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Wanted: OS X PM software. Must play nice with Microsoft Project

Wanted: OS X PM software. Must play nice with Microsoft Project

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Email Zero: Download format?

Email Zero: Download format?

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Hipster PDA: Why?

Hipster PDA: Why?

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index cards printed with finer graph lines?

I'm looking for index cards with graph paper lines printed on them. The ones I've found in staples are quad (4 boxes per inch) which is too coarse, and the lines are too dark. Is there any place where I can buy these cards with smaller boxes and finer/lighter lines? I'd rather buy than print them myself.

Reading websites offline

Reading websites offline

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Getting schooled on macros

David Pogue: Be Careful What You Joke About

David Pogue gets an informative response to an offhand remark he'd made about macros. Man, you really don't want to fool around with these EMACS people:

Various packages of “macros” were developed to provide speedier editing, and went by various names ending in “macs,” short for “macros.” TMACS and RMACS had also been popular, but the EMACS package seemed to have the most users. By 1979, EMACS was in version 135, and was maintained mostly by Richard Stallman with help from a few others.

Around 1981-1982, I added the M-$ keystroke bound to the macro “Check Word Spelling,” making EMACS perhaps the first text editor with an integrated spelling corrector.

In my brief time with EMACS, I felt like I was trying to play Rachmaninov with tiny, baby hands. But, brother, when I see what people like Ken and Nelson can do with it, my mind is blown. Makes me want bigger hands.

Bonsai for Palm

Bonsai for Palm

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RegEx find for Safari

I use Safari to proofread rendered xml.

I'm looking for a way to do RegEx searches inside a Safari window.

Solutions?

student organization

as a high school student a lot of files come through my computer. i have been using journler to organize all my files, journler entries, omnioutliner, pages, and the rest. smart folders and the other features keep it all organized. i want to know if there is any other program that would do the same as journler but more student centered. i do keep all my files in it as well so it cant be just a journal program. price isn't an issue.

 
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