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Apr 27 2009

X11– A Whole New Way to Free

Last week I made mention of Appleís new X11 beta. Well, to prove that you didnít download it in vain, this week weíll put it to use.
openoffice X11 A Whole New Way to Free

OpenOffice.org

First off this, like Appleís X11 support, is beta so donít be entirely surprised if it does something nasty to your system. Second, these are both public betas, which exist primarily for you to try them out and give feedback. By using these youíll be part of a testing community, so donít just cuss if it breaks, provide bug reports.

OpenOffice is a open-source product that will always be free. It interacts seamlessly with Microsoft Office files, including Power Point. Ready for free Office? Let’s get to it…

Be prepared for a beastly download. Use this page to select a mirror for download. The closest server to you is not necessarily the best. Try places where it is currently night and the local traffic is light.

Once you download the installer (it runs natively in OSX) it will take you through the installation process. Be sure that you have already installed Appleís X11. The installation isnít short, so be prepared.

Okay, now that everything is installed, you have to get it set up. Youíll notice that OpenOffice keeps looking for its buddy ìXFree86î. You donít need this, since you have Appleís X11. The Office launcher doesnít know this, though, so it wonít work. Instead you can download an AppleScript launcher that will take the place of this launcher.

Alternately, you can add OpenOffice to your X11 Applications menu. To do this go to ìCustomizeî and click ìAdd Itemî on X11ís Applications menu. Under Name put in ìOpenOffice.orgî and under Command put in ì/Applications/OpenOffice.org1.0.1/program/sofficeî.

Now you should be up and running.

OSXII

For those of you looking for a more retro experience, try out OSXII, an Apple II emulator for OS X. You could be back in action with Lode Runner on your Mac. Did anyone have Wings of Fury, or was that just me? Anyway, Have fun.

Join me again next week with some good old-fashioned freeware tweaks for Safari, iCal and more.

Brian

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Feb 19 2007

Steve Wozniak is my Master now– New T-Shirt in the MacMerc.com Store

396104485 594c11748a m Steve Wozniak is my Master now New T Shirt in the MacMerc.com StoreI’ve decided who I want to be when I grow up: I want to be Steve Wozniak. Creator of the Apple I and Apple II computers, co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple, Inc.), developer of the classic video game “Breakout,” and incognito fifth grade teacher. I can identify with a man who believes that you should “Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.”

The Steve Wozniak is my Master now T-Shirt is an homage to the wildly awesome (and admittedly cheaper) Joss Whedon is my Master Now shirt from PVP and ThinkGeek.

This shirt pledges allegiance to one of our favorite Steves and is available in white on black in sizes Small to XLarge and sells for USD$17.90.

[see Woz on Charlie Rose: Part 1 and Part 2 and understand what makes him so cool.]…and before you give me grief over it, I did the honorable thing and emailed PVP’s Scott Kurtz and got his blessing. Thanks Scott!!
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Feb 8 2007

Reminisce with legacy Apple product manuals online

384336790 a3f7fa2401 m Reminisce with legacy Apple product manuals onlineDo you have an Apple II sitting around but can’t remember how to boot it up? Can’t remember how to use the Graphing Calculator for your Newton MessagPad? Apple has just posted a long list of Legacy Product Manuals for your information and amusement.

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