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Third public beta of Disco for Mac OS 10.4 released

Disco was created to be the missing solution for disc burning on your Mac. It utilizes a simple and fun workflow based interface through which users are able to accomplish real burning tasks with minimal effort. The release of beta 3 follows an immensely successful initial beta period and addresses over 30 suggestions and bugs.

One feature that has been given an overhaul in Beta 3 is Spandex. Spandex allows users to span large amounts of data over multiple discs. Beta 3 introduces a new “just works” principle to the whole process, and Spandex will now nest itself as deep as possible to ensure that your data can be spanned in almost any case.

Beta 3 introduces brand new features in Discography that allow the user to manage their index library, as well as index existing discs. As a result, Disco now offers full media cataloging and searching to its bag of features. Having announced Disco just over three months ago, hundreds of thousands of people have become interested and active readers of the Disco blog. Disco is now available to everyone as a public beta for the introductory price of USD$14.95

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Yasu Needs a New Icon

Jim Mitchell is currently accepting submissions for a new icon to be included with the upcoming v2.0 release of Yasu (Yet Another [Free] System Utility [for MacOS X]).

I’ll put up all of the submissions I receive on a page and let everyone vote for the one they like best, with the winner getting the honors.

What do you get out of it, you ask? Subtle notoriety. And my undying gratitude, naturally. Oh, and a mention in the support documentation that I think you’re the most awesome dude/dudette in all of Mac-dom for doing it.

The guidelines are that the theme must stay somewhat close to the “toolbox” idea of the old version, unless, of course, you have a far better idea that you’re sure will blow my socks off.

So, if you’re feeling the need to contribute to the success of a great freeware system utility, please feel free to contact Jim Mitchell as soon as possible.

Note: Yasu is currently part of our recommended Routine Maintenance.

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Blambot presents a new free font for public ridicule– Village Idiot

Nate Piekos describes Blambot’s latest free font: “Remember the 90?’s when Grunge fonts were all the rage? Everyone’?s design pieces had distressed typewriter fonts, and messy handwritten fonts well; Village Idiot is here to make you nostalgic! It’?s actually based on handwritten notes found in my sketchbooks over the years.”

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