Looks like the gang at Konfabulator are pissed!
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Daily Download: "Nomad for Love
(Cannibal)," Gang Gang Dance
Daily Download: "Nomad for Love
(Cannibal)," Gang Gang Dance
04/19/2005 09:42 AMSmudged and glimmery experimental art jam from Brooklyn's Gang Gang
Dance.
.PISSED
.PISSED
02/10/2004 03:00 AMThe Eye Q Games website is a little behind schedule. Only by a few
hours. It will probably take me until tomorrow to iron this last
problem out. I've been staring at code all day, for almost 12 hours
now. All the Unit Tests in the world aren't going to help this one.
The webserver keeps telling me that my prepared SQL statement in my
Datamanagement Class is not providing the necessary fields. One I know
the field is there. Two, the unit tests work. But when I run it
through an ASPX file, it breaks. Hmmph. I hope I don't have to go
through the hassle of Unit Testing the Web Pages too. Yecch.
Pissed
Pissed
06/05/2005 11:33 PMI am deeply disappointed in the season 1 finale of Ghost in the Shell:
Stand Alone Complex. I'll liken it to that one season...
GV is pissed.
GV is pissed.
11/15/2003 07:52 PM Gore
Vidal releases new book about the founding fathers, has some words for
the current administration. Vidal: But mostly we find the sort of
corruption Franklin predicted. Ours is a totally corrupt society. The
presidency is for sale. Whoever raises the most money to buy TV time
will probably be the next president. This is corruption on a major
scale.
Enron was an eye-opener to naive lovers of modern capitalism. Our
accounting brotherhood, in its entirety, turned out to be corrupt, on
the take. With the government absolutely colluding with them and not
giving a damn.
Bush’s friend, old Kenny Lay, is still at large and could just as
well start some new company tomorrow. If he hasn’t already. No one
is punished for squandering the people’s money and their pension
funds and for wrecking the economy.
So the corruption predicted by Franklin bears its terrible fruit. No
one wants to do anything about it. It’s not even a campaign issue.
Once you have a business community that is so corrupt in a society
whose business is business, then what you have is, indeed, despotism.
It is the sort of authoritarian rule that the Bush people have given
us.
Po Bronson should be pissed at me.
Po Bronson should be pissed at me.
02/04/2003 11:54 PMWhy? If you perform a google search for "What Should I do with My
Life" (the title of his book), you'll find that the official web site
for his book is in third position. His article in FastCompany is
first...
This time, I'm pissed off
This time, I'm pissed off
08/07/2004 08:35 AMOk, answer me this: What kind of a dim-witted fuck one has to be to
rewrite the soundtrack of "
Animal House"? Get
rid of all the cool 60's music and replace them with completely
meaningless, forgettable, and BAD 80s rock music? Who could forget
the "
Wonderful World"
playing in the background of the cafeteria scene? Apparently the
mush-for-brains who thought it would be cool to create some "new
music" for it, so that "it becomes better".
Let me give you a free hint (if you're reading this, you smelly
rodent): Old movies don't become better if you change them. Movies
are not about the mechanic combination of moving pictures, dialogue
and soundtrack; their meaning is created within the people, as
an aggregate of memories, moods, people you were with, feelings that
you felt, and other soft things like those. You don't retroactively
mess with them.
Also, the people who think that E.T.
becomes better by replacing the guns with walkie-talkies, or the word
"terrorist" with the word "hippie", please do
shove your head up your neighbour's ass and suffocate painfully. Your
neighbour might even like it.
Angry now. Bloody fucking angry.
(For Finns: Don't buy the DVD that's currently on sale in many places
(at least Stockmann's). Unless you wanna ruin your memories.)
"John Cole as pissed off as he is now"
"John Cole as pissed off as he is now"
12/10/2003 10:15 PMJapanese pissed over DRM Restrictions
Japanese pissed over DRM Restrictions
05/26/2004 04:15 AMSeems Japanese TV Viewers are complaining about DRM restrictions.
Being they are not used to having to deal with such harsh copy /
copyright restrictions they have every right to complain they pay for
their programming as most of us do. I think the backlash will be the
loudest in the United States when the heavy hand of the MPAA and RIAA
start affecting peoples fair use rights. [Slashdot]
Hidden Monkey—Pissed Off Tiger
Hidden Monkey—Pissed Off Tiger
03/22/2005 09:53 PM
My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable Monkey-style defeats
Tiger-style {embedded vid}
Lyle, July 2: pissed on side of house
Lyle, July 2: pissed on side of house
07/06/2004 01:25 PM
New Blogs! No, I'm not
talking about
Michael
Moore. I mean that
Every Member of the
Cast of
Achewood (even
Molly) has
now started a
freakin'
weblog. Hell of
pointless ambitious...
Apple is pissed that Real has hacked
their format
Apple is pissed that Real has hacked
their format
07/30/2004 03:44 AMI buy my music tunes where I see fit and am very happy that
RealNetworks is putting the screws to iTunes and now the technical not
inclined can buy from two sources. [Information Week]
Would you be pissed if it took 3 months
to order a Microsoft Product
Would you be pissed if it took 3 months
to order a Microsoft Product
09/23/2004 04:59 AMHow would you like something you ordered canceled a half dozen
times. The story I am linking to is not that uncommon and Microsoft is
not the only company that has automated to the point that purchases
get canceled for the stupidest reasons. Humans are not that much
better and those manning the sales phone lines are usually underpaid
and overworked. Read the saga this poor fellow went thru. [Dots and Dashes]
Pissed Off Customer Sends 10,000 Text
Messages
Pissed Off Customer Sends 10,000 Text
Messages
06/04/2004 08:57 AM
An angry Kiwi man
sent roughly 2,580 text messages a day in May to protest his mobile
company's decision to cancel its unlimited text messaging deal, for a
total of 80,012 for the whole month. He got his point across, however
futile it might be in the end -- while his current unlimited plan
costs only $6.29 a month, after the rate hike the same amount of
messaging would cost more than $10,000.
Read [AZCentral via PhoneMag]
Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal
Penn State Students Pissed Off About
Napster Deal
11/07/2003 03:13 AMThis probably wasn't what administrators at Penn State were expecting
after working out the deal to let on-campus students
acces
s Napster music streams without charge to the students. Instead
of being happy, many Penn State students are
pisse
d off at administrators for wasting their money. Despite the Penn
State claims that the service is "free", clearly the university is
paying for the service, and those fees will be reflected in tuition -
or at least, they'll be withheld from something else on campus. The
students say they don't want to be
forced to pay money to a
recording industry they don't agree with, who is giving them something
of extremely limited value (no downloads, just a limited choice of
streams - and only if you happen to be on campus).
Reality-TV human baby giveaway,
pissed-off Uri Geller claims trademark
breach
Reality-TV human baby giveaway,
pissed-off Uri Geller claims trademark
breach
04/29/2004 01:32 PMThe ABC-TV program 20/20 will air a contest between five couples on
the show this Friday -- the winners get to adopt a real-live, pooping,
crying baby. So, let me get this straight. You can't say "fuck," but
you
can broadcast a raffle for a human being?
What's that? You say the program and host Barbara Walters have gone
too far this time? What do you know about television? ABC knows a
winner when it sees it and this is Nielsen gold, my friend. A reality
show with a human life on the line -- all disguised as news
programming. Let the other shows have half-naked people betraying each
other on a deserted island. Give them the half-naked people eating
buckets of bug eyes. And the half-naked people putting up with Donald
Trump. And the half-naked people trying to get other half-naked people
to marry them.
Link to SJ Merc story,
Link to NY
Post story (
Thanks to several BB readers who pointed to this,
including Iain Cooper)
UPDATE: STOP PRESS! The real scandal here? Celebrity
spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller is outraged at news of the 20/20 baby
giveaway episode. He's planning legal action, and claims he owns a
worldwide patent on any reality TV show that involves winning a baby.
"I will speak to my patent attorney," says Geller, "I own the idea."
Whatever, dear BoingBoing readers, but let me set the record straight:
I own the patent on any reality-TV show involving live
mudwrestling smackdowns between Uri Geller and Barbara Walters, and I
will personally bend the spoon of anyone who forgets it. Link to Reuters story.
"Konfabulator"
"Konfabulator"
06/28/2004 08:15 PMKonfabulator 1.5.2
Konfabulator 1.5.2
10/31/2003 04:03 PMRun custom Widgets on your desktop with this JavaScript runtime
engine.
Konfabulator 2.0
Konfabulator 2.0
06/22/2005 01:58 AMBefore there was Dashboard, there was Konfabulator. While Apple was
working on bringing Dashboard to Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), Konfabulator
was getting ready for Windows. Ars Technica reviews Konfabulator 2.0
for Windows.
Konfabulator manages little programs called "widgets"
that do little tasks that you probably perform frequently and should
be all but completely automated. For example, think about what's
needed to check the weather report online. You could fire up a web
browser, navigate to your favorite site, punch in your ZIP code... You
could also get a little system tray app that continuously polls a
weather service. This is an improvement, but it takes up prime real
estate on your screen. Instead, you can use the Konfabulator weather
widget. It provides a small graphical display of the weather for the
next few days.
Konfabulator still runs on Mac OS X, but this review looks at the
Windows version. If you are a Windows user who has been wondering what
all the fuss over Dashboard is about, now's the chance to see for
yourself.
Konfabulator Updated
Konfabulator Updated
12/09/2003 08:26 AMArlo Rose and Perry Clarke have released
Konfabulator
1.5.3, and update to their JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X.
Version 1.5.3 includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Konfabulator, which run little programs called Widgets, sells for $25
and requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
If you own a copy of Konfabulator, be sure to try out the
dotmac.info Konfabulator Widget which lets you put
dotmac.info right on your desktop.
The Konfabulator Controversy
The Konfabulator Controversy
06/30/2004 10:45 PMinessential.com:
Weblog: What should Apple do?: There's a bit of a controversy
brewing in Macland about the WWDC
conference and the Konfabulator knockoff Apple
introduced called Dashboard.
The theory is that Apple saw a great third-party app that people
loved, and decided it needed to be part of the OS itself.
Apple can’t do everything — they need other
developers to make software for OS X too. What concerns me is the
message the Dashboard thing sends. It goes like this, "If you come up
with a good idea and develop a successful product, we might copy it
and bundle it for free with the OS."
The Konfabulator folks, for their part, are having some fun with
it, poking fun of the posters that poked fun at Microsoft with a
banner on
their site that says, "Cupertino [where Apple is based], start your
photocopiers!"
Konfabulator was apparently written by some ex-Apple employes, and
they had this to say:
Regarding the conspiracy theory about Konsposé and prior
knowledge of Dashboard, here's the scoop. We knew Dashboard was
coming, and we'd been told by *many* people that it was being
developed as a "Konfabulator Killer". We never knew the specifics of
it other than it was rumored to be the exact same thing as
Konfabulator integrated at the system level. We didn't know that it
was going to be touted as part of Exposé, and we didn't know that
their format was going to be closer to a web page than a structured
XML file.
The threat of having the OS subsume your original work is a threat
Windows developers have lived with for years. I've always wondered
what happened to WinZip and PKZip sales
when Windows XP was introduced with integrated zip
functionality.
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Konfabulator Updated to 1.7
Konfabulator Updated to 1.7
06/26/2004 09:39 AMUpdates the system utility with Konsposé, a hotkey that brings
all your running Widgets forward, separating them from the rest of
your desktop environment. Version 1.7 also features international text
support, a Danish translation, and more. Konfabulator utilizes
XML/JavaScript-based Widgets that can include AppleScript, Unix calls,
and other system/Internet functions.
Update: Konfabulator 1.7
Update: Konfabulator 1.7
06/28/2004 09:54 AMThe JavaScript runtime engine for Widgets adds Konpose, which reveals
all Widgets for editing or interacting, plus international text
support, hot keys that are not function keys, and other changes.
Konfabulator: An App The Mac Can Brag
About
Konfabulator: An App The Mac Can Brag
About
12/16/2003 01:57 AMKonfabulator was created by Arlo Rose and Perry Clarke, two software
developers who met while working as Sun Microsystems (nasdaq:SUNW -
news - people ). Clarke had been dreaming of an application that would
provide attractive-looking mini-applications that would sit on the
desktop and constantly provide useful information.
Konfabulator V1.8.3 Download
Konfabulator V1.8.3 Download
12/24/2004 12:41 PM What sets Konfabulator apart from other scripting applications is
that it takes full advantage of today's advanced graphics. This allows
Widgets to blend fluidly into your desktop without the constraints of
traditional window borders. Toss in some sliding and fading, and these
little guys are right at home in Windows XP and Mac OS X.
Updated: Konfabulator 1.5.6
Updated: Konfabulator 1.5.6
02/10/2004 02:46 AMNew in this Version: Made Desktop level Widgets stay on desktop when
ExposŽ moves windows off-screen. Fixed graphical glitch that affected
rotated images. Fixed "transparent lines" problem with sliding text.
Added JavaScript "system" variables:
Update: Konfabulator 1.6
Update: Konfabulator 1.6
04/16/2004 10:28 AMKonfabulator adds animated GIF support, improved behavior with Expose,
non-rectangular image support, an updated JavaScript engine, and other
changes.
Dashboard vs. Konfabulator
Dashboard vs. Konfabulator
06/30/2004 02:24 PMThe post-WWDC peanut gallery is atwitter with the idea that
Tiger’s
Dashboard is a blatant rip-off of Konfabulator.
Other News: Konfabulator Controversy
Other News: Konfabulator Controversy
07/02/2004 10:04 AMJohn Gruber weighs in with commentary on the WWDC
Konfabulator-Dashboard dust-up.
MacGamer Konfabulator Review
MacGamer Konfabulator Review
03/19/2003 10:25 PMPat Miller: "Opening the Konfabulator application at first
produces no blatantly visible change to your computer - all it does is
add a little menu to your menu bar. Rather, Konfabulator is a
JavaScript runtime that lets you run all sorts of neat little
mini-apps, called "Widgets", by plugging them into
Konfabulator. It's kind of like how ye olde Desk Accessories (does
anyone actually remember those) of yore should have been."
Konsposé introduced with Konfabulator
1.7
Konsposé introduced with Konfabulator
1.7
06/26/2004 02:27 PMKonfabulator
1.7 is now out and ready for downloading. Along with international
font support and better developer tools, this update will bring
"Konsposé." Konsposé, similar to
Panther's Exposé, is a hotkey that brings all your
running Widgets forward on a background that separates them from the
rest of your desktop environment.
Konfabulator winners announced
Konfabulator winners announced
03/13/2003 10:15 AMThe March 1 deadline has come and gone, and two great Spymac
Konfabulator Widgets were submitted to us in time.
We'll skip the "community voting" phase and just give both contestants
a copy of Konfabulator. Congratulations.
Thalez's Forum widget and Seven5's Gallery creation both keep track
of recent additions to Spymac right from your desktop. Our own team is
working on producing enhanced XML streams for our Chat and Gallery
system, opening up the door for future Spymac...
Konfabulator gets Konspose feature
Konfabulator gets Konspose feature
06/28/2004 02:42 PMKonfabulator has added a feature called Konspose, which is designed as
the "hip younger brother" of the Expose feature in Mac OS X 10.3
(Panther)...
Pixoria announces Konfabulator v1.6
Pixoria announces Konfabulator v1.6
04/16/2004 10:16 AMPixoria today announced a new version of Konfabulator, a JavaScript
runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run little files called
Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can
be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your AirPort signal
strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred
symbols, and even give your current local weather.
Konfabulator 1.6 optimized for Panther
Konfabulator 1.6 optimized for Panther
04/16/2004 10:20 AMKonfabulator 1.6 is the latest version of the Mac OS X software that
lets you run small files called widgets, which "can do pretty much
whatever you want them to."...
Konspose key comfiguration comes to
Konfabulator
Konspose key comfiguration comes to
Konfabulator
07/28/2004 12:46 PMAttention,
Konfabulator users! Want to configure Konsposé's
hot key? Want to change Konsposé's background? Want to make your
Widgets only show up in Konsposé? These are no longer a problem!
Konfabulator 1.7.1 allows you to do all those, and includes fixes for
lots of user reported bugs and issues.
Good stuff!
Konfabulator 1.7.1 adds new Konsposé
options, more
Konfabulator 1.7.1 adds new Konsposé
options, more
07/27/2004 04:41 PMArlo Rose and Perry Clarke have updated their Widget creator
Konfabulator to version 1.7.1,
which adds new options for Konsposé in addition to fixing
several bugs and adding performance enhancements. Konsposé was
introduced in Konfabulator 1.7 as a way to bring forward all your
Widgets by pressing the F8 key. The 1.7.1 upgrade adds a preference
pane in the Gear menu that allows you to switch Konsposé to a
different key and decide whether to use a simpler version of it if
you're running an older Mac. This is a free update for registered
users, while new ones can expect to pay a US$25 license fee.
Konfabulator requires Mac OS X v10.2 or higher.
Digital Forest, Bryce, and Konfabulator
on YML
Digital Forest, Bryce, and Konfabulator
on YML
06/30/2004 02:38 AMYour Mac Life, an Internet-based Mac radio show hosted by Shawn King,
has announced the lineup for this evening's broadcast (8:30 p.m...
Dashboard != Konfabulator = Desk
Accessories
Dashboard != Konfabulator = Desk
Accessories
06/30/2004 04:25 PMJohn Gruber has chimed in on the Dashulator/Konfabuboard controversy
in his usual long detailed way. Dashboard vs. Konfabulator Dashboard
is not a rip-off...
Dashboard, Konfabulator differences
becoming clearer
Dashboard, Konfabulator differences
becoming clearer
06/30/2004 04:02 PMMac pundit John Gruber has written an excellent overview of the
current snafu concerning Apple's new Dashboard and Arlo Rose's
Konfabulator...
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