Comments for Outside the Box http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net Macs, programming, and technology Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on eHostPros is lame by Don Bosco http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/09/ehostpros-is-lame/#comment-16248 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:29:13 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/09/ehostpros-is-lame/#comment-16248 I signed up originally with eHost because as they rightly claim, they are the "cheapest" webhosting service. Oh what a fool I am. Should have remembered you get what you pay for. My site has been down for three days!! What's more, you can never get a hold of them over the phone which leads you to believe that all their operations are based somewhere in Timbaktu! Only way you can get them is by chat (if you are lucky!) There servers seem very insecure as they have been victims of hackers as well as e-mail spam attacks. Don't be fooled by the $2.99 deal. All you are asking for is grief. Shell out the extra bucks for peace of mind!! I signed up originally with eHost because as they rightly claim, they are the “cheapest” webhosting service. Oh what a fool I am. Should have remembered you get what you pay for. My site has been down for three days!! What’s more, you can never get a hold of them over the phone which leads you to believe that all their operations are based somewhere in Timbaktu! Only way you can get them is by chat (if you are lucky!) There servers seem very insecure as they have been victims of hackers as well as e-mail spam attacks. Don’t be fooled by the $2.99 deal. All you are asking for is grief. Shell out the extra bucks for peace of mind!!

]]> Comment on Spotted cat by Connor http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/11/02/spotted-cat/#comment-14222 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:48:16 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/11/02/spotted-cat/#comment-14222 I ran into the same PHP/Leopard issues, and was glad to see the quick fix. I've been a huge TextMate fan for a while (back since I got a free copy in the Mac Heist.. they need to do another one of those!). I've also abandoned Quicksilver, since I've found Spotlight to be quite snappy (much more so than in Tiger) and it works great as an app launcher. I also like how it has a dictionary plugin, so you can enter any word and it'll show you the definition. Cool. I ran into the same PHP/Leopard issues, and was glad to see the quick fix. I’ve been a huge TextMate fan for a while (back since I got a free copy in the Mac Heist.. they need to do another one of those!).

I’ve also abandoned Quicksilver, since I’ve found Spotlight to be quite snappy (much more so than in Tiger) and it works great as an app launcher. I also like how it has a dictionary plugin, so you can enter any word and it’ll show you the definition. Cool.

]]> Comment on Let it snow by Ben http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12949 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:55:45 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12949 Cool -- thanks for the links! Cool — thanks for the links!

]]> Comment on Let it snow by Nathan http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12706 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:16:08 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12706 http://cozywinters.com/ice-cleats/ice-cleats.html http://cozywinters.com/ice-cleats/ice-cleats.html

]]> Comment on Let it snow by Nathan http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12705 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:15:20 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12705 Yep. YakTrax or GripOns. Yep. YakTrax or GripOns.

]]> Comment on Let it snow by Byron http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12624 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:29:05 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/10/17/let-it-snow/#comment-12624 I've heard that YakTrax (http://www.yaktrax.com) work amazingly well. They seem to be what you're describing. I’ve heard that YakTrax (http://www.yaktrax.com) work amazingly well. They seem to be what you’re describing.

]]> Comment on A new direction by Andy http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/09/18/a-new-direction/#comment-11444 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:13:15 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/09/18/a-new-direction/#comment-11444 Yay! Yay!

]]> Comment on Goodbye, OpenLaszlo by Yang http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/01/06/goodbye-openlaszlo/#comment-10133 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:45:10 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2007/01/06/goodbye-openlaszlo/#comment-10133 I have for the past month been using OL. Like any other full-featured GUI system, it is complex and takes time to learn. That said, I'm really liking OL. With no specific issues cited, distaste for XML sounds a bit superficial (and yes, I've done substantial work in CL, Haskell, Scala, and other languages). If you really can't stand it, just use some s-exp-to-XML source translator. :) Semantics are what matters, and OL has terrifically useful abstractions. (It's also lightyears ahead of JavaFX, which I also happened try.) I have for the past month been using OL. Like any other full-featured GUI system, it is complex and takes time to learn. That said, I’m really liking OL. With no specific issues cited, distaste for XML sounds a bit superficial (and yes, I’ve done substantial work in CL, Haskell, Scala, and other languages). If you really can’t stand it, just use some s-exp-to-XML source translator. :) Semantics are what matters, and OL has terrifically useful abstractions.

(It’s also lightyears ahead of JavaFX, which I also happened try.)

]]> Comment on Textpond, Lilymate by Jacob Rus http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/12/textpond-lilymate/#comment-6465 Mon, 21 May 2007 01:49:11 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/12/textpond-lilymate/#comment-6465 I made the Lilypond bundle for TextMate. It's decent, but nothing spectacular at the moment. If you have suggested changes, please don't hesitate to make them. I made the Lilypond bundle for TextMate. It’s decent, but nothing spectacular at the moment. If you have suggested changes, please don’t hesitate to make them.

]]> Comment on Textpond, Lilymate by Ed Brannin http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/12/textpond-lilymate/#comment-4909 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:21:45 +0000 http://outsidethebox.blankslate.net/2006/05/12/textpond-lilymate/#comment-4909 I came across this looking for a Lilypond TextMate bundle -- and it does exist in TextMate's SVN repository, though I don't know if that was your doing or not. ;) http://creativi.st/blog/articles/2006/11/21/lilypond I came across this looking for a Lilypond TextMate bundle — and it does exist in TextMate’s SVN repository, though I don’t know if that was your doing or not. ;)

http://creativi.st/blog/articles/2006/11/21/lilypond

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