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'Actiontastic will be free and open source'

"Actiontastic will be free and open source"

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Yojimbo Data Loss

I upgraded to the Leopard-Intel MacBook in November.

All of my webarchives are now blank. Everything that I've made before or since the upgrade is gone. The lable of the file is the only thing left.

The Yojimbo website mentions nothing about it. Thier support forum looks kind of clunky (I'm no computer geek, though).

As soon as I can get the Mac Book hooked up to the internet I will load the Release Date: 12/05/2007 - Yojimbo 1.5 update.

How should I proceed? I'm dumb about computers so any perpective would help.

Thanks.

TOPICS: Mac OS X

Cable Management

Cable Management

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3" x 5" grid index cards in Denmark?

Any ideas on where to purchase 3" x 5" grid/quadrille/graph index cards over here in Europe? None of the vendors listed on Amazon.com ship to Denmark and neither Amazon UK nor Staples UK seem to carry anything but the ruled/blank variants.

My local office supply store charges a preposterous 50DKK ($9,48 at the current exchange rate) for a pack of 100 ruled cards. I'm starting to think grid just isn't considdered chic over here.

Acom Data hard drives?

Acom Data hard drives?

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The Perfection Uncertainty Principal

Maybe I'm just lowering my standards, but I'm beginning to believe that trying to create the perfect "thing" (presentation, lesson plan, movie, album) is a bit like quantum mechanics. As I understand the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal, the position and speed of a particle cannot be simultaneously known. By observing it, you nix your ability to measure it's speed.

Now here's what's I'm starting to think:

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For you wallet-heads :)

For you wallet-heads :)

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My lofi system isn't working as well as I had hoped. Help needed.

My lofi system isn't working as well as I had hoped. Help needed.

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TOPICS: Lofi

Better To-Do List software tool?

Better To-Do List software tool?

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Color-coded hPDA cards?

Color-coded hPDA cards?

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TOPICS: Lofi
 
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