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Issue #6, 12th June 2003

Editorial: Issue #6 (12th June, 2003) by Ravindra Maharaj

The usual boring nonsense :)

14 comments

Announcement: The Shell-Shocked Survey by Ravindra Maharaj

Please take a moment to answer a few questions about yourself and your interests. Your input will help us to make Shell-Shocked even better.

News: April 22-June 12th, 2003 by Kevin Brew

All the News that's been Fit to Print since April 22nd of the Year Two Thousand and Three (or year 2003.306849 3150684 931506849 315068 4932, for you hard-core math dudes).

5 comments

Theme: VodkaMartini (cpm) by Sunny Saxena

A truly stunning theme is put in the spotlight this time around. VodkaMartini has a few tricks up it's sleeves that will boggle your mind. (As do all Martini's I'm sure.) After reading this review, I'm sure most people will download this theme, mix themselves a drink (what else?) and play around ...
download : litestep.net

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Review: Aston Shell by Taras Brizitsky

SacRat the Passionate, contributor to the online multimedia magazine Hugi, sings the praises of his shell d'amour, Aston. Luckily for you, Aston has beaucoup d'amour to go around. Why not take Aston for a spin yourself?

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Interview: Allelimo by Joshua Blocher

Many of you would already know Allelimo: Coder on the Indiestep team, AlphaEdit1/2/3, AlphaLSCP, and some other useful apps. Verbalshadow finds out what makes him tick!

10 comments

Tutorial: Design and Fitts Law by Bruce Tognazzini

If you've been bluffing your way through life as an Interaction Pro, none other than Bruce Tognazzini himself wants to help you become less of a pretender. The issues discussed herein are very relevant to both themers and users.

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Tutorial: Memory Hogs Identified by Alan Martin

Ever wanted to determine how much RAM your apps are using - for real? Alan Martin shows you how. It's surprisingly very difficult to get a precise answer!

2 comments

Interview: Nick Egorov by Taras Brizitsky

Taras Brizitsky (SacRat) conducts a red-blooded interview with Nick Egorov of Gladiators Software, one of the makers of the Aston Shell. There are several spinning reverse kicks and at least one flying piledriver. No, really. See for yourself!

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Review: AlphaEdit3 by Joshua Blocher

A sneak preview of Allelimo's new AlphaEdit 3 which sports several features that will make things easier on themers. It's not available to the public yet ... but will be very soon. Have a look at what you're in for ...

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Article: Functionality vs EyeCandy by Sunny Saxena

The debate of Functionality vs EyeCandy: Noble in its Venerability, Populist in its Eternal Youth. Honest Sunny joins the pantheon of soothsayers; yo, check within for his Sooth.

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Tutorial: Safe Hex by Peter Watts

How many times have you seen that little windows colour picker with the RGB values? But oh, you need it in Hex. Fine. Take out your fave graphics tool and convert it. But do you really know the how, why, where and what about the relationship between the two? If you thought Math class was over, think again ...

15 comments

Jokes: The Liter Side by Brian Wolven

How to con your way out of speeding tickets, perennial truths, a punctuation poem, pet physicians and ... a bit about SARS. (Yes, we can see you backing away from your monitor already!) Those and lots more in Brian's usual quality collection!

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Jokes: Issue #9

ravi

Hi West - I did a while back, if it's a recent one - I haven't been checking regularly. My flat's been totally flooded from a burst pipe - so life is a bit disrutped at the moment.

03 Nov/14:18

West

Hey Ravi, did you get my email?

27 Oct/02:02

Ravi

PS Chatbox currently functional.

14 Oct/00:02

Ravi

Phew - that took a while, but all's well now. Sorry for the hiatus folks.

13 Oct/23:56

ravi

I think I'll implement a "keyword" for this site, so you'll have to start your comment with ... say "shells" ... I'll strip that and post your comment.

Hopefully that will keep the spammers at bay.

24 Mar/19:04

ravi

gv, you naughty boy you.

24 Mar/19:02

ravi

Ah, I see neither gv nor the spammers fell for it.

gv - you do realise that now I'm going to delete the spam and you'll look crazy don't you?

23 Mar/12:20

gv

spears naked what?

23 Mar/10:50

gv

Just testing ;)

22 Mar/10:37

ravi

I'm going to disable the chatbox and comments until I have some time to deal with the comment spam. Meanwhile contact me at: [link] if you'd like to post a comment.

21 Mar/17:01

sheep

what is the best shell replacment to use if you want security for liek a public desktop e-mail me at [email]

14 Mar/11:42

gv

It's called emerge desktop now and its available at [link]

09 Mar/09:35

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