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Archive for October, 2005

FileMaker OSX-Style Tabs

By Emile • Oct 13th, 2005 • Category: FileMaker, General

I found this excellent example through the forums at FileMaker Magazine of some OSX-styled Tabs built in FileMaker with the help of some graphics. Definitely download and take a look at the technique.
http://mauimail.com/daryl/OSX_Tabs.fp7.zip



For users of FileMaker 7 Server

By Emile • Oct 12th, 2005 • Category: FileMaker, General, Software

The Unofficial Apple Weblog over at tuaw.com has an interesting post on a possible quirk of using FileMaker Server 7 and the ability to backup to a mounted network or external hard drive. The issue may actually be limited to the blog poster, but the solution using AppleScript and folder actions is certainly worth […]



A FileMaker Wishlist

By Emile • Oct 10th, 2005 • Category: FileMaker, General, Software

I’m certain I’m not the only one who has hopes and desires for FileMaker. But without skimming the FileMaker newsgroup, other forums, or being privy to the submissions of suggestions by users to FileMaker, it’s difficult to know exactly what FileMaker users and developers want.
I’ve assembled a list and I’m willing to add more […]



John Cleese’s Letter to the USA

By Emile • Oct 10th, 2005 • Category: Entertainment, General

I couldn’t help, this was just way too funny…



Palm, finally seems to take their head out of their ass.

By Emile • Oct 9th, 2005 • Category: Design, General

I hate using foul or derogatory language in this part of the site, or any part for that matter, but Palm Inc or Palm Source or Palmijiggy or whatever or whomever they are called right now, have for the longest time made me look with envy at the little Compaq iPaqs or Dell PDAs that […]



Speaking of beautiful photos…

By Emile • Oct 6th, 2005 • Category: General

They just don’t get any prettier or rare than this, apparently this is light in the form of halos or crescents beaming through trees rather than typical sunbeams because of the 2005 solar eclipse. Were there more than one?



Design: I couldn’t have said it better

By Emile • Oct 6th, 2005 • Category: Blogging, Design, General, WWW

Check out ParticleTree, which is boasting a new PDF web development magazine entitled “treehouse”
An interview with Jason Santa Maria had him speak the following:
Some of the best design goes unnoticed, because good design just gets out of the way. It shouldn’t obstruct the communication taking place.
That’s what it’s all about. If you’re interested, check […]



The Making Of A Great Photograph

By Emile • Oct 5th, 2005 • Category: General

Such a topic may be more appropriate for the forum annals of Flickr, but I consistently notice that a lot of people take what they think are great pics … and they’re just not.
But that begs the larger question of what makes a great photograph. For a one sentence answer, I think […]



A virus-free Mac is not impossible

By Emile • Oct 1st, 2005 • Category: General, Software, WWW

It beckons the thought that at least some OS X users have a moderate amount of foresight, but it does something that is nearly unheard of in the Windows world: provides free virus protection. As a question though, if there are no Mac viruses, what exactly is it searching/scanning for? The only answer […]



Mac OS on Sony PSP?!

By Emile • Oct 1st, 2005 • Category: General

How f***ing cool is that? (Pardon ma française)