More old news i guess...

Once you have the iVisualize 1.6 plug-in installed (see previous post),
here's another interesting [and free] quartz composition made for iTunes:

• NowPlaying_v1.1   <-- just drop it in the /Library/iTunes/iVisualize folder.

NowPlaying (from 2007) doesn't have any prefs in the "composition settings" area,
but... be sure to check out its on-screen options:

 ? - to toggle the help menu
 ` - to show/hide the CD case
 r - to toggle auto-rotation
 t - to show/hide the timeline
 s - to show/hide the spectrum
 w - to show/hide the waveform
 1 - to toggle the warp factor [space] module
 2 - to toggle the flight [clouds] module
 3 - to toggle the ocean [fish] module
 4 - to toggle the inferno [fire] module

Unfortunalely, it reverts back to the defaults on each invocation... but it's still nice.

These two (from 2006) are worthy of a test run as well:

• JewelCaseNBooklet
• The 70s

Interesting... last version out of LaCie was v1.1.4 in June 2005

• Silverkeeper - 2.0.1 [backup utility]

I liked the progress meters it would display.
(haven't looked at this version 2 yet though)

Also interesting, VTracker has put this new version on a new page.
Here is the >old page< if anyone wants to peruse its past reviews.

Just heard of a free open-source backup program over at google code called "mathusalem".

[haven't studied or tested it yet myself]

• PTHPasteboard 4.4.0 - multiple pasteboard program

[also has extended features that cost $25... but the free part is amazing enough, for most users!]

SCREEN SAVERS:

• XScreenSaver recently updated to version 5.08 (over 200 freeware screensavers ported from the X11 Window System). As i have mentioned elsewhere, BSOD, Carousel, and Flow are my favorites (when B.S.O.D. puts up the OSX kernel panic display, it might make your heart stop for a few seconds)... but, there are a few other interesting ones: BouncingCow, Endgame, Molecule, Superquadratics, and FlyingToasters (reminiscent of After Dark).
   
• Also really mind-blowing is the "Lotsa" Screen Savers series... comprised of LotsaEscher, LotsaGlass, LotsaSnow and LotsaWater. Play around with and stare at LotsaEscher long enough, and you can actually lose your balance.

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