Auto-Forwarding Tool for IMAP?

I’m looking for a utility to scan an IMAP account and auto-forward any messages from person A to a another account. Of course, if Mozilla supported auto-forward, I wouldn’t have to seek this functionality elsewhere ;).

As a halfway measure, I think I could set a filter in Mozilla to copy messages from person A to an intermediary IMAP mailbox, but that doesn’t do me much good since the destination account is POP3.

Even if there were some utility that could foward e-mail from an IMAP account but could only forward the entire account, then I might still be able to make use of that in concert with Mozilla copying messages to that intermediary IMAP account.

And, yeah, I suppose this would be easy with Linux. Stop snickering ;).

Jardinains – Breakout/Arkanoid Clone

There was a Slashdot story recently with a parody-history of the character Q*Bert. Seeing an opportunity, I asked about Q*Bert clones for the PC (since I know of none).

I also asked whether there were any decent Arkanoid clones for the PC (Arkanoid must be my favorite arcade-style game). I didn’t get an answer about Q*Bert clones, but entrippy pointed to Jardinains as a viable Arkanoid clone.

I had previously discovered DX Ball on my own, but Jardinains is even better. Though DX Ball is also fun (be sure to give it a try if you like the Arkanoid/breakout genre), its chief disadvantage is the scarcity of levels — I think I completed the game within a few days.

Jardinains doesn’t necessarily have more levels (I haven't finished the game, so I can’t be certain), but its levels are more intricate so they last longer anyhow. And, like any good Arkanoid clone, Jardinains has plenty of cool power-ups from laser-gun shooters to 1-Ups and ball-goes-through-everything powers.

As an interesting twist, Jardinains also features gnomes — yes, gnomes. The little guys “live” in some of the blocks and throw flower-pots onto the player’s paddle (these count for negative points if you run into them). However, if your ball hits the block housing a gnome, he falls of his perch — and, at this point, you can bounce him around for some extra points.

I’ve enjoyed Jardinains so far and I’d be rather temped to register it (as it is shareware) if I were properly employed. Its only disadvantage, perhaps, is that there is no save-game functionality nor level-codes; so, even advanced players that may have made it to level 9 in previous games still have to trudge through the easy level at the start of every game :-/.

MP3/Ogg Player for Palm Tungsten T

Palm InfoCenter reports that Aerodrome Software has released AeroPlayer v1.0, which can play both MP3 and Ogg files:

Aeroplayer only runs on the Palm Tungsten T and requires at least 150k of free memory. Audio files can be transferred through hotsync or with an external card reader. The app is $16 shareware. […]

It’s too bad that it’s not free, but it may be one of the few shareware programs worth paying for (not that I steal shareware — if I find an app too expensive, I simply don’t use the program).

What’s especially nice is the device-convergence angle: with a Tungten T and this app, you wouldn't need to carry around both a PDA and an MP3/Ogg player.

Pleasantly, Palm has also dropped the price on the Tungsten T by $100, to a list price of $399. Not that I can afford one either way ;), but at least I can more easily buy one once my job prospects improve.

OpenOffice.org 1.02 Released

As mentioned on the OpenOffice.org announce mailing list, OpenOffice.org 1.02 has been released:

OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 is available for download. It is a “micro” release and does not include new features. Rather it incorporates many bug fixes. Reports indicate that it is faster and more robust. For a full report, please read the Release notes. […]

As mentioned, this is a maintenance release, so the changes are just in the way of bug fixes. Looking over the list of bugs-fixed, it appears that the fixes are mostly for the Calc component or Max OSX-based. And, I’m curious as to whether this release (1.02) is more current than the current “Developers Release” :-/.

SimCity 4

I see that SimCity 4 has been released. Ahh, such memories of youth, playing that game (and its silly code-key on that red paper). I’m curious whether the game logic has changed much since the original, or whether the graphics are the primarily updates. Oh, I see that IGN has a review:

For the most part, gameplay follows suit with the earlier SimCity games, but this time around you can build on slopes and hills, which is a necessity for a landscape like San Francisco. Slopes have their drawbacks, though. While residents like the view from hills, industrial complexes won't locate on hills because they prefer flat, wide-open spaces.

Another nice feature is the addition of automatic roads when you built a block. Since all buildings must have street access, the game automatically builds side streets around your defined blocks. This really saves you time since you don't have to plot out your road system before laying down blocks. […]

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