![]() ![]() He was angry but fair, the spectators would claimĪs he looked at his soldiers, that he called by name So the people of glitter, turned together to prayįor the gods of the legends, to descent if they mayĪnd indeed they descended, with some glorious effectsĪnd the leader amongst them, was the king OS X The fanboys, the haters and the trolls, beyond doubtīut something had changed, that previous dayįor the princess of Glitter, had been taken awayįiona Apple had been taken, by the evil Vizierįor see wasn’t real open, merely free as in beer Twas the night before Christmas, and the posters where out Now I can use Finder and run my treasured “The Enchanted Unicorn” game! I was very hesitant at first but I bit the bullet and purchased the glitter, poured it into my DVD drive, and voila, my Windows 7 laptop transformed into a TotalFinder running Mac. The glitter expansion? What is this? She went on to inform me that I needed to purchase a large quantity of glitter from the local Wal*Mart and pour it into my DVD drive. Why can’t my laptop run it native? She informed me that my laptop was lacking the new glitter expansion unit. I informed her that I knew my friend’s Apple Mac runs it just fine even in a parallels install. I even emailed her the proof – see below. I informed her that my new laptop refused run Viva Media’s “The Enchanted Unicorn” when the Microsoft windows 7 compatibility specifically states that it will work without any problems. ![]() A woman named Fiona answered and asked what was wrong. I was having issues with my new windows 7 laptop so I called tech support. So I stuck with Mac OS X but because I cannot stand Finder I installed TotalFinder.Īnd before you ask: Yes, I tried kissing the thing but it won’t change back (and trust me, I try numerous times each day) I thought “what the heck†and I might just install Linux on the thing when a thought came to my mind that changing the software too much might mess with Fionas brains if the enchantment can be reversed. Then something even more strange happened: The unicorns started sprinkling glitter on Fiona and she turned into a beautiful Macbook Air. I was relieved and Fiona was happy because she was looking for sounds for her new iOS fart app. I released my pressure in one big fart but strangely enough it smelled like roses and unicorns came out of my butt. Garrigan and Idi Amin in Last King of Scotland and you get the picture). Luckily Fiona Apple came by and knew right away what I had (bad case of gas that wouldn’t come out) then she performed some sort of Heimlich maneuver on me (think Dr. Some time ago I had a very bad stomachache. Winners will be announced and re-posted on OSNews’ front page, and I’ll email the license and download location to your address ( so be sure there’s a valid email address in your profile!). To set some sort of a cut-off point, your comment has to be posted within 24 hours from this contest going live (see date/time atop the teaser). Unlike contests at a lot of other websites, this one is not limited to the US – wherever you live, you’re eligible. You can troll, you can butter up, you can beat OSNews and its team senseless with words. Make it as absurd and surreal as possible. For your short story to be eligible, it needs to be about at least the following things:Ī few sentences is enough this isn’t about length, it’s about absurdism. Because this is OSNews, and because I just thought of this contest like 56 seconds ago, it does have a few crazy twists. So, what do you have to do to get your hands on a free copy? Simple, really: write a very short story, and post it in the comments. The copies are provided by BinaryAge, the company behind TotalFinder and several other Mac OS X tools. To extend the holiday spirit a for just a little longer, we’re giving away three copies of TotalFinder for the Mac. ![]() It’s the start of the new year, we’re all recovering from our various new years’ eve obligations, and we’re sad we all have to go to work again tomorrow (well, except for me – I work from home). We’ve got three free copies of TotalFinder to hand out, so read on to find out how you can win one! A few weeks ago, we took a look at TotalFinder, a collection of add-ons to the Mac OS X Finder that fixes some of its shortcomings, adds some welcome features, and in all, makes it a little more pleasant to use.
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