Wednesday, October 18, 2000
Bell ExpressVu and me
I'm a happy boy again. StarChoice... GONE! Bell ExpressVu... IN!
NHL Centre Ice package... subscribed!
Hockey, all... the... time.
ExpressVu also has more channels, and the receiver is SO much better. The StarChoice system was so slow, it took forever to scroll through the channels in the Guide. The ExpressVu receiver not only looks better (we're talking Aqua vs. C=64 here!), but it's way faster.
It cost me a little more money ($100) for the receiver, but it's well worth it.
BountyQuest
BountyQuest -- win a bounty if you can find prior art to a patent! (like the 1-click patent)
Tuesday, October 17, 2000
The difference between Cocoa and Carbon apps
MacCentral: The difference between Cocoa and Carbon apps
Wow, MacCentral actually wrote a great (seemingly) original article!
Update: I spoke too soon. I should have known better. It wasn't an original article. It's basically a copy of this article on ZDNet. Sigh. MacCentral.... say no more. (figuratively and literally)
BTW, OutlineXplorer is a Cocoa app.
Quote: "Cocoa developers could literally be ten times more efficient and more productive in building software." If, in the future, Apple should decide to release OS X for x86 or other platforms, applications developed with Cocoa will work on the new platforms.
Yup.
Ford teams up on FireWire in-car "multi-media center"
Ford teams up on FireWire in-car "multi-media center"
Ford has a horrible track record with fire-related things lately, but here they go again! ;-)
Monday, October 16, 2000
Brian
Another nice thing about Conversant is you don't have to wait for the vendor to need an oft-requested feature themselves before they implement it.




