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Month: March 2006

  • Google Mars Debuts

    You may remember when Google Moon was launched last July to commemorate the first lunar landing. Now, the same team which brought you Google Moon, Google Earth, and Google Local have launched Google Mars to commemorate the birth of Percival Lowell, an astronomer who was known for his interest in Mars and its canals. Google…

  • Blogroll Dive: 3/13/06

    Here are the highlights from today’s Blogroll dive: Bryan, for the benefit of readability and organization, has chosen to return to the consolidated use of his PDA for task management. Owen reviewed War of the Worlds and Ultraviolet. Michael Heilemann discovered a useful list of the top mistakes made while using Ajax. Khaled posted an…

  • Where Have All the Readers Gone?

    I am sad to report that MacManX.com has experienced a 90% decline in readers over the past week. Over the past four months, MacManX.com has steadily dropped from an average of one legitimate comment per day to an average of 0.8 legitimate comments per month, so I already knew that a lack of interest was…

  • Smultron Update v1.2.7

    Smultron has been updated to v1.2.7. This update adds some minor improvements and a definition for Dylan syntax highlighting. The release notes are available here. Read the Favored Freeware entry for Smultron here.

  • OpenOffice.org Update v2.0.2

    OpenOffice.org has been updated to v2.0.2. This update fixes several bugs and adds a few minor enhancements. This release is recommended for everyone. It contains some new features, fixes many small bugs, and resolves numerous issues. The spellcheck dictionary in German and some other languages is now directly integrated into OpenOffice.org, so there is no…