Friday, December 13, 2002

Fax on OS X?

I'm trying to set up fax on my wife's OS X box. The supplied FAXstfX software doesn't provide fields for memorizing the outbound identity information. It wants a vCard, and specifically from the Address Book app. Okay, so I created a vCard in the app. So when I drag it over, it says it will only accept a card with a first name, a last name and a fax number. But the Address Book App only provides "work fax" and "home fax." Neither seem acceptable to FAXstfX. I created a new label called "fax." Still no soap. Any ideas?

[Later...] I'm trying PageSender (thanks to a reader). Looks nice, but it only sends. I need to receive.

Now I'm trying Cocoa eFax (thanks to another reader). We'll see how that goes.... Okay, it works. Cool.

Up West

Several upcoming missle launches from Vandenberg, including one on Monday morning, early.

Make money by giving the right stuff away

Yesterday I called Tim O'Reilly's Piracy is Progressive Taxation "essential to arguing against the entertainment industry's anti-Internet FUD."

To that one and others I'd like to add Eric Flint's Prime Palaver #6. There's more good stuff in Prime Palaver #7, Prime Palaver #4 (Macaulay on copyright law) and in other essays at the Prive Palaver site. Flint operates the Baen Free Library, which provides an important piece of context.