One Book Two Book, Red Book Blue Book

Well, it looks like the Myst series may be coming to an end. According to Ubisoft, Myst V: End of Ages will be the final chapter for the “Myst franchise”. The good news is that Myst V will be developed by both Ubisoft and Cyan Worlds. One thing that is not made [...]


Quick Update

I’ve added four more blogs to my Blogroll since the last update, which brings the grand total to 41. Unfortunately, I don’t remember which feeds those are, sorry. In other news, I’ve added links to my DreamHost referral and Apple - Education, which is a great resource for students and teachers.


Eats, Shoots and Leaves

I just finished reading what might be one of the most useful and humorous books of all time. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss, is a humorous and strict look at the misuse of punctuation. The summary of the book says it all:
A panda walks into [...]


Fascinating and Fun 3D Weather Globe

One thing that I walked away with from this year’s Macworld Expo, was MacKiev’s 3D Weather Globe and Atlas. I haven’t let go of it since. This really is a fun application, and your kids will love it too. This program provides a 3D view of the Earth with user-controllable transparency, very [...]


OpenOffice.org Ends Native Mac Support

Apparently, OpenOffice.org has ceased production of a native Mac OS X build. The current Mac-compatible builds will forever remain X11-only. This is neither a shock, nor anything to complain about. I personally use X11 for Gimp.app and certainly don’t mind it one bit. This is just one of the things that [...]