Mac Gingerbready Goodness

Hopefully it will still run MacDraw.

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Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone a great 2009. To get you off on the right start, here’s a new robots desktop picture. 2009 and robots, what could be better?

Download 1920×1200 Version

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Fantastic flight data visualization

Amazing, and simple!

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Following up on the art toolset followup

As I mentioned before, I’ve been trying to figure out how to set up the best possible (cheap) system for making art and web sites. I tried Ubuntu, but things were buggy – especially wireless – and I was wasting more time trying to make it work than making actual things.

So, I caved and bought a Mac mini to use as my server, and though I’m back to being forced to pay for my OS, it opened up a wide range of options, and I’m floored at how great a lot of the indie software is for the Mac. Case in point:

• Coda : $99. I’m still saving up for this one, but it’s a steal for the only consolidated web editor I’ve seen that wipes the floor with Dreamweaver for site management.
• Pixelmator : $59 for a fine Photoshop replacement, replete with real-time gradients. Though I’m still a Photoshop geek at heart.
• VectorDesigner : $69. I’m no Illustrator fan and this does 95% of what I need without taking 8 minutes to load and crashing constantly.
• Versions : Free. For Subversion greatness.
• Others: Cyberduck (Free), Smultron (Free), NetNewsWire (Free)

Plus, VMWare Fusion gives you Ubuntu and Windows on the same system for testing, web servers, and various un-Mac tasks, so all of these good things are in addition to my first list. And yeah, OK, it also runs Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office. If you have to.

Anyway, this will be the last of these toolset followup followup posts, though I will be starting a short series on tweaks and other fun stuff.

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This really was a bad Wall Street day

From msnbc.com:

best stock quote ever.

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