http://michelf.com/weblog/ 2010-08-02T18:24:02Z Thoughts about computers, language, and society by a learned programmer who likes Macs and typography. Copyright © 2010 Michel Fortin Michel Fortin michel.fortin@michelf.com tag:www.michelf.com,2010-08-02:/weblog/2010/august-sale-magic-launc

One thing you realize when you’re selling your own product is that it doesn’t provide a very stable income: one day you can make 20 sales and the next day zero, for no apparent reason. Even the monthly average varies significantly from month to month. But during the summer, sales have slowed significantly. So I’ve been thinking about doing something to help it.

2010-08-02T18:23:23Z 2010-08-02T18:24:02Z tag:www.michelf.com,2010-07-12:/weblog/2010/two-versions-same-app/

Many people asked me if it was possible to use Magic Launch to open certain files in a different version of the same application. For instance: open certain files with Word 2004 even if Word 2008 is installed. With Magic Launch 1.4, it’s quite easy.

2010-07-12T12:05:30Z 2010-07-12T12:08:16Z tag:www.michelf.com,2010-07-07:/weblog/2010/public-debt/

This is a a fictional dialogue where two people are arguing about why do governments borrow money. I’ve been running it in my head lately and it got suck at an unpleasant conclusion. Perhaps some of you can make the discussion go little further. Update: The initial version of this dialogue was missing a few replies in the middle due to a copy-paste error, I’ve fixed that.

2010-07-07T21:36:15Z 2010-07-08T15:06:29Z tag:www.michelf.com,2010-06-11:/weblog/2010/multi-updates/

Just to keep my readers up-to-date, last week I released a new version of Black Light, and today came a small update to Magic Launch and the addition of Safari 4 to Multi-Safari. Here’s a small description of what changed in Black Light and Magic Launch…

2010-06-11T22:35:21Z 2010-06-11T22:35:21Z tag:www.michelf.com,2010-06-07:/weblog/2010/safari-5-best-feature/

Safari 5 adds better HTML5 support, faster browsing, and a few other small things. Here’s one thing Apple didn’t announce however:

2010-06-08T02:07:18Z 2010-06-08T02:07:18Z