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Issue #8, 20th April 2004

Editorial: Issue #8 (20th April, 2004) by Ravindra Maharaj

Blah blah blah .... blah.

4 comments

Announcement: Themes, Styles & Wallpapers by Various Artists

A few goodies for our faithful readers :). Check 'em out!

4 comments

News: Nov 21 - Apr 20, 2004 by Kevin Brew

Cypress takes on the task of informing the masses about what's been going on in the shell world for the last 5 months!

5 comments

Review: The GUI Next Door: Blackbox for Windows by Mattias Westlund

In the first of a regular series of shell reviews, West takes a look at BlackBox. I have to admit I find one thing puzzling about West's review: What do Catherine Bell's breasts have to do with minimalism? Quite a bit apparently! "BlackBox has more eye candy than you might expect from a minimalist shell, and it has a sleek hi-tech look that I at least find appealing"? Erm.. riight. ;) Read and Enjoy - I did!

14 comments

Review: *box Shells, BB4Win, and bbLean by Miguel Garza

Looper checks in with a most informative article on *box shells, particularly BB4Win and bbLean. For a great overview of *box shells and their features, look no further. (All right, all right, you got me, you WILL have to look one page further in order to READ it.)

11 comments

Tutorial: Hacking The Look by Rev. Edward Karn

Reverend Karn aka ZenLogic aka Reverend Karn (because I don't know which is the handle here) presents us with an updated version of an article he originally wrote for 2600.com (May the hair on their toes never fall out). This article has it all: modifying a dll with a hex editor, screenshots, lots n lots o' Res-Hacker, a touching moment of DBZ or two, and pomes fer cryin out loud. Go read it already!

12 comments

Review: iShell Installer 2.1 by Joshua Blocher

Verbalshadow provides a quick writeup of a relative newcomer to the shell scene, Allelimo's and Ironhead's iShell. Looks like the iShell folks are going for a minimalist look with extensive functionality. Check it out.

3 comments

Interview: Bladestaylor (*box plugin dev) by Miguel Garza

Looper Rides Again with his interview of Bladestaylor, dev of SystemBarEx, a simple but efficient BB toolbar plugin. Sporting the longest answer to the longest question in Shell-Shocked history, this article provides an interesting look at the thoughtfulness that has gone into the SystemBarEx design. Dip in!

7 comments

Review: PureLS 0.40 by Christian Noer

TucknDar offers an article on the motivation and style of PureLS, offshoot shell of LiteStep. More to whet the appetite than give a full accounting, this little nugget will probably provide the hook to get others to give PureLS a shot. Read and get whet!

9 comments

Tutorial: Coding: iShell Applets - Part 1 by Alessandro Limonta

Allelimo, one of the devs for iShell, an open source replacement shell available on Source Forge, has put together a tutorial on creating your own iShell applets. Put on your C++ hat and dip into the stuff that makes the Alternative Shell world tick.

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Tutorial: Coding: iShell Applets - Part 2 by Alessandro Limonta

Part 2 of Allelimo's tutorial on creating applets for iShell.

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Tutorial: Coding: iShell Applets - Part 3 by Alessandro Limonta

Part 3 of Allelimo's tutorial on creating applets for iShell.

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Article: Why the Apple Dock Still Sucks by Bruce Tognazzini

Apparently ONE article by The Tog in the last issue wasn't enough for you! And APPARENTLY you people had the temerity to criticize Tog's lofty dismissals as "no longer valid"! Hoo boy! You thought you had the last word! Boy were you wrong! Tog is back with an update of his previous evaluation. Now READ the last word! (At least, the last word until further notice.)

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Article: Securing your Computer by Jim Maurer

Notwithstanding Bill G's born-again commitment to his OS' security, there have been more Windows worm and virus exploits in the last year than any before. But even on a Windows box, it's possible to attain reasonably good security with some basic steps, without spending a mint. Even if you're already familiar with basic security (a likelihood in our lot), check out Jim's article for additional options.

13 comments

Jokes: The Liter Side by Brian Wolven

Aging, Scottish Art, Bumper Stickers, The CIA, Colonoscopy, Lesson For The Day, Sherlock Holmes, Guys' Rules, Tonto ... and more in this issue's joke section!

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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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