly made clear the unprecedented degree of control this allows over the parameters of one's sounds. I've used MIDI apps on everything from a Commodore 64, back in 1984, to today's Powermacs, and all manner of digital audio apps on various Macs, and I've gotten used to finding parameters scattered across various windows and submenus, and to assuming that certain of them could only be represented adequately as text.
Metasynth presents instead a unified graphical interface rich in intuitive information, illustrating anew the old saw about a picture being worth a thousand words. (Reminding us of the significance of the brain's large visual cortex.) For instance, greyscale represents loudness values, positions along the x and y axes represent pitch and time placement, and color values represent stereo placement. And many other aspects of parameter control which often are more trouble than they're worth in my current apps are easily accessible in Metasynth: pitch control, attack transients, harmonic envelopes, tuning tables, etc. And entirely new methods of sound manipulation as well. (What does "emboss left" do?! You'll see! ...and hear...;-)
He also demo'ed two companion apps, Xx, a MIDI sequencer along the same lines, which is also used for importing MIDI files into Metasynth, and which has powerful algorithmic composition features, and Metatracks, a Pro Tools-like multitrack app for assembling native Metasynth files, as well as other audio files, if you like, into a larger compositional framework. Xx is out now; Metatracks is in beta, and slated for release this fall. (In the meantime, one can import Metasynth files as Sound Designer II files into a multitrack app like Pro Tools or Deck.)
Among various examples, Eric played for us a film score he created entirely with these apps. His raw materials were string and other orchestral samples from a Samplecell CD, and a number of syllables sung by a woman he hired for the project. The seamlessness with which he strung these short elements together in his composition and the subtle realism in the variations of bowing, articulation, etc., were astounding. It sounded as if he'd actually hired a full orchestra and singer to perform the score.
It's also possible to create rich sound compositions without the use of any imported audio (and the audio input you might need, whether the Mac's own or a pro card) or any external MIDI devices (and the interface you'd need.) All you need is your Powermac. Eric said that Metatracks (if I remember correctly) will also be able to burn CD-R's, so you can keep it entirely in the digital domain.
While it's too soon to tell if this will supplant entirely my current apps (Logic Audio, Deck, Pro Tools and others), at the very least I'm confident it will change the way I make music.
And yes, it's Mac-only. It's clear that the Mac's from-the-ground-up graphic design-oriented architecture has everything to do with Eric's choice of it. This is the kind of app that makes me glad there's an Apple Computer.
Check it out at <http://www.uisoftware.com/>
There's a great demo available for download. (I have absolutely no affilation with UI Software or Eric Wenger himself in any way; I just feel very strongly about the potential of this software and the way it highlights the Mac's strengths.)
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:06:45 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Job Posting - Macintosh Lab Management (Northwestern University, Evanston IL)
This job announcement is from:
D. Nathan Bradley, <nate@nwu.edu>
My organization, Academic Technologies, is looking for someone to fill my position as manager of the Kresge Digital Media Studio after I leave at the end of August.
The KDMS is a one year old, 18 seat Macintosh (8600/200s) lab built to host classes for the Schools of Speech, Music, and Journalism. This is a new, high profile facility that needs to work properly all the time, so I would really like to fill this position with someone who is already familiar with the standard university Macintosh lab management tools--primarily RevRdist and Keyserver--and is a strong proponent of the Mac.
This is a great lab. All the machines have MIDI keyboards attached to them, the Macs are connected via 100 megabit ethernet to a Unix AppleshareIP server that never crashes, and we have all the software you could hope for.
You can see lists of the KDMS hardware and software at the URLs below.
Information Technologies at Northwestern is a good place to work. The University realizes the importance of IT, so we are well funded, respected, and not paid too badly either. The campus is beautiful, the summer weather is close to perfect, the faculty, staff, and students are talented and intelligent, and my boss is great.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who loves the Mac and wants to work in a University environment. Email me if you are interested or have any questions.
iMac2Day, the leading iMac-related web site, today announced the addition of Imation, manufacturers of the SuperDisk for the Apple iMac, as an associate sponsor of the iMac2Day Giveaway.
Imation will provide a total of five SuperDisks to five lucky winners during the course of the contest, which will have weekly drawings until August 15, the official ship date of the iMac.
Contest entrants will also be eligible to win iMac-related prizes such as iMac2Day t-shirts and baseball caps, iMac software and hardware, and the ultimate Grand Prize, an actual Apple iMac to one lucky winner!
The iMac2Day Grand Opening Giveaway celebrates the official grand opening of the premier web site dedicated to Apple's new sensation, the iMac.
The iMac2Day site includes the latest iMac iNews, message boards, opinion, links, iMac-related graphics, pricing/availability reports, and the unique iMac2Day Store with the cool, translucent iMac2Day logo on polos, t-shirts and caps.
Contest entries will be accepted continuously until August 15th. Entrants will be eligible for a maximum of one weekly prize and for the iMac Grand Prize.
Primary sponsor of the iMac2Day Grand Opening Giveaway is Club Mac, who is providing the iMac to one lucky winner.
Contest rules are at the website. Contest is in progress, enter today!
Imation is at <http://www.imation.com>
iMac2Day is located at <http://www.imac2day.com> or <http://www.imactoday.com>
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