EvangeList Digest Friday, May 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 1176
In this issue:
Tidbit - This Weeks Farr Site "Windows 98 is coming, run for your lives!!" Tidbit - MacKiDo Interface Comparisons Followup - New URL for Bunny TidBit - Quantum Computer Simulation Mac ONLY Tidbit - MacShareware.com Grand Opening $$ - PageME! Only $20 w/Purchase of PageNOW! Tidbit - MacinThoughts Column Launched ?? - Web Based Training Questions ?? - Macs in Sciences/Education - Update Needed Tidbit - Mac Radio Show Schedule Change ?? - CAD Software Help Needed Tidbit - New Mac French Site - Le Machiniste Tidbit - Why Windows is Better Than Mac? PR - Instant QuicKeys Ships
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:39 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - This Weeks Farr Site "Windows 98 is coming, run for your lives!!"
This tidbit is from:
Applelinks.com, <webmaster@applelinks.com>
This week's Farr Site is entitled "Windows 98 is coming, run for your lives!!!" and features Techno-Frenzy, Big White Rabbit, Bronze Age Bacchanal Revisited, and E-mail from the Head Druid. Magic bunny shows clueless author how to keep the beat as CEO-shaman exhorts Mac masses to go forth and multiply.
The URL will be <http://www.applelinks.com/staff/farr/farrsite/may4.lasso>
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:41 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - MacKiDo Interface Comparisons
Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better
This tidbit is from:
Marcel Buechi, <mbuechi@compuserve.com>
David K. Every from MacKiDo, <http://www.mackido.com/> brilliantly explains the Mac OS ease-of-use advantage by comparing it against the Windows 95 look & feel. His topics include screen layout, color, menus, windows and last but not not least the famous start button. The menu comparison article also covers NeXTstep and the BeOS. Bookmark this site because he plans to deliver more of his human interface experience. He writes about The Start Menu:
"Microsoft gives us lots of ammo for examples of bad user interface. When running Windows95, the first things the users sees is bad -- the Start Menu. And it is bad for so many different reasons."
*** MacKiDo on Interface *** <http://www.mackido.com/Interface/>
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:44 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Followup - New URL for Bunny
This follow-up message is from:
Bill Wilson, <bill@wlwdesign.com>
Dr. Mac has moved his photo of our little fella!
The good doctor's new domain name is: <http://www.drmac.com>
"PINTEL DUDE" can now be found at: <http://www.drmac.com/pintel.shtml>
Geez...our little fella's got his own PAGE now! *grin!*
Response continues to roll in from you Evangelistas! THANK YOU! Please be patient; we'll answer all requests! (And we're looking into a "customization program" to help out all of you who may already own one of those "standard" Bunny dolls...)
>From the "instruction book":
"PINTEL" - brought to you by your friends at Wilson-Lewis-Wilson Design. (Not affiliated with any company who stands to make one red cent from this. It's a labor of love!)
Note to the Intel lawyers: Please don't sue us! We've done this all in good fun, with no malice intended toward any parties, regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual preference or operating system (well, more or less). We're not even selling them; we're giving a select few to some special folks we know will really appreciate this parody. And besides, we have no money anyway! We spent it all on these dolls! So, please lighten up and let us have some "fun inside." Interested parties may contact:
The Grand Parody Poobah, Wilson-Lewis-Wilson Design, 812 Berkley Court, Palm Harbor, FL 34684 / 813.785.4386 / <http://www.wlwdesign.com>
Bill Wilson Wilson-Lewis-Wilson Design
P.S. Pentium and BunnyPeople are registered trademarks of Intel
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:48 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: TidBit - Quantum Computer Simulation Mac ONLY
This tidbit is from:
Steve Husty, <husty@mail-fair.ivv.nasa.gov>
I got this information from the excellent Mac news resource MacInTouch (www.macintouch.com). There is an item there about a quantum computer simulation from a company called: Artiste <http://www.ar-tiste.com/index.html>. For those who don't know, a quantum computer is *possibly* the future of computing architecture. Instead of using the flow of electrons through gates as switches....electrons themselves become switches....reducing the "size" of components by a magnitude of approx. 1000 times. There is a good article at the San Jose Mecury <http://www1.sjmercury.com/scitech/center/quantum0428.htm>.
The REALLY cool part about the simulator though is that it is a Mac ONLY product. I don't know how well it works or simulates a qc, but I think its cool that the author has chosen to make it Mac only, and his website says so! Kick Butt!
For all you quantum mechanic, computer nerds and physics profs who love the Mac, give this software a shot. Like all good Mac software authors, there's a demo! :)
(Note: I am in no way affiliated with Artiste....I just think Quantam Mechanics and Macs are WAAAY COOL!!)
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:50 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - MacShareware.com Grand Opening
This tidbit is from:
Brent Crandall, <bcrandall@studeo.com>
MacShareware.com is celebrating it's grand opening with an Ambrosia game giveaway! The site currently hosts shareware games and commercial demo's on its high speed servers, but look out - a complete custom database is being built to host the COMPLETE realm of Macintosh shareware.
Starting today, you can register to win your choice of ANY Ambrosia game title, including Maelstrom, Mars Rising, Harry the Handsome Executive, or even their upcoming Escape Velocity sequel EV Override. Ten winners will be chosen, one each Friday for the next ten Fridays, so stop by and register to win.
MacShareware.com offers a Newton Games library, a large commercial game demo section and a well rounded library of the best shareware games available for the Mac - all hosted on their own high speed servers. Check it out at:
<http://www.macshareware.com/>.
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:46 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: $$ - PageME! Only $20 w/Purchase of PageNOW!
This special offer is from:
Sarah Edwards, <sarah_edwards@markspace.com>
Are you getting ready for the trek to New York? The East Coast MacWorld is there in July this year, instead of the traditional "August in Boston." You'll want to be sure that everyone can reach you on your pager or PCS phone, so we've put together a special PageNOW!/PageME! bundle just for our loyal Mac users!
So, what's the deal? How about a PageNOW!/PageME! bundle for only $99? That's right--buy PageNOW! at the normal direct price of $79.95 and get PageME! for just $20 more--1/3 of the direct price of $59.95! How will these two products improve your life? Read on.
Of course, you'll use the PageME! Personal Paging Construction Kit to build customized applets with just a few mouse clicks. Then you'll have your own paging software to give away, free--no limits--to all your key contacts. Hand 'em a disk, attach the applet to e-mail, or post the applet for downloading on your web or ftp site and say "PageME!" Your contacts will be able to page you, and only you, from their desktops without having to pay a cent to buy the software.
Meanwhile, you'll want to know when key e-mail, phone, or fax messages come in, so you'll have the PageNOW! application installed on your desktop Mac. You'll probably set timed messages in PageNOW! to remind you of key meetings, contacts, hospitality suite locations/hours, etc. You may even have PageNOW! send you a page to get you out of a very dull and boring meeting or two!
So, order now, as supplies of this special bundle deal (in promotional packaging) are limited! E-mail, fax, or call in your order, and be sure to mention the "May Mac Madness" deal and price to get your PageNOW! and PageME! for only $99 today.
Sarah Edwards Support Manager <sarah_edwards@markspace.com> <http://www.markspace.com>
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:52 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - MacinThoughts Column Launched
This tidbit is from:
MacCeolaf, <MacCeolaf@aol.com>
There is a new column hosted by The PowerBook Source.
<http://www.thememorysource.com/>
MacinThoughts <http://www.thememorysource.com/MacinThoughts> aims to explores issues related to using macs in a cross- platform environment, including explaining much of the Wintel universe in a non-technical way, aimed at mac users.
The first column, "I am a mac user" is already up. Future columns will include "What are all those Windows," "Have you heard of Netware?" "What I've done to my PowerBook," and "Surely Microsoft is not entirely evil."
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:55 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Web Based Training Questions
This request is from:
Tom Sextro, <tsextro@mail.holton.k12.ks.us>
I'm trying to develop web based training modules for our students and teachers. I have two questions. Can anybody share any innovative ideas on how to create a good web based training environment? Is there a software program that captures screen actions and saves them as SMALL quicktime movies? I'd like to use these movies to demonstrate various skills.
__________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Hey folks,
I seem to remember a software package mentioned sometime last year that captured screen actions as a QuickTime movie, only I couldn't find it in the archives. Any suggestions?
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:07:08 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - Macs in Sciences/Education - Update Needed
This request is from:
plato, <plato@mauimail.com>
Two years ago a top-ranked independent high school successfully replaced its 286/386 PCs with Macs. A state-of-the-art science facility will be added this year. Science department members are leaning towards purchasing PCs for the labs, claiming that the best lab software for their science courses (Physics, Physics 2, Chemistry, and Biology) is available only for UNIX or Windows. They are looking for stripped-down versions of industrial scientific software. Excellent science software of this type must be available for the Macintosh. Can anybody provide information (names of products, links to web sites, case studies, etc.) that will help my argument? Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:07:04 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Mac Radio Show Schedule Change
This tidbit is from:
Tyler Jones, <thjones@onramp.net>
Just wanted to thank everyone from the Evangelist who has been tuning in to the Computer Show on WGST here in Atlanta (640AM/105.7FM), the response has been great. I would like to apologize, however, for a scheduling change that may have caught some of you off guard. Our show is now on at 8am, instead of 9am. Anyone who has tuned in the last few weeks has been greeted by Rush Limbaugh, and not our show, and granted Rush is supposedly a Mac guy himself so I will hold my political commentary. I have registered a domain name for the show now, so you can get the latest scheduling information, show notes, Mac news, and answers to your questions. Please check it out at:
<http://www.maccompshow.com>
We will hopefully have a complete site up before long. The site is being hosted by Reprahduce, so the as the web page says it is "Created with, served by, and best viewed on a Mac!". The Mac segment of the show, hosted by myself, is now a permanent addition to the program so please continue to tune in and reap the benefits of all of your efforts in getting this Mac segment off the ground.
Thanks again for listening.
- - Tyler Jones
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:56 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: ?? - CAD Software Help Needed
This request is from:
George Storm, <coyotestairs@earthlink.net>
This is an urgent call for help, If this fails I will be forced to the dark side.
We are in need of a CAD system (mechanical engineering) that can perform
FEAs and generate CAM output. It must have a robust solid modeler, preferably animation capability and
an interface that does not send us to windoze hell. We need two seats immediately, money is not an issue, no dongles please.
Obviously we require it to run on a Macintosh (PPC).
Any recommendations would be appreciated. I promise to compile and re-submit.
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:07:02 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - New Mac French Site - Le Machiniste
This tidbit is from:
Pierre-Arnaud Bonraisin, <lemac@altern.org>
You will find enclosed two candles (in the wire) for the 2nd month birthday of Le Machiniste, our new Mac site in France.
We need french spoken help, here. We are maintaining a weekly News column, and fueling our pages with ammo for the french evangelists, enjoying a wild partisan way of life.
We would like to let know the other french speaking EvangeLists that they could join us in this exhilarating experience : surfin'the web, getting our teeth in the apple, cooking our chef special pie recipes, throwing it, and more...
To visit us, come on <http://altern.org/lemac/>>, and to write, try <lemac@altern.org>.
Liberation !
Pierre, soldat inconnu, Le Machiniste. __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
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Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:06:59 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: Tidbit - Why Windows is Better Than Mac?
Keyword: Advocacy, Guerilla Tactics
This tidbit is from:
davidlng, <davidlng@gdi.net>
As Mac-only software developers, we have a page on our web-site explaining why we don't do Windows. Today I was checking the logs for our web-site and I noticed that someone had done a search on HotBot for "why+windows+is+better+than+mac" and found our "Why Macintosh" page. I then checked to see if this person had visited any of the other pages on our site. Sad to say, he read our "why mac" page and left. Just for fun, I then went to HotBot and did the same search. Our page came up seventh. The great part was that of the first 30 results, the vast majority were pro-Mac and unfavorable to Windows. Here is a sample of what turned up:
- -- The banner ad which appeared on the results pages of HotBot was for Microsoft Office '98 for MAC
- -- Four pages were from Insignia's web-site (the makers of SoftWindows for Mac)
- -- 12 other pages all appeared to be pro-Mac arguments. These included:
Our "Why Mac" page <http://www.oaksoft.com/mac.htm> The Mac EvangeList web-site The Insanely Great Mac - Editorial Page MacSpectre Headline News A page of links to Mac-related sites A page of quotable quotes by Steve Jobs And a page which simply began with the words "I hate Windows"
- -- Most of the other pages appeared to be generic advertisements for various cross-platform software products, computer consultants, modems, etc. (Nothing explicitly pro-Windows.)
- -- A mere 2 pages (ranked at 21 and 22) appeared to be Windows propaganda pages from Microsoft.
Considering that this was a search for Why Windows is BETTER than Mac, I'd say this poor deluded Windows die-hard had engaged in a pretty fruitless search. It almost makes you feel sorry for this guy, doesn't it? ..... Naaaaaaw!!!
Your fellow Mac-addict, David Lang __________________________ Digital Guy Sez:
Hmmm...
You know this isn't a bad excercise for people to try from time to time. Take a moment and imagine yourself an anti-mac type. You loath Macs. You adore Widows.
Now, try to prove to someone (even if it's only yourself) how great Windows is compared to those stupid toys called Macintoshes.
Warning: Remember, this is only an EXCERCISE. ;-)
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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 02:06:11 -0000 From: John Halbig <john@garage.com> Subject: PR - Instant QuicKeys Ships
This announcement is from:
CE Software Press Releases, <amy.kuennen@cesoft.com>
Instant QuicKeys, the newest, low-cost Mac automation tool from CE Software, shipped May 5. Instant QuicKeys is available for a special introductory price of $29.95 and can be downloaded:
<http://www.cesoft.com/purchase.html>.
Suggested retail price is $39.95.
A free, 30-day demo version is also available at: <ftp://ftp.cesoft.com/pub/Instant/iqk_demo.hqx> and from popular software Web sites such as shareware.com and download.com. Designed for all Mac users who want to save time and boost productivity, Instant QuicKeys allows you to set up useful keyboard shortcuts that automate routing, multi-step tasks on your Mac. Instant QuicKeys includes the most popular features of the award-winning QuicKeys, such as launching applications and opening folders with a single keystroke, as well as typing text and the date and time automatically. Instant QuicKeys also features a simplified interface and setup wizards for creating useful shortcuts.
For full details on Instant QuicKeys features, visit:
<http://www.cesoft.com/quickeys/iqkmfb.html>
Review copies of Instant QuicKeys are available to members of the press. Please E-mail <amy.kuennen@cesoft.com> to receive a review copy.
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