Of all the people
who could create a Universal OS X boot disk (*cough* Apple *cough*), is anyone surprised that MacOSXHints (as
far as I know) got there first? Top it off with the fact that they also created a NetBoot image and, well… now
they’re just making everyone else look bad (*cough!*).

href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060322054212363">This article at MacOSXHints describes the
first half of the process - creating a Universal, bootable image of OS X - and it sounds pretty darn easy. The second
step - enabling the Universal image with NetBoot superpowers - is href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060323085045578">right here. I haven’t used either of these
(since I don’t have a shiny Intel Mac anyway), but they both sound like pretty simple little tricks. Enjoy.

I’ve been on a
productivity kick ever since I found that href="http://www.tuaw.com/2006/03/28/kinkless-getting-things-done-0-83-released/">kGTD plugin for OmniOutliner, and
I thought this script/app would be a nice addition to the collection of anyone who works in a collaborative environment,
especially for those who live and die by email or just can’t seem to remember to do X at X o’clock.

href="http://scriptbuilders.net/files/icalmail1.3.html">iCalMail 1.3 sets up a new calendar into which you can add
events that will automatically email anyone you want at the event’s time. iCalMail is clever too, allowing you to use
different fields of the iCal event to compose each email, and the breakdown works like this:

• event
  name -> subject
• location -> attachment 
• attendees -> recipients 
• notes field -> message text

I haven’t tested this yet, but it seems like a great idea,
especially since there is a method for including attachments. Check out the script at ScriptBuilders, as well as more
information at Chris J. Shull’s site.

I know there
are various plugins, addons, widgets and thingamabobs that will allow Safari to bookmark a group of tabs you have open.
If you haven’t installed any of these extras or you’re just an applescript fan at heart, I found a one-trick script over
at ScriptBuilders that should pull this trick off
just fine. However, I haven’t tested this yet, and the script’s page doesn’t state whether its compatible with Tiger
and/or Panther, so if you try it out, please post your thoughts.

Tomorrow
marks the 30th anniversary of Apple’s existence. Since I
haven’t seen a whole lot of rumors or speculation as to what awe-inspiring products Apple might launch (if any) in
celebration, I thought it might be a good time to reflect on TAM, Apple’s Twentieth Anniversar Mac, of which only
12,000 were made. As a nice tech-related reality check: these 250 MHz powerhouses were introduced in 1997 for a
whopping $7,499.

I’m not trying to waste my time on a prediction or stir up commotion. I simply thought it
would be neat to reflect on how Apple celebrated their last decade’s anniversary. Check out more details, specs and
reminiscience of the TAM over at LowEndMac.

Xerox.
Kleenex. iPod.

What do they all have in common? They are all brand names that have come to define their
category, at least that’s what this article argues. />
Xerox and Kleenex certainly have transcended being a brand, but are people now calling all MP3 players iPods?
It seems like the answer is yes, and is that a bad thing? Certainly not for Apple, though other MP3 player
manufacturers might not be so keen on it.

/>Think you know your Apple history? Well, we’ll just see about that. The BBC has a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4860790.stm">10 question quiz about all things Apple. Take the quiz,
and post your results in the comments.

I got 9 out of 10.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

If you
like Mars, Nasa has the application for you. Mars24 tracks the
time of day for numerous locations on Mars (those are Martian days, by the way).

It is free, and
interesting. Isn’t that what we all want in our software?

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