EvangeList Digest Tuesday, May 26 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1194
In this issue:
Mac Report Servers Temporarily Overwhelmed PR - Deal-mac Readers take 2% off at ClubMac PR - Apollo 2.0 Released Tidbit - InternetWeek Newsletter on Apple PR - Jim's Bungie Software Anniversary Special PR - Gameworld Internet Club PR - Graphic Design Book Club Web Site Debuts Tidbit - Apple User Group Tour Begins in Kansas City PR - VocalTec Releases InternetPhone 3.5 PR - Choosing The Best in VIDI 3D Model Contest Tidbit - New Mac Section of Arizona Republic Newspaper Tidbit - Don Crabb on WGN (720am) - Chicago Tidbit - Fastest Notebook on Earth
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 22:02:28 -0700 From: Guy Kawasaki <Kawasaki@garage.com> Subject: Mac Report Servers Temporarily Overwhelmed
This announcement is from:
Lucas Roebuck, lroebuck@pacbell.net
May 25, 1998
Greetings,
I just wanted to let you know that we have had overwhelming response since we announced the Mac Report on Friday. In fact that response was so overwhelming, that our server couldn't handle the load and a lot of would-be subscribers got nasty error messages, mostly related when trying to submit to our database. Lucky for us at The Mac Report, the fine folks at our Internet Presence Provider, TwIN Media Group (<http://www.blowyouaway.com>) worked on the problem this Memorial Day weekend. The servers are beefed up, tweaked and ready to take more subscriptions.
So if you want to subscribe to the free newsweekly for Macintosh professionals, just point your browser to <http://www.macreport.com>.
Thanks for your patience. We can't wait to deliver the best Macintosh publication around.
Lucas Roebuck, Editor The Mac Report lucas@macreport.com
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:07 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Deal-mac Readers take 2% off at ClubMac
This announcement is from:
deal-mac news, <news@deal-mac.com>
ClubMac <http://www.club-mac.com> announced today a 2 percent discount off all online orders for deal-mac <http://deal-mac.com> readers. This additional 2 percent discount will be subtracted from the prices already offered on ClubMac's web site and is good through Wednesday, May 27, at midnight Pacific time.
ClubMac's web site has recently been redesigned from the ground up to provide better service, easier shopping, and total security. It now offers the ability to check stock through connections to the company's inventory system. After placing orders, customers can follow the order status from the time they are placed until they reach their final destination.
To take advantage of the 2 percent discount, readers must access ClubMac through a special link from the deal-mac web site. The 2 percent discount is added after billing information is requested but before an order is finalized.
deal-mac, published by Danrich Internet LLC (Huntsville, AL), is the web's leading source on where to buy Macintosh. Started in March of 1997, deal-mac has been visited by over 3.5 million readers in search of deals. deal-mac can be reached at (541) 684-0173 or on the Internet at <http://deal-mac.com>.
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:07 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Apollo 2.0 Released
This announcement is from:
Jeremy Roussak, <JeremyR@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
Apollo is a launching utility. You configure a menu containing those applications, control panels, desk accessories, folders and documents you use frequently. Then, whatever you are doing, a click of the mouse pops up the menu and lets you open any of the configured items. You can organise items into groups, with each group having its own submenu. If a group is made "active", selecting its name makes Apollo open all the items in the group seriatim. Apollo can automatically control the sound level and screen depth for each application, changing them as you switch between applications. It also has facilities for switching between applications using the keyboard.
New features in version 2.0 are too numerous to list, but include lots of native PowerMac code, completely rewritten configuration, many more preference options, the ability to assign hot keys for items in Apollo's menus, much more control over the look of the popup menu, including different colours and styles for different kinds of item, etc etc etc.
Apollo 2.0 is shareware: the fee is US$30, 15 pounds sterling or the equivalent of US$30 in your local currency. There are significant discounts for multiple-copy and site licences. There is no upgrade fee for registered users of previous versions. Registration can be made via Kagi Shareware. Registration and online registration utilities are provided as part of the package.
Apollo 2.0 requires system 7 (it is fully compatible with system 8) and a Mac with a 68020 or better processor. It is available in English, Japanese, French, German and Dutch.
<http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~jeremyr/apollo.html>
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:08 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - InternetWeek Newsletter on Apple
This tidbit is from:
Jerry Hamm, <jerry@solaceconsulting.com>
Just wanted to pass on a recent article in the May 20, 1998 Email from the InternetWeek Newsletter. I feels good to hear good news from the "Outside":
Apple's Profits, Market Share and Confidence Continue Rising
"At the end of the heavy rains that recently swept the country, TV weather forecasters joked that the audience shouldn't panic if they see a bright yellow object in the sky--it's the sun.
"In the same vein, Apple users need not panic when they receive good news about their vendor. Apple's supporters say that the company has turned itself around, and even skeptics say that the company has at least halted its decline."
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:07 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Jim's Bungie Software Anniversary Special
This announcement is from:
Jim Ruiz, <jim@bungie.com>
My 1-year anniversary as Direct Sales Magnate with Bungie Software is coming up, and I want to celebrate! So I talked Alexander (our CEO) into letting me offer a special deal on my two favorite games of all time - Myth: The Fallen Lords, and Marathon 2: Durandal! I even talked him into letting me waive the shipping and handling charges!
Check this out:
Buy Myth - Save $5.95 - Get Marathon 2 for FREE! (Hurry up and get a FREE Myth Poster too!)
Get Bungie's latest and all-time greatest, the award-winning real-time strategy game Myth: The Fallen Lords, plus the carnage-packed classic 3-D shooter Marathon 2: Durandal, all for just $49.95! And shipping and handling are FREE!
If you buy Myth: The Fallen Lords at the regular price of $49.95, you'll receive a copy of Marathon 2: Durandal for FREE! And you'll save an additional $5.95, because I'm paying the shipping and handling charges! (International customers save $13.95!!!)
One more thing: I have squirreled away over 1000 Myth Posters, and I'll also be giving away those away FREE with the first 1000+ orders!
ORDER ONLINE FROM OUR SECURE WEB STORE! (Open 24hrs every day!) <https://www.bungie.com/store>
CALL TOLL-FREE! 1-800-295-0060 ext. 222 International orders: 312-255-9600 ext.222
FAX ORDER! (1-312-397-0502)
MAIL ORDER: Send a check or money order for $49.95 to: Bungie Software Attn: Jim's Anniversary Special P.O. Box 7877 Chicago, IL 60680-7877
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:08 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Gameworld Internet Club
Keyword: Market by market, Games
This announcement is from:
Leslie Pieri, <ljpieri@aognet.net>
If you are looking for a new, interesting, fun game Mac game on the internet, well, look to the new Gameworld Internet Club.
Whats Gameworld got in store for all the gamers anxious for something new? Try Lords of the Cubicles, a humorous game of office politics. An oxymoron you say? Yeah well, tell us working at the office isnt an oxymoron as well. Those that identify with this are ready for Lords of the Cubicles. You and your fellow coworkers try to maximize the good things then get out of work (buzzword mastery, highly visible overtime, big bonuses), while avoiding that pesky downside (interminable meetings, product disasters, projects o doom). The play revolves around easy card mechanics, mixed with a dash of diplomacy or duplicity.
Playtesters are an important part of gaming and, at the moment, for Gameworld Internet Club. Playtester signups are being taken at the Gameworld site <http://www.gameworld.com> for their upcoming beta testing scheduled through July. Commercial launch is slated for summer. Gameworld games offer single and multiplayer games, from traditional favorites such as spades to new offerings such Lords of the Cubicles and a fantasy adventure game.
Gameworlds developers, Adventure Online Gaming, Inc., have developed a java-based toolset that allows non-programmers to deploy games on the internet. This toolset allows AOG to partner with game developers in bringing traditional board and card games to the internet. Adding new games each month, the Gameworld game collection will continue to grow keeping the gaming challenge alive. Sign up for beta playtesting today!
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:08 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Graphic Design Book Club Web Site Debuts
This announcement is from:
<Keith Johns, <keithj@fwpubs.com>
F&W Publications is pleased to announce the launch of the Graphic Design Book Club online enrollment offer. Now you can join the only book club exclusively for graphic designers online at <http://www.howdesign.com/gdbc!>
In the fluid, ever-changing discipline of graphic design, you need a reliable source of information to stay ahead of the competition. Whether its the latest Photoshop tips, a collection of inspirational promotional work, instruction on the latest Mac OS, or a hands-on look at designing the perfect corporate identity, Graphic Design Book Club has the tool you need to make your design shine. Our experienced editors do the legwork for you, bringing together more than 100 exciting and unique design books every month to help keep your skills razor sharp.
Look at all the great perks of joining Graphic Design Book Club:
- - Choose from 35 design books with our no-commitment online enrollment offer and save up to $130.00 off publishers prices - - Get 2 FREE gifts and a 6-month membership when you join - - Save 15-20% on every book you buy and as much as 65% on special sales - - Get FREE shipping & handling with prepaid orders after you join - - Earn FREE Bonus Books when you buy books from the Club - - Get special discounts on Pantone and other design-related products - - Your satisfaction is guaranteed on every book or your money back
Join the more than 20,000 designers already enjoying the benefits of Graphic Design Book Club by enrolling today at:
<http://www.howdesign.com/gdbc>.
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:09 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Apple User Group Tour Begins in Kansas City
This tidbit is from:
David W. Brown, <davewb@qni.com>
Kansas City was the first stop on the Apple User Group Tour which kicked off at the regular meeting of Kansas City's Macintosh User Group - MacCore - on Wednesday night, May 20th.
We had present about 250 of our 394 members of record - we ran out of chairs, so it was SRO. Note that we signed up 22 (count 'em twenty-two new members, some of them folks who were former members whom we hadn't seen in 3 or 4 years). Last year at this time our user group was doing pretty well, with 325 members. Notice the jump? It has all happened in the last 6 months or so.
We got a great presentation, including a video of the hilarious comparison between the G-3 Macs and a Compaq 400mhz Pentium II MMX machine. Needless to say, it brought cheers from the crowd when even the iMac finished way ahead.
All I can say is that if you are in a Mac User Group, and you have a chance to see the show, by all means make a special effort to attend. It was very informative in terms of both the new hardware design concepts, and the positioning of System X in the path of MacOS development. While we have always felt strongly about the Mac's obvious advantages, it is nice to get first hand information from the horse's mouth as it were.
Incidentally, no new hardware was present, but the videos more than made up for it. Our presentor, Grant Hansen, who has been the local Mac rep in Kansas City for the last five years volunteered to come back and bring his G-3 portable to demo ( if he ever gets it ).
Anyway, it was a great show - at least equal to David Pogue's riotously funny visit to our group last month.
Dave Brown Staff Manager - Kansas City MacCore <davewb@qni.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:09 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - VocalTec Releases InternetPhone 3.5
This announcement is from:
Gur Kimchi, <gur@vocaltec.com>
<http://www.vocaltec.com/mac/web/macframe.htm>
Internet Phone Release 3.5 for Mac Now Available!
Now you can make calls over the Internet from your computer to regular telephones around the world.
Internet Phone Release 3.5 for Power Macintosh integrates VocalTec's revolutionary telephony gateway technology making it possible to call regular telephones over the Internet.
This new release also includes improved audio quality and enhancements that make it easier than ever to get connected with others around the world over the Internet.
And Internet Phone offers cross platform compatibility so Mac and Windows users can call each other.
Release 3.5 is available as a free upgrade for licensed users of previous versions of Internet Phone. You may order a license code if you are not currently a registered Internet Phone user.
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:10 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Choosing The Best in VIDI 3D Model Contest
This announcement is from:
VIDInick, <VIDInick@aol.com>
Exciting things are happening in 3D on the Macintosh. VIDI, in cooperation with Gord Lacey and his EI Resources website, MacAddict magazine, and StrataUser magazine, recently sponsored three contests that posed an interesting challenge to 3D artists and designers. The contestants were given the formidable task of learning a new spline-based modeler and using it to create realistic 3D models with a maximum model size limit of 200K. The contests enabled StudioPro and EIAS users the opportunity to get a free version of VIDI's powerful, spline-based Modeler and use their respective rendering products to complete their work.
The winners of the three contests are presented on the VIDI site at www.vidi.com in the "Contest Winners" area. While each winner was judged best in its rendering category, which of these three winning enties is the best overall? Is it the one created with Electric Image, StrataStudioPro, or VIDI's Presenter 3D? Now you have an opportunity to choose the overall winner and possibly win a VIDI t-shirt. Look at the entries shown below and email the name of the one you you feel is the best along with your name, email address, and shirt size to <may@vidi.com>.
It's pretty amazing what all were able to accomplish with a spline-based modeler and only 200K to work with. All the winners chose to use the spline- based power of VIDI's Modeler to build character-based models, one of the most difficult subjects to sculpt. And they all did it in 200K or less with only two weeks to learn the product and without access to the manuals. You too can get the same free, full-featured (Save included) version of VIDI's Modeler they used by selecting DOWNLOAD on the VIDI site at www.vidi.com. We are also extending the offer of a 60% discount on Modeler and Presenter 3D to anyone voting in the contest until the final judging is over. Send a note to us at <vidisales@vidi.com> if you are interested.
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:09 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - New Mac Section of Arizona Republic Newspaper
This tidbit is from:
Charles Downs, <cdowns@adre.org>
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., publishers of Arizona's largest newspaper, the Arizona Republic, has launched a new Macintosh section as part of its comprehensive on-line service at:
<http://www.azcentral.com>
This is significant to me as a Mac user, because in the past, PNI virtually ignored the Macintosh community in its coverage of computer news and on its website:
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:10 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Don Crabb on WGN (720am) - Chicago
This tidbit is from:
Jim Polaski, <jpolaski@wwa.com>
Lista's, thought I'd let you know that the Mac worlds favorite crustacian has had a radio show on WGN-AM (720) here in Chicago for a few months, from 10-11:30pm on Saturday nights. The show is also available on Real Audio from the WGN website, <http://www.wgnradio.com/>
Apparently Don't show has been quite successful since as of tomorrow it will now go from 10pm to 1am. Quite an expansion!
Listeners can also call in the show as well. __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Yo! Don! How about a link for a RealAudio feed? :-)
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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 02:06:11 -0800 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Fastest Notebook on Earth
This tidbit is from:
George Wagner, <g.wagner@sylvania.sev.org>
I was at Netscape's homepage <http://www.home.netscape.com> and saw a contest "Win the Fastest Laptop on Earth Join the Netscape Open Studio program for web site designers and register to win." I thought to myself, "Sure, who's making such a grandiose claim," knowing full well that the PowerBook G3s were faster than anything. So I clicked on the link and found out. It was a PowerBook G3. Way to go Apple and Netscape.
George L. Wagner Jr. Computers, Support, & Consulting <g.wagner@sylvania.sev.org> <http://users.aol.com/aaprglw/csc.html>
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