In the office where I work we use/maintain a newsgroup server with a variety of internal newsgroups where everything from items for sale to complaints and hassles are posted. Late last year I went pretty much all-Mac, all the time, with a Remote Desktop window connected to a Windows machine in the office which I used for Outlook (because we're an Exchange …
October 13, 2009 – 1:59 am
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By Ryan
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Posted in applications, mac, opinion and libel
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Tagged comparison, Hogwasher, MacSoup, MaxNews, MT-NewsWatcher, Nemo, newsgroups, newsreader, nntp, OSXNews, Pineapple News, review, Unison, Xnntp
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In the attempt to streamline the process of maintaining the myriad scripts and config files that I use day to day as part of both my day job and my droll hobby. I've used TextMate for everything, which I've previously discussed (particularly using it in conjunction with CSSEdit, which we'll come back to). But this has …
June 15, 2009 – 1:33 pm
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By Ryan
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Posted in applications, editors, mac
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Tagged applications, coda, comparison, editors, espresso, macrabbit, macromates, panic, textmate
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Alex Payne of Twitter (the social network everyone but me uses) has posted a well structured list of software he's paid for but no longer users. I am in a similar boat thanks to sites like MacZot, where I have licenses for shit I will never, ever use again or for applications whose functionality was replaced by something better later on. …
Seriously, I am learning to write code just so I can write a hosting control panel that doesn't make me violently angry when I try to use.
June 16, 2008 – 2:12 pm
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By Ryan
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Posted in applications, site meta
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Tagged apache, control panels, cpanel, direct admin, dovecot, hosting, linux, openpanel, plesk, postfix, qmail, vhcs
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Matt Ball has posted a sizable write-up which neatly sums up the rising tide of backlash against the so-called "Delicious Generation" of software developers currently bilking milking abandoning their installed base every 6-to-8 months. I had been working on something similar, though admittedly much, much less details when this dropped. My interest in this was strictly …
February 23, 2008 – 11:35 pm
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By Ryan
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Posted in applications, diatribes, shit stirring
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Tagged austin sarner, bilking, catalog, horseshit, motherfucker, phil ryu, rage, ripped off, spite, vitriol
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I don't know if I've ever personally mentioned this and I know I'm years late to the party, but it bears repeating that CSSEdit and TextMate are two of the only applications I miss when I'm on a Linux machine. One could argue that there is always (re: eternally) going to be vi/vim or emacs, but in my …