WindowshadeX has been released for snow leopard. $15 well spent.

i can only describe my first use of boxee has s dismal failure. granted i was using it under snow leopard but there were two issues that make the program distinctly unfriendly to use.

when boxee fires up you have to login. why? what if i’m only going to access local content? is it for the “social networking” aspect? if so what if i don’t want to get or send any recommendations? dumb idea, i expect when it gets out of beta there will be workarounds from people who feel the same way.

and speaking of local content why do these media aggregators make it so hard to get at your local content? ok i didn’t read any boxee docs but it should have been relatively intuitive to set and use a local directory.

plex makes you jump through a few hoops also. but works for the local content.

and front row doesn’t even let you.

as much as i like using the command line on the mac, BECAUSE it’s a mac i like to use gui software whenever possible.

one of the first things i do on a computer i’m going to use on a regular basis is install the pager most and Vim.

i tried macvim but it was not the vim experience i wanted. i have my .vimrc and .gvimrc in the obvious places but no joy. eventually gave up on it and started using textmate.

i started using macports because there were a few linux programs i wanted to use on the mac, the above mentioned most being one of them.

recently decided to see if there were a gui for macports and found porticus. browing through the software available i found gvim. plugged in my favourite .gvimrc and now i have a real working gvim on the mac.

well that was under leopard, dealing with macports under snow leopard is something i want to tackle when i have the time to do any troubleshooting.

just upgraded to snow leopard. relatively painless. probably spent too much time trying to boot to 64 bit mode using the various tricks. not too worried about that. my boot time is lightening fast compared to what it was, and i saved about 18gb. i’m going through a little withdrawal, missing finderpop a bit…