Macworld Secrets Create: What's in a Font?
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10.3: Create a minimal font panel
10.3: Create a minimal font panel
11/12/2003 01:09 PMAs you change the size of Cocoa's Font Panel, it is 'smart' about how
much information it displays. At its smallest, the panel reduces to
just three pop-up menus as seen at left -- Family, Typeface, and Size.
This makes for a...
Macworld review: Font Doctor 6
Macworld review: Font Doctor 6
05/28/2004 05:04 PMFont Doctor is a utility you don't ever want to have to use. But when
your fonts act funky or when they're in disarray, then Font Doctor 6
becomes your best friend. It not only repairs corrupt fonts and
organizes them into neat folders, but also converts Windows fonts into
Mac fonts, and vice versa. Now with a faster and simpler interface,
Font Doctor, which has been updated for Panther, is a great complement
to full-featured font-activation programs such as Suitcase, which
includes Font Doctor. The $20 upgrade price certainly makes upgrading
worthwhile for current users.
Macworld secrets: Mac 911
Macworld secrets: Mac 911
12/13/2003 03:43 AMDo you rue the range of your Graphite Base Station, seek softer
cell-phone ring tones, find PC viruses vexing, or loathe the
limitations of your iTunes music library? There's no need to feel
hemmed in by transitory travails when help is at hand. This month's
Mac 911 gives you a beneficial boost over each of these barriers.
Macworld secrets: Mac OS X Hints
Macworld secrets: Mac OS X Hints
12/02/2003 12:29 AMTake a look at some ways to see more in Finder windows, tweak your
iChat messages so they contain multiple lines, print pages to PDF,
assign multiple genres to iTunes tracks, know how much is in your
Trash, take advantage of Unix's redirection command, train Mail only
once, and more.
Macworld Secrets: .Mac Travel Tips
Macworld Secrets: .Mac Travel Tips
06/29/2004 10:56 AMApple's .Mac subscription service offers a wide array of functions for
Mac OS X users, from an e-mail account and the easiest Web-based
photo-sharing around to virus busters, backup software, and server
space for storing your files. But many people don't realize just how
much they can do with that $99 subscription. A lot of .Mac's functions
are hidden in its Web site, so subscribers must dig to discover them
all. The .Mac service can even keep you organized when you're between
computers, and those computers don't have to be Macs. Whether you're
traveling across the world or across town, .Mac can help keep your
contacts, e-mail, calendars, and files accessible, but not too
accessible, without much planning.
Macworld Secrets: Playing Live
Macworld Secrets: Playing Live
02/10/2004 02:43 AMMacworld Secrets Help Desk: Mac OS X
Hints
Macworld Secrets Help Desk: Mac OS X
Hints
04/13/2004 03:06 AMLearn a bit more about the Unix side of OS X, including hints on using
Terminal to convert manuals to PostScript, copy information to the
Clipboard, convert line breaks in text files, identify what's in a
given file, and open the current directory folder i
Macworld Secrets: Of Macs and MIDI
Macworld Secrets: Of Macs and MIDI
06/25/2004 10:39 AMAsk a typical Mac user the meaning of the term MIDI, and you'll
probably get one of two responses: "You mean those cheesy music files
you find on the cheesiest of Web sites?" or "Huh?" MIDI has gotten
something of a bad rap, thanks to the Web. But in fact, it's an
important music-making tool. The announcement of GarageBand earlier
this year has brought the MIDI discussion to mainstream Mac users --
and for good reason. Thanks to this marvelous application, even people
with the barest modicum of musical talent have turned their minds (and
ears) to the tuneful potential of the Mac. If you want to gain a
better understanding of what makes GarageBand groove, knowing a bit
about MIDI helps. We'll provide some background and show you how to
use MIDI files to expand GarageBand's repertoire.
Macworld Secrets: Animatics in Final Cut
Pro 4
Macworld Secrets: Animatics in Final Cut
Pro 4
12/22/2003 05:17 PMAnimatics are animated storyboards -- usually set to music, with sound
effects and temporary dialogue -- that professional filmmakers,
commercial agencies, and special-effects artists use to visualize the
look and tempo of their projects. To create your own animatic, all you
need is a set of storyboard drawings, a batch-capable scanner, and a
Mac equipped with Apple's $999 Final Cut Pro 4. With Final Cut Pro 4's
RT Extreme feature, you can preview the animatic in real time as you
build it. And when you're finished, you can output the animatic from
Final Cut Pro 4 to tape, DVD, or a Web site.
Macworld Secrets: Animate Your World
Macworld Secrets: Animate Your World
02/10/2004 02:43 AMMacworld Secrets: Colorful Photoshop
Macworld Secrets: Colorful Photoshop
07/07/2004 11:03 AMAdobe Photoshop CS is possibly the best program for manipulating
digital photographs. But it's also a capable program for coloring
scanned artwork. This is especially valuable because it's easier to
draw on paper, with a pencil or a pen, than it is to sketch on screen,
if only because you can see an entire piece of paper without zooming
or panning. And it can be easier to add colors in Photoshop than it is
to hassle with conventional paints or assemble fussy mechanicals. I'll
show you how to apply color to scanned line art in Photoshop.
Throughout this process, you won't harm a single stroke in the
original drawing. It really is the best of all worlds.
Macworld Secrets Geek Factor: I Spy with
iSight
Macworld Secrets Geek Factor: I Spy with
iSight
04/09/2004 03:55 PMIn several recent incidents, thieves have stolen equipment worth
thousands of dollars from Brigham Young University. The staff of one
department took matters into their own hands and set up a surveillance
camera. The perpetrators were promptly recorded and arrested. And no
high-end, expensive equipment was necessary -- just Apple's $150
iSight camera and a $20 software program called EvoCam.
Macworld Secrets: Mobile Mac Highway
Fidelity
Macworld Secrets: Mobile Mac Highway
Fidelity
06/18/2004 09:29 AMWhether you're commuting to work or headingacross country, nothing
beats music for passing the time. Until a few years ago, audio CDs
were the only way to get digital sound in your car. But now, thanks to
portable audio players, satellite radios, and MP3-compatible CD gear,
it's easier than ever to listen to clean, digital music on the road
(see "MP3s for the Road” for tips on burning MP3 discs). For a fee,
satellite radio receivers let you tap into 24-7 digital programming.
If you'd rather listen to your own tunes and playlists -- and many
more songs than a CD can hold -- an iPod is the way to go. Mobile
installations range from basic dashboard mounts to stealthy setups
that conceal the iPod and let you control it remotely. There's a
system for just about any car.
Macworld secrets: Hands on: Easy Mac
maintenance
Macworld secrets: Hands on: Easy Mac
maintenance
12/15/2003 05:47 PMJust like your car, your Mac needs routine maintenance in order to run
smoothly. Unlike your car, your Mac can perform some of this
maintenance on its own. Two important tasks to perform regularly are
Disk Utility's Repair Permissions and OS X's Unix maintenance scripts.
Macworld Secrets: Mobile Mac Laptop
Lockdown
Macworld Secrets: Mobile Mac Laptop
Lockdown
04/09/2004 03:55 PMLaptop owners adore PowerBooks and iBooks for their snazzy looks,
light weight, and excellent resale value. Unfortunately, thieves like
them for the very same reasons. And the person who steals your laptop
not only nabs your hardware but also may gain access to financial
records, corporate data, credit card numbers, and other sensitive
information. There are ways to protect your computer and your data.
Whether you lash down your laptop with steel cables or apply
military-grade data encryption across your hard drive, protecting your
laptop takes some effort -- but it may be easier than you expect.
Macworld Secrets Digital Hub: Give
iMovie New Powers
Macworld Secrets Digital Hub: Give
iMovie New Powers
04/24/2004 03:40 AMApple's iMovie 4 includes dozens of visual effects,scene transitions,
and title formats. Used tastefully and sparingly, these extras add
finesse to a movie and lend a professional touch. But some projects
require something a little more creative than what iMovie's built-in
tools can provide.
FileMaker shows how "to manage all that
you create" at Macworld
FileMaker shows how "to manage all that
you create" at Macworld
01/03/2005 12:03 PMFileMaker on Monday announced it will spotlight how FileMaker Pro 7
helps "to manage all that you create," at the Macworld Conference and
Expo in San Francisco from January 10-14 at The Moscone Center.
FileMaker's booth at the exposition will be handing out trial software
CDs as well as featuring demonstrations of the FileMaker 7 product
line and a special appearance of America 24/7 book publisher Rick
Smolan.
UPDATE: Dark
Horse Comic-Con Guest List
UPDATE: Dark
Horse Comic-Con Guest List
07/20/2004 01:15 PMDark Horse has updated their list of comic book creators who will be
appearing in their booth (#2715) during Comic-Con. Several
Star
Wars creators will be signing at the show on Friday, aka
"Star
Wars Day". Click
here
for all the details.
UPDATE: A Jedi
Journals Holiday Special
UPDATE: A Jedi
Journals Holiday Special
12/24/2004 12:32 PMJedi Journals
returns with a special Holiday presentation of the Crimson Jack
storyline from Marvel
Star Wars #11-15. Crimson Jack and Jolli
return to torment Han Solo, while Luke battles beasts on the
waterworld of Drexel!
Click on thru to the
update section for the access to the individual issues.
*Issues are now available.
UPDATE: Jawa's
Roasting Over An Open Fire
UPDATE: Jawa's
Roasting Over An Open Fire
08/19/2004 12:55 PMEuropean retailer, and
Euro.rebelscum.com sponsor,
The Hairy Fairy has sent out
word that this year's Christmas special is currently known to
retailers as "Holiday Set 2004 Jawas". More word on this as we receive
it.
* We have heard a rumour that these Jawas
will come as the Three Wise Men, possibly inspired by the 1994
Lucasfilm Christmas card (click on the thumbnail above). Thanks Gus.
Rebelscum Costume
Contest Reminder
Rebelscum Costume
Contest Reminder
10/29/2003 10:14 AMJust a reminder that we are still accepting Halloween costume entries
here at Rebelscum.com. We've added 14 new entries recently as well,
stop in
here to
check them out!
Update:
Wal-Mart Early Bird Clarification
Update:
Wal-Mart Early Bird Clarification
04/08/2005 10:37 AMHasbro updates with a clarification on just what exactly you need to
do to redeem your Early Bird Certificate. No mention of what is
required if you purchased your set from walmart.com, but what is known
has been posted
here.
*: Jeremy Kline writes in to let us know the
walmart.com details:
I just got off the phone with Hasbro...and they said that if we
ordered the Early Bird Certificate off Walmart.com that we need to
send in the original packing slip that came in the box along with the
UP Code.
Good news...thanks Jeremy.
UPDATE: Star Wars
Encuentros 2004
UPDATE: Star Wars
Encuentros 2004
04/17/2004 06:18 AMWe've already mentioned this great show going on in Mexico City on
July 16 - 18, but Starwars.com have posted an official blurb on it
all.
Check it out here!
* Rebelscum reader Pablo Carrizales Sosa
informs us to check out the official Star Wars Encuentros website at
http://www.starwarsencuentro
s.com/!
UPDATE: ROTS
LEGO Mini-Figs
UPDATE: ROTS
LEGO Mini-Figs
12/19/2004 03:15 PMClick through for a slew of brand new mini-figs from the LEGO
Revenge of the Sith collection.
UPDATE: Droids
And Ewoks DVD Covers Online
UPDATE: Droids
And Ewoks DVD Covers Online
08/27/2004 03:20 PMDVD
Toons has posted the DVD cover artwork for Droids and Ewoks. They
are being released under the "Star Wars Animated Adventures" banner.
Looks for them on 11/23/2004. Check the link above for the cover
images. Thanks to Ralph for the alert!
*More info on this has been posted at
Starwars.com!
REMINDER: When
Star Wars Ruled The World
REMINDER: When
Star Wars Ruled The World
09/17/2004 12:40 PMJust a reminder in case you forgot last weekend's story...
"When
Star Wars Ruled the World" will premiere on VH1 tomorrow,
chronicling the making of the classic trilogy. Complete with
interviews from a large list of
Star Wars cast, creators and
fans, this hour-long documentary will take viewers back to the days
when whole world wanted to wield a lightsaber (Like they don't now?)
Click here for more on the show, and
click here for several sneek peak
videos from the show.
UPDATE: Master
Replicas Battle Damaged Maul Saber
UPDATE: Master
Replicas Battle Damaged Maul Saber
12/02/2003 12:27 AMMaster Replicas announced to its Collectors Society members
today the availability to order a Darth Maul Battle Damaged
Lightsaber. Kindly being referred to as a half-Maul. It will be
available to order by Collectors Society members on December 4 and
everybody else on December 5. There was no price or edition size in
the email announcement.
UPDATE: I've added preview photos of the saber
above, as well as this
other side photo here.
UPDATE: Darth
Maul Bust-Ups Chase Variant
UPDATE: Darth
Maul Bust-Ups Chase Variant
12/22/2004 01:33 AMWhile the Princess Leia and Darth Vader Bust-Ups variant have been
discussed, it now appears there is a Darth Maul chase variant as well.
Thanks to NS_Stormtrooper for the heads up, and to GGS for the
confirmation.
*New scan added.
UPDATE: Star Wars
Fans’ Choice Figure Poll Results
UPDATE: Star Wars
Fans’ Choice Figure Poll Results
03/06/2004 02:00 AMWell, you have the power to choose and as of 7:00 AM EST March 5th
2004 the winner is looking to be the Imperial Scanning Crew Trooper
with 28% of the vote! Will there be any corrections in the numbers
due to fraud? We'll have to wait for the official word from Hasbro.
You have until 12:00 Noon today to make a difference, if you haven't
voted yet,
click
here to cast your vote!
* Imperial Scanning Crew Trooper sweeps the
contest with 28.21% of the vote! I doubt there were any hanging
chads, so a recount is out of the question!
Conspiracy theory of the day: Dell
Laptop with built-in keylogger color="red">(Update: HOAX)
Conspiracy theory of the day: Dell
Laptop with built-in keylogger color="red">(Update: HOAX)
06/17/2005 03:34 PMMark Frauenfelder:
Reader comment: Marc Hedlund presents the
best argument for this thing being a hoax: "A search for the name of
the FOIA officer in the letter turns up this letter, which uses the
same logo and the same address as the one in the 'keylogger' story.
Note also that the 'file number' is the *same* on the two letters. It
looks to me like the keylogger poster just overlaid new text in the
body of the letter." Link
I'm not sure what to make of this, really. This website has a
report by an anonymous person who says he bought a new Dell laptop and
discovered what he claims is a "keyboard logger" -- a chip that stores
keystrokes. He says he called Dell's tech support and asked them about
it:
"they said, and I quote, 'The intregrated service tag
identifier is there for assisting customers in the event of lost or
misplaced personal information.' He then hung up."
He then call the police, who told him to call the Department of
Homeland Security:
"they told me to submit a Freedom of Information Act
request. This is what I got:" (Click on thumbnails for
enlargement)
Is this a hoax? The page seems to be the only accessible page on the
site (www.chromance.de), which has a German top level domain.
Link (Thanks,
Rev!)
Update: Phil Torrone says: "I did an
investi-MAKE-ion. I think the keylogger thing is a hoax. the images from the site
are from here. The
memo/letter thing of course looks fakey too.
"I think
this is far scarier." (This points to an article that says the
U.S. Department of Justice is looking into making ISPs store "records
of e-mail, browsing or chat-room activity months after ISPs ordinarily
would have deleted the logs -- if they were ever kept in the first
place.")
Reader comment: Tian says: "The letter accompanied with
the story about Dell laptop's keylogger is
fake as well. If you do a search for dept. of homeland security's
logo, it is a blue colour circular logo with an eagle in it. The one
on the fake letter is a five-pointed star, which is commonly used for
Sheriff's office." Link
UPDATE: New
Unleashed Figure Details
UPDATE: New
Unleashed Figure Details
09/08/2004 04:24 PM
StarWars.com has updated with new details on the next wave of their
popular line of Unleashed
statues: IG-88, Aurra Sing, and a Stormtrooper. Click on the
thumbnails above for the full scoop.
* Hasbro has added pretty much the same info.
Click here for their report.
UPDATE: Hasbro:
Comic Con Announcement
UPDATE: Hasbro:
Comic Con Announcement
07/13/2004 11:56 AMSneak peeks, free posters, free cardbacks and a free figure? Can it
all be true? Read on . . .
UPDATE:
Rebelscout: J'Quille At Retail
UPDATE:
Rebelscout: J'Quille At Retail
01/29/2004 03:49 AMRebelscum readers and
forum regulars
jangofly and ghost from K.C. report spotting the hot new Jabba's
Palace assortment at their local Wal-Mart store in Overland Park,
Kansas. The wave includes Luke Hologram, a new Lando Skiff Guard,
J'Quille, and Special Edition Rebo Band addition Rappertunie. Already
reported shipping from overseas, collectors would do well to watch for
this wave at a store nearest you soon. Happy hunting!
UPDATE: Additional reports have been rolling
in, keep your eyes pealed! Thanks to jangofly for the images.
Font Doctor 6: Font-Organization And
-Repair Software Gets Better And Faster
Font Doctor 6: Font-Organization And
-Repair Software Gets Better And Faster
05/26/2004 06:02 AMFont Doctor easily and expertly repairs and organizes fonts. If you
have cross-platform problems, Font Doctor will fix them. By Andrew
Shalat, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)
Set relative font scaling in Cocoa apps'
font panel
Set relative font scaling in Cocoa apps'
font panel
05/07/2004 09:02 AMHere's a small tip, which is way old (from NEXTSTEP): The size field
on the font panel in Cocoa apps (Command-T) can calculate sizes. Say
you want to make all the fonts bigger in an RTF TextEdit document.
Just select the whol...
color=339933 size=+1>Storm Hawk
color=339933 size=+1>Storm Hawk
12/19/2004 03:47 PMA GPS weather handheld, Storm Hawk makes a great gift for geeks.
UPDATE: A Very
Special Treat
UPDATE: A Very
Special Treat
12/24/2004 12:32 PMGentle Giant Studios has a very special 'thank you' shipping out to
some of their closest friends and associates. This Silver and Gold
Edition Sandtrooper Mini-Bust will be limited to just 200 pieces,
making it
the prized centerpiece in any Star Wars collection.
*More images and details have been added!
Forums Open
Forums Open
01/16/2004 11:05 AMThe task of reindexing the forums didn't run as smoothly as it should
have, but all appears back to normal now. We also cleared the forum
cache so pages might run a bit slow to begin with but will speed up as
the day goes on. If you enounter any problem please post them in the
Announcements section.
Happy Fourth Of
July
Happy Fourth Of
July
07/04/2004 09:12 AMThe barbecues will be getting a workout here in the U.S. today as we
celebrate Independence day. Mike Verta sent along this really
beautiful R2-D2 celebration graphic. Happy Fourth to all!
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