Links
Below are programming related
links., business links and some links "Just Because". If you
know of other good links that you believe should be here or
have reciprocal links you want considered, please contact
us.
General Computer
These are not real exciting links,
but when you need them, you need them.
The Microsoft Home Page:
http://home.microsoft.com/
The Apple Computer Home Page:
http://www.apple.com/
The Home Page of Adobe
Systems:
http://www.adobe.com/
Technology and Business
Law
If you are in the programming
business, it is nice to know of a law firm that specializes
in technology, especially one that has an international
focus.
Douglas Turner Q. C.
Professional Corporation
http://www.thetechnologylawyers.net/
"Douglas Turner Q. C. Professional
Corporation is a small, specialized law firm based in the
Toronto area of Canada, but with members with national and
international qualifications. One of our Firm members is a
member of both the Ontario and New York bars. The Firm
continues to develop relationships with other law
practitioners with experience in technology litigation,
patent law, corporate financing and leasing as well as full
service corporate law firms, all of whom will work in
conjunction with Firm's on specific matters."
If you are in the programming
business, and not large, you are also an entrepreneur with
properties to protect.
Pinsky Law
http://www.pinskylaw.ca
Pinsky Law " assists entrepreneurs
in establishing their legal presence through corporate and
property interests, including intellectual property and
financing. At the stage when clients' businesses are large
enough, if necessary, the Firm is helping in partial
transition to large accounting, financial, or investment
firms. The Firm can continue in an advisory nature and help
with keeping an eye on the large firms which are sometimes
necessary for public finance and international business
transactions. The Firm has experience in effectively
policing for the client the work done by large bureaucratic
entities whose interests are not always those of the
entrepreneurial businessman."
Email
We take it for granted. We use it
every day. This one has been my favorite.
This is an Email program that has
been around in the Mac World for a long time. It is
available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Eudora
comes in three flavours: Full, Sponsored and Lite. Sponsored
and Lite versions are free. The full version comes with spam
and scam control features.
I have tried several Email clients
with the native send mail commands for FileMaker Pro. This
is the one that gives the most consistent results. If you
will be doing extensive emailing from a FileMaker Solution
that is not using plug ins, this is the client to
use.
A further plug ... I subscribe to
many technical list servers and make heavy use of filter
reports and multiple mail boxes. I have not found a client
that will handle this kind of traffic as well.
Update Nov. 2007 - Eudora is not
for sale any more. It has gone open source and is becoming
part of the Mozilla Project. However, versions of Eudora are
still available for download, free at the site
above.
PDF Creation
Acrobat Distiller - All
platforms
Adobe Systems is the originator of
the PDF format. They produce the most full featured PDF
creators. For more information go to Adobe
Systems:
http://www.adobe.com/
PDF's on OS X
On Macintosh OS X, PDF creation is
native to the operating system. To create PDF's, just use
the print command and from within the printer driver use the
"Save As PDF" option.
Macintosh Classic and
PrintToPDF
On Macintosh Classic try
PrintToPDF. This is a shareware print driver. Once
installed, just select it from the Chooser and create PDF's.
It is available from:
http://www.jwwalker.com/pages/pdf.html
Windows PDF Print
Driver
- There are many solutions on
Windows for this. Pdf995 was suggested to me by a real
estate appraiser who is constantly creating PDF's to ship
to his clients. Go to:
http://www.pdf995.com/
Forums
ehMac.ca is a Canadian web forum
devoted to Macintosh users. There are technical discussions
and a trading post section.
FMForums has many FileMaker on line
web forums covering all versions of FileMaker Pro and many
different topics.
List Servers
If you are not familiar with the
concept of Email List Servers, they are a wonderful low
bandwidth method of distributing information. They work as
follows:
1. You subscribe to the List
Server
2. When you have a question, you
compose an Email and send it out to the List Server
address.
3. It is received by the List
Server then sent out to all subscribers by the List
Server.
4. If some one, some where in the
world, has an answer to your question, they will post to the
list.
5. You will receive your
answer.
I have posted to list servers many
times with problems. In one instance I received posts back,
all with good answers, within an hour, from Canada, U. S.
A., Australia and Japan. It is hard to beat that kind of
communication.
Below are some links and
subscription addresses to list various servers.
The official catalog of LIST SERVE
Lists
If you are looking for a public
mailing list of interest to you, this is the place to go.
There is a searchable list of over 47,000 public
lists.
FileMaker Experts List
To subscribe send an email to
fmpexperts-off@lists.ironclad.net.au
ListSearch.com is run by OmniPilot.
From the above link you can join several technical
Lists:
Lasso Talk
Lasso Studio Talk
Acrobat Talk
Dreamweaver Talk
FileMaker Pro Talk
GoLive Talk
Indesign Talk
In addition OmniPilot archives the
following external Lists:
BBEdit Scripting
BBEdit Talk
Mailsmith Talk
TextWrangler Talk
Web Authoring
Plug-Ins - Further increasing
the functionality of FileMaker® Pro
The advent of Plug-Ins has given
third party functionality this program. Using plug-ins I
have been able to design specialty Email clients and perform
sophisticated file manipulation outside of the base program.
There are more Plug-Ins being released every day, so there
is no possibility of giving any form of exhaustive list
here. Currently there are Plug-ins for such diverse
functions as: Email transmission and reception, file
manipulation, data encrypting/decrypting, exterior
application manipulation, credit card authorization, higher
level mathematical calculations and graphing ... And the
list goes on. Below are two sites for companies I have used.
Both have several plug-in offerings.
Troi
Automatisering
http://www.troi.com/
I have used their File Plug-in for
manipulation of files exterior to the programs I was
building at the time. This is a very powerful
plug-in.
Comm-Unity Networking
Systems
http://www.cnsplug-ins.com/
I have used both SMPTit and POP3it
in building custom Email clients. I have used FTPit for file
transport between remote users and servers.
This site has a searchable plug in
list that is quite extensive.
General Interest
Links
This is a collection of links that
I am putting in "Just Because" in one way or another they
may be helpful to some people.
Gail McQueen - Professional
Home Economist
http://www.gailmcqueen.com
Gail is my wife. She is also
usually about 10 years ahead of time on nutrition related
issues. Many of the readers of these pages are in business
for themselves and all issues relating to health and
wellness become of importance when you find that you tend to
work yourself into the ground.
PowerBook 1400
Links
Some guys collect cars. I had one
PowerBook 1400. When I told people I was going to bring it
up to be usable, I was donated two more. I started looking
into the specs and upgrades and became a fan.
This is a 1996 vintage Apple Laptop
that was ahead of its time. It has 2 PCMCIA slots from a
time when there was no cardbus standard. It has it's
processor mounted on a daughterboard, so it is easily
upgradable. Buying the latest and greatest in accelerators
for this machine will give up to a 1600% (16x) speed boost.
There were two screen versions, one being one of the first
active matrix displays ever and the other being a
serviceable passive matrix display. It also has one of the
nicest keyboards and smallest footprints of any laptop ever.
The main one I have is going to become my absolute virus
proof web surfer/cafe cruiser.
Update Nov. 2007 - Mine is now
fitted out with a 333 MHz G3 Accelerator, full whopping 64
Mb of RAM, PCMCIA Wi-Fi card, a PCMCIA 2 GB compact flash
card formatted as a second hard drive and a new 30 GB
internal hard drive. I need a new battery for it and I want
to get a 466 MHz Accelerator, when I find a good Ebay or
other deal. It goes to Williams Coffee Pub from time to time
as a cafe cruiser ( can plug in there) and the rest of the
time it is my Kitchen Laptop, used for web surfing and
email.
The Penny Pinching Powerbook
Goes Wireless
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/09/05/cheap_powerbook.html
Wegener Media
http://www.wegenermedia.com/indexa.html
These people keep a selection of
parts for the 1400 at a reasonable price. The also have a
selection of parts for other older powerbooks.
System 7 Today
http://main.system7today.com/
This is a site for older Macintosh
computers. As the title says it is dedicated to System 7.
This site has methods of optimizing older machines,
available software to make older machines productive and a
Forum for discussion of older machines. It is a wonderful
site with great design and a 640 x 480 screen size retro
feel. A great resource for Powerbook 1400's and any other
similar vintage machine.
Some Local Links
This is the home of Al Doucette. He sells new and used
Windows desk top and lap top computers. He will also custom
build your computer to your specifications and does upgrades
and repairs up to and including screen replacement in lap
tops.
Marlene Mills heads up Team ChoreBusters. Marlene
believes strongly in environmentally friendly cleaning and
demands and gets product data sheets from her suppliers.
Team ChoreBusters does both residential cleaning and
commercial cleaning including store detailing.
Donna has many activities but here I would like to
highlight GoVenture. If you are starting a business you need
education that gives you the smarts to be up and running
quickly. This is exactly what GoVenture is all about. Well
worth checking out.
Tim is an investment advisor that understands that there
are three ways of making money: Income, Dividends and
Capital Gains. One shouldn't have all of ones eggs in
the"Captial Gains - I'll make it Rich When My Stock Goes Up
Or Lose It All" basket.
James Henderson does web sites, web applications and
iPhone applications. I have partnered with James to do
hybrid web/desktop applications. He also has methods of
making your web site updatable by you.
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