Cubelogic Improv

I am still looking for a decent 1-click disc burner app for OS X but I think I found the worst. Disco has a very sleek GUI that also features a cool smoke animation when you burn the disc. Unfortunately, the entire system (Powerbook G4 1.67 Ghz w/ ATI Mobility Radeon 9700) slows down so much that it becomes un-usable when the “smoke” option is on: I get the spinning wheel even for just opening menus, typing text, moving the text caret with the arrow keys or by pointing with the mouse. Disabling the smoke improves things a lot, but the overall user experience is still dog slow. This could be featured in the Worst Engineering and Design parade.
So far I think the best CD copy tool for OS X is Zenopolis’ CDRevolution.
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That equals an average of 500 a day. Study by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (links: BBC Washington Post)

CNN tried to smear it, and eventually had to back off:

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This election seems to me like an example of direct democracy but you need to be informed for it to work!

• Info for all states (including all electorial contests for direct election of State Senate, State Assembly, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges, school and city officials, various municipal directors):
  smartvoter.org
• California:
  voterguide.ss.ca.gov
• MoveOn ballot endorsements:
  snipurl.com/zfke