…wudja know dawn from dusk?

dunno why they wanna do away with the whole polaroid thing…everyone I know has LOWE for em. Where else can ‘09 look like ‘69?

One thing I miss here in the mountains is the bay.  Not much I can do about it, but when I look at these old pictures from when I worked in Richmond it makes me sad.

This week, in our Freeware Page, we posted a brief review about Rocketdock, a terrific “Apple style” dock for Windows. We decided to test Rocketdock on a Windows XP and the results were positive and we did not find bugs. Rocketdock is compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and the brand new Windows 7 using just 10MB of RAM. To add a new icon it is sufficient to drag and drop it into the bar and it will be automatically added. To cut off an icon you have to drag it from the dock to an empty space on the desktop and it is immediately removed. To conclude we suggest this freeware because it is really customizable and easy to add & tune to your existing desktop. Recommended!

Quer dar um ‘UP’ no visual do seu computador? que tal colocar algo diferente? uma dock pode ser uma ótima escolha, não para imitar o Mac OSX mas sim você pode personalizar ela e dar um estilo próprio e totalmente arrojado no seu computador? a XWindows Dock pelo que percebi parece perfeita, até mais do que a Rocket Dock e outras que vemos por ai, pois essa já vem com o recurso de ‘Stacks‘ e também tem o efeito reflexo nos icones, com isso não é necessário toneladas de PNG’s com efeito reflexo!

XWindows Dock.

• Download: Clique aqui.

Realised that having an untidy dock can be stressful.

As in: Icons too small and have to squint. Too many icons means too many focal points.

I don’t use the magnification. Someone should do a research study on Dock magnification and RSI.

After I found out how to change the stack icons to drawers with labelling icons, things got a lot clearer.

And then further improved with Isolator. (It’s good if you do not like having full-screen windows but want a bit of focus.)

I used DockColor to darken the Dock too. That way the contrast between the LED light indicators and the S-curve plane is heightened, and the icons come out more strongly.

I have released another Dashboard widget for Mac users that displays my blog’s feed!

You can download it in the Box.net widget.

-Mac Storm

Found this one while going through a heap of CDs last night…

Click on image to order prints or note cards on Redbubble.

Dinghies

Jones Act and Maritime Lawyers know that injuries to seamen, dock workers and workers on offshore oil rigs in California are common to workers who work out of the busiest ports in California including San Diego, Long Beach, San Pedro, and Ventura, and they can occur when such workers least expect it and many times when they are far from home.

If you’ve been injured on a vessel on the dock or in any maritime situation, visit our law firm website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com for more information and call us at any of the numbers easily found on our website.

Maritime jobs are some of the riskiest in the world. Chains whip across the decks of ships, seamen lose limbs and can find themselves in ports receiving less than optimum medical treatment after being days away when the injury occurs.

The Jones Act covers those injured on a vessel while on navigable waters but it also covers workers on oil rigs, workers on barges and workers even in transport to their vessel. The word, “vessel” includes a vast array of boats, ships, tankers, freighters, cruise ships, dredges and even helicopters.

As a result, seamen injured aboard ship have three avenues of recovery: The Jones Act, the doctrine of seaworthiness and the principle of maintenance and cure.

The Jones Act provides injured seamen with compensation for the negligence of others while employed on a vessel or offshore oil rig. That compensation includes damages for future medical treatment, past and future wage loss and pain and suffering.

Under the Jones Act, a seaman must prove the negligence of the vessel or oil rig’s owners, employees, or operators. Negligence can also be proven by showing defects in the vessel’s equipment or gear, or in the vessel itself.

The owner of a vessel also owes an absolute duty to provide and maintain a seaworthy vessel. It must be equipped with safe equipment, and be a safe place to work.

Upon being injured, a seaman has a right to benefits referred to as “maintenance and cure.” The maintenance part of this term refers to a daily amount for food and shelter. The cure part of this term refers to medical treatment. Treatment is provided until the seaman reaches his or her maximum medical improvement.

In the event of death, the spouse and family members of the deceased seaman are entitled to an award for any economic losses they have suffered by reason of the seaman’s death in addition to any pain and suffering the seaman may have suffered up until the time of his death.

Jones Act cases are significantly different from personal injury or workers compensation cases. An attorney without Jones Act experience is likely to be a fish out of sea until he or she has handled a few of these cases.

Not every worker aboard a ship is considered a seaman. Non-seamen workers injured over navigable waters are covered under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

Even if you are not a seaman and have been injured while employed in any maritime activity on or near the water, you should talk to a maritime injury attorney to ensure you receive the compensation you are due.

If you’ve been injured in connection with a maritime, dock or boat accident, visit our law firm website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and call the law offices of Sebastian Gibson today.

Para começar, vamos esclarecer aqueles que não tem muita intimidade com o termo Docky, ai vai uma definição:

Docky no Ubuntu

Dock do MacOs

Docky:

Outros recursos como auto-ocultação para liberação de espaço em tela, além do pula-pula depois de clicar no lançador, também são conhecidas neste excelente agregador de lançadores.
Muito comum aos usuários de MacOS (ao lado), este recurso vem conquistando cada vez mais adeptos em outros sistemas como Windows e Linux.

E agora a boa notícia, também torna-se oficialmente suportado e desenvolvido por uma distribuição Linux, o Ubuntu.

Para os que já estão mais ativos com o Ubuntu, sabem que há várias opções disponíveis para implementar um Docky no sistema, como o Avant Window Navigator (AWN), Gnome-do, KxDocker, Kiba dock, Cairo dock (meu predileto), e muitos outros mais.

E como instar e configurar o novíssimo Docky para Ubuntu?

Por ainda estar em desenvolvimento, seu download requer a inclusão dos repositórios PPA na lista de repositórios de seu Ubuntu.
Existem duas maneiras de se fazer isto, via terminal (sem medo ok, é moleza!) ou via ambiente gráfico (dá mais trabalho!):

1 – Adicionado o repositório:

Abra o terminal (aplicativos > acessórios > terminal), copie e cole a linha abaixo dentro dele e dê enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:docky-core/ppa

Para quem preferir o processo gráfico, é bem mais difícil hein, mas vá em:

Sistema > Administração > Canais de Software > Aba: Outros Softwares : Adicionar (inclua as linhas abaixo, uma de cada vez)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/docky-core/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/docky-core/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Na aba: autenticação > importar chave de arquivo (copie e cole a chave abaixo em um documennto de texto e salve em seu desktop, na sequência escolha ele como a chave)

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2 – Instalando o Docky (copie e cole o comando no terminal e dê Enter):

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install docky

Pronto, acabou, nem doeu concordam?
Menos para quem preferiu o processo gráfico, vá em:

Sistema > Administração > Synaptic > procure por “Docky”, marque o programa e instale.

Agora sim, acabou!

3 – Iniciando o Docky

Agora vamos iniciar o Docky, basta ir em Aplicativos > Acessórios > Docky

Ele deve aparecer na parte de baixo de seu Ubuntu,

4 – Configurando o comportamento do Ubuntu com o Docky

Percebe-se que ele fica meio confuso pelo fato de surgir misturado com o painel de janelas, então vai aqui a primeira dica para ter os 2 ativos ao mesmo tempo:

- clique com o botão direito do mouse sobre o painel de janelas > propriedades > ocultar automaticamente
Ou ainda melhor
- clique com o botão direito do mouse sobre o painel de janelas > propriedades > mostrar botões de ocultação / mostrar setas nos botões de ocultação

Agora basta clicar nas setinhas à direita ou esquerda do painel, dessa forma, você possui o controle do que deve ou não aparecer no seu Ubuntu, e recorrer a ambos na hora que desejar.

À partir de agora, temos o Docky aparecendo já com alguns itens inclusos, mas não vamos ainda incluir nada, nossa missão é torná-lo inteligente.

5 – Personalizado o comportamento do Docky

Vamos deixar ele ocultando quando tiver programas abertos, para isto, clique no primeiro ícone do Docky, a âncora.

Na caixa de diálogo, marque a opção Autohide: Defenestraphobia (feio mesmo, mas é perfeito), se quiser mais um enfeite, marque Fade Out ao lado.

Neste ponto, você pode também adicionar seus plugins prediletos e testar alguns temas, experimente!

6 – Adicionando Programas

Tá aí, eu batí cabeça por alguns minutos com isso, até descobrir que adicionar um novo lançador ao Docky era a coisa mais simples do mundo, basta navegar até o item que deseja pelo menu aplicativos, clicar e arrastar o ícone até o Docky, só isso!

A movimentação dos ícones dentro do Docky é muito simples, basta arrastar normalmente.

7 – Considerações finais

Como já utilizei vários outros Docks (veja no final deste artigo alguns), pude fazer um breve comparativo:

Positivo

1. ele é muito mais veloz que todos os outros
2. a instalação apesar de ser feita no terminal, é muito simples, dá pra qualquer um fazer
3. os temas são bonitos e combinam muito com o Ubuntu
4. o painel de personalização é simples e direto, assim como o Ubuntu
5. seu funcionamento é perfeito durante todo tempo,
6. boa divisão de ícones de programas e janelas abertas
7. efeitos de aparecer e ocultar, e abrir programas, bonitinhos e funcionais
8. baixo consumo de memória, cerca de 24mb, uma mixaria
9. é 100% compatível com compiz, mostrando inclusive as previews de janelas abertas
10. tem um eficiente right-click do mouse, com as opções tradicionais de gerenciamento de janelas
11. 0 right-click sobre o ícone do plugin do Gmail, mostra todos os emails ainda não lidos, é lindo
12. vários dockys podem ser criados ao redor do sistema, deixando ele muito prático para os mais nerds e afoitos

Negativo

1. tá fraco de plug-ins ainda se comparado aos concorrentes
2. não tem um diretório para baixar novos plug-ins ou temas
3. o right-click sobre o firefox aberto não mostra todas as tabs abertas, poderia!
4. falta, e como falta o plugin alternador de desktops

Levando agora todos os fatos em consideração, seria sim meu Docky predileto, pela facilidade de instalação, velocidade de uso e resposta, e total abstinência de bugs.

Porém, não que eu seja um purista, mas gosto muito mesmo da facilidade de uso dos dois painéis do gnome (superior e inferior), não muito Q.I.  para entender, basta usar, tá na cara, já o Docky e outros similares, dependem de um período de adaptação, nada cruel diante de tantas funcionalidades, mas as vezes queremos algo simples mesmo, gosto não se discute.

Seguem algumas telas do Docky em funcionamento:

Leitura Recomendada:

Dock do MacOS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Tiger

Dock para todos os sistemas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dock_applications

Comparativos entre todos os docks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_application_launchers

Belo pacote de ícones para você usar em um dock e deixar seu desktop perfeito. Ele vem com mais de 250 ícones em PNG em preto/branco, totalizando mais de 500 ícones.

Preview:

Link: Clique aqui

After sunrise at the pier last Saturday (see previous post) we headed to Hereford Lighthouse in North Wildwood. What makes the site unique is the flower garden that surrounds the building. Most of the flowers were past their prime (it is November after all) so I was surprised to find a very pretty dahlia. On our way back to Cape May we stopped at a random commercial fishing marina. We managed to snap a few photos before we saw the ‘NO TRESPASSING … Property Under Surveilance’ sign and a man with a walkie-talkie gave us the boot!

'Trespassing at the Shipyard' © Denise Bush'November Dahlia' © Denise Bush

Low Dock

The fallen dock

I just got back from a few days in central Florida…DeLand, Deltona, Orange City, DeBerry area.  We stopped by the St. Johns Marina in DeLand on the St. Johns River to meet and visit with friends of my husband’s brother and his wife who live in Orange City.  If you ever drop by the St. Johns Marina, don’t forget to visit the Shady Oaks Bait and Tackle shop there and Let Chris or Jeff know that we sent you.  They also rent pontoon boats, have live bait, provide dockside service and have marine batteries.  Well, these young men are great!  They let us take a pontoon boat out on the river.  It was a marvelous experience!  The only time I have been to Florida was once to see Disney World and visit Sea World.  It was straight down and straight back and I never got to see the sights.

My idea of what Florida was all about turned out to be just that…my idea, not reality.  It was a very nice place.  These towns are about 20 minutes from the ocean.  They are near Orlando, South of Jacksonville.  Oh, and the St. Johns River…not like any river I’ve seen.  They are nothing like the rivers of the west.  They meander through swamps where thousands of birds live along with the manatee, gators, and turtles.  It is green and lush, and dotted with flowers everywhere.  Moss hangs from the trees.  It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

Of the four days we were there, only one was cold and rainy.  The rest of the time it was warm and mostly sunny and wonderful for a mid-November day.  Chris and Jeff are looking for a boat for us to buy and remodel so that we can store it in a slip when we are not there, and enjoy boating in this tropical paradise when we vacation.  Slip storage is very inexpensive.  Of course when we are living on the boat, the expense goes up but for a vacation place, it is very reasonable.

I have volunteered to paint a mural on the wall in Chris’s bait and tackle shop.  So, the next time we head to Florida, I will be taking along my smock, paints, brushes, and vision and spend time painting.  I can hardly wait!  Jim is going to make me a portable easel to keep on the boat.

The point I want to make here is that if I had not accepted my sister-in-laws invitation to visit, (originally we were going down to see the launch of the space shuttle that was canceled due to weather), I would never have gotten this new vision of Florida.  My husband is Ex Navy and has been trying for years to convince me to live on a boat.  It was not part of my life experience and I just ignored his suggestion.  After my experience this week, I can actually see myself living, part-time, on a boat and traveling the water ways and perhaps even up the inter-coastal waterways.  This is paradigm shift for me.  So, before you cross things off your list of possibilities, check them out.  You may be pleasantly surprised.

New desktop layout Installed CoverSutra, Sapiens, FastIcns.
The application circle is activated by moving the mouse in a circle

Can’t find a compatible version of a program that would remove the finder bar

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