I was going to add the latest installment of my struggles with Panther font management but I didn't even add my last one which was that we got us a hot hot double-pack of my beloved Alsoft Disk Warrior and the mysterious unknown Alsoft Master Juggler at Macworld last month.
(I didn't mention we went to Macworld either? I'm sorry, I've been distracted. I got to play with an iPod Mini. It's adorable and all but dame, 4 GB? That's like for people who don't even like music. I gots over 21 GB of stuff on my 40 GB (his name is Elliott and he is cute) without even hardly trying. My latest adds are Stereolab's Margerine Eclipse, Air's Talkie Walkie and the Franz Ferdinand album. Ooh, Franz Ferdinand, I'll have to talk about them more later. What was that I said about being distracted?)
So Master Juggler, that's font management, though you'd never tell by the name of it. It's a pretty hot setup. It works in the background and doesn't have to be up and active and loaded simply to get the system to cooperate with the system fonts (hey Suitcase 'sup). I can throw a lot of crap in it and it doesn't die? And I can check out samples like in two seconds? What what is it for real? It doesn't make tons of copies of my font files all over the place (I'm telling you, FONT RESERVE, I'm sure I've got at least 2 GB of unnecessary space taken up on my HD from duplicate font files). The only problem is that it's really supersensitive to corrupt fonts which is, naturally, the point and all, except adding one won't necessarily kill it? Yet it will F business up big time if you do something stupid like, say, accidentally click "temporarily activate" when your entire library option is highlighted in the menu. I couldn't get THAT mess sorted out until about 4 a.m. But hey, the interface is delicious (suck it Font Reserve).
Oh! So anyway, the point is that Font Reserve, which I'd actually bought and paid for a few years ago and dearly beloved until it went haywire with Panther, finally put out a Panther-compatible update, which I've been whining about since November. I should say "purportedly compatible" because I gave the upgraded Suitcase a trial shot and that don't work for crap either. I downloaded it for the sake of having it but I don't think I'll be using it. What do you mean this isn't interesting? Hmm you're probably right. Anyway, that was my followup. And Alsoft makes good things for Mac users. Yay!
Another thing I never followed up on was my plaintive plea on December 14 for a Saint Etienne Christmas 2003 EP. Not only does Christopher manage to finagle me a real live copy in beautiful pristine unplayed condition, but he got it here, from the U.K., in time to give it to me on Christmas Day. Breathtaking genius. I don't know how he does it, but how awesome is it that he does.
It looks like this
and it's great.
"Keep It Warm" by Flo & Eddie
Posted by: Kim at February 3, 2004 07:30 PM