I’m catching up on the world (I am a slow news reader). Earlier this month, one of the most useful applications I have used on my mac has stopped development. Virtue Desktops is a great app that gives you multiple workspaces ala CDE on Solaris. However it does it for your Mac. I have been using it since late last year, and whilst it was in Beta, it is fairly stable.
However, the developer has decided to put the app on hold permanently. This is in light of Apple incorporating Spaces in their upcoming OSX 10.5 release. This will make Virtue Desktops (mostly) redundant. Virtue Desktops developer Tony Arnold has experienced spaces at Apple’s WWDC and has said it will be a fantastic addition to this bloggers favorite desktop operating system.
I can’t wait. Goodbye Virtue Desktops! (I will still be using the last stable beta for now on 10.4).
If you got the gist of the “iRack” then here is another video of great moments in Presidential Speeches. I think the video says it all. Maybe he could trump apple and introduce an iRack!
Now I thought this video was another typical funny take on Apple, and Steve Jobs in particular. However the social commentary embedded in this video makes it WORTH watching. A very funny ending to this video. Now if only Dubya would watch this one!
I’m finally in a job where I can get to use Solaris close to 100% of the time. Goodbye, Au Revoir, Arrivederci Windows 2003 Server. Hello, Bonjour, Ciao lovely UNIX!.
Oh yeah so I started a new job with CGI today. Technical Architect. Very business sounding, but a good role!
What a neat thing. Yet again another AWESOME use for quicksilver. The comma is a shortcut to add selected documents/files/objects to a stack, which you can then do with what you will.
